Mercedes buying advice

[meliodes]

I'm trying to decide what to get for my first Mercedes, and I need some advice. I've narrowed it down to either a 2016 E350 or a 2018 C300. The car will serve as my daily driver, but my wife is in real estate and will occasionally need it on weekends as a client car (dress to impress, that sort of thing). Lastly, I'm the kind of car owner who loves to buy them lightly used and drive them for ten years.

What would you do?

[barry12345]

Newer Mercedes not for me. Yet okay for others.

Personally I would buy a higher end Lexus. Service bills on some cars are too frequent and too high. Plus their residual value drops off a cliff. The automotive market is also in a state of change currently and perhaps for the forseeable future.

The dollars to get a newer Mercedes versus a newer Lexus through ten more years could be staggeringly different.

Just my opinion of course. You might get lucky with the Mercedes. That need is not required with a Lexus. Check the reviews of owners on the web for both brands.

[TimFreeh]

I've owned a W212 chassis car and currently own a C300.

They are kind of different cars.

I'd choose the 2016 E350. It's the last year of the W212 chassis, has the 300HP direct-injection V6 and as the last year has updates/refinements of the chassis series. Mercedes is pretty good about fixing issues that come up and cars toward the end of the production run benefit from these efforts.

The W205 C300 is also a very nice car. The M274 4 cylinder is an amazing technological feat getting 241 HP and 274lb/ft of torque out of 2 liters. It's powerful, responsive and very fuel efficient. Mine gets mid 20's around town and 32-34MPH at normal highway speeds.

The E-class better fits your wife's dress-to-impress requirement.

Either is a pretty good choice, I don't think you'll be unhappy whichever way you go.

[engatwork]

I'd go with the E class.

[oldsinner111]

If it has limp mode, I won't buy, and aluminum block

[fillipyang8]

Originally Posted by meliodes

I'm trying to decide what to get for my first Mercedes, and I need some advice. I've narrowed it down to either a 2016 E350 or a 2018 C300. The car will serve as my daily driver, but my wife is in real estate and will occasionally need it on weekends as a client car (dress to impress, that sort of thing). Lastly, I'm the kind of car owner who loves to buy them lightly used and drive them for ten years.

What would you do?

I'm in the market for my first Mercedes (currently driving the same beat up old Toyota I've been in since College) and I think I've narrowed it down to either a 2016 E350 or E400 sedan. I want something fun to drive with good safety and reasonable reliability. I'm 32, no kids yet but likely some soon and plan on paying cash for a CPO. I've driven the e350 and enjoyed it but haven't had the opportunity to drive an E400 (they're tough to find) though from everything I've read it is basically the same car with better horsepower and torque. Would you suggest picking one over the other? Anything about either model generally that I should be concerned about? And, I suppose, any other models I should consider?

Thanks for any input!!

Two specific cars I'm looking at (both CPO) are:

2016 E400 Sedan
$33,982 (pre-tax)
19,400 miles, good service history
Lighting package (adaptive LEDs)
Keyless Go
Driver Assist package
Parking package
2016 E350 Sedan
$28,981 (pre-tax)
31,600 miles, good service history
Premium package / Sport package
Lighting package
Keyless Go
Lane tracking package
I don't love the color on the E400 (white vs grey for the E350) and I am getting a bit of sticker shock. I can afford both but I am not typically a big spender and this has me nervous to pull the trigger.

[engatwork]

Get the 2016 E350 sedan.

[tbomachines]

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