The vendor of right now’s Good Worth or No Cube Mercedes claims it’s all the time been garage-kept. That may clarify the discordance between its tidy presentation and the 317K it exhibits on the clock. Let’s see if there’s nonetheless life left in it and what that may fairly be price.
It appears that evidently when contemplating yesterday’s 2007 Subaru Forester XT Restricted, the mannequin’s fame preceded it—or, at the very least, the rep of the stereotypical quicker Forester proprietor. At $13,500, not even a clear presentation and the presence of three pedals and a stick shift might overcome that unhealthy rap, incomes the Forester an enormous 87 p.c No Cube loss in our vote.
Immediately, we’re going to stay with the wagon motif, however to maintain issues contemporary, we’ll go up a category and add a 3rd row of seats. On the similar time, we’ll deliver the worth approach down and bump the miles approach, approach up.
This 2009 Mercedes-Benz E350 wagon appears to be in nice form, at the very least based mostly on the photographs within the advert. In accordance with the vendor, that’s owed to a life spent safely ensconced in a storage when not out plying the highways and byways or dropping off the kidney beans at soccer follow.
Over the course of these out-of-the-garage shenanigans, it has racked up an incredible 317,518 miles. To place that quantity into perspective, that’s greater than 12 journeys across the globe. The vendor doesn’t say how a lot of the automobile has been changed in service of creating these miles, nevertheless it’s protected to say it’s been via a number of units of tires and brake pads and possibly a water pump or two.
Making these miles occur is a drivetrain comprised of a 3498cc M272 V6 providing 268 horsepower, a five-speed automated transmission, and 4Matic AWD. Widespread failure factors on these automobiles embody the engine’s stability shaft gears and the bladders for the self-leveling air suspension. Each points are straightforward to detect if current.
Aesthetically, this automobile nonetheless struts its stuff. Neither the sliver paint nor that good-looking multi-spoke alloys present any indicators of great put on. Neither is there any lacking trim or badging. A pair of rail-mounted roof racks add utility and compensate for the house misplaced when utilizing the fold-out third row of seats within the load space. That rear-facing bench even has its personal cupholders.
Up within the entrance, there’s a small bit of wear and tear evident on the driving force’s seat, which additionally has had the indignity of its bottom map pocket coming free on one aspect. All different upholstery seems intact and with out problem, as does the nice and cozy wooden trim and surrounding plastics.
Being a Mercedes from this century, the automobile is loaded with security and comfort options and even has a reasonably large nav display screen within the heart stack. In accordance with the vendor, it “Runs and drives nice,” matching its perform to its type. It additionally has a clear title and a latest passing grade from the smog tester. The asking worth is $5,900.
Your job is to determine if that’s a good deal for this Benz, which, regardless of its deceiving attractiveness, won’t be price even contemplating in gentle of its crazy-high odometer studying. What do you say? Is {that a} gamble a wagon wanter ought to be prepared to take? Or is it time to let this Mercedes take a relaxation?
You determine!
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