PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Certified pre owned from Mercedes of Manhattan

RobertFini · #8 01-14-2006, 07:15 PM

When the initial lease on my 1997 C36AMG expired, I had my local dealer purchase it from the leasing company, add the longest available Starmark (now called Certified Pre-Owned or CPO) warranty to the car and then lease it back to me again. I easily recouped all costs for the warranty through all the normal maintenance issues for which the W202 with inline six-cylinder engines are known. You can harp about build quality, but the warranty expired at the end of last July and just before it did the dealer installed a brand new transmission without question because I told my service advisor it was acting funny. That's the best part about the warranty in my opinion - no questions asked and they jump right in to perform the most expensive of repairs.

When my wife's 1984 300TDt was totalled after getting rear-ended, we replaced it with a 1999 E320 4Matic that had 65k on the clock, and I again got the longest warranty available. It's not just cheap insurance, it's money in the bank.

Best Regards,
Rob