Downgrade or pay

So we back to square one did you mean 18000 or 180000? lol

If it’s 18k I’m definitely with @epah
If it’s 180 000k ide say possible I still think keep if but maybe you could get something newer but smaller and this more reliable.

If you aren’t worried about the car having no character or style ide get a Toyota automatic. It will go on forever and much less cost to fix it.
 
RonSwanson said:
Nope. Clearly she meant 18 Karat, which is abbreviated 18k, and is a measure of the purity of the gold bar. A standard gold bar of 400 troy ounces weighs about 12.42 Kg, and at today's price would be worth almost 13 million ZAR. But she would be needing the services of a BEE partner to sell it, which means that she would be lucky if she even gets a little over 1 million out. Just enough to buy an entry-level Lexus UX 250h F-Sport.
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Nope - just a simple R18000 for small car
neoprema said:
So we back to square one did you mean 18000 or 180000? lol

If it’s 18k I’m definitely with @epah
If it’s 180 000k ide say possible I still think keep if but maybe you could get something newer but smaller and this more reliable.

If you aren’t worried about the car having no character or style ide get a Toyota automatic. It will go on forever and much less cost to fix it.
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Thank you. Plus for Toyota: our little town has an agency, as I understand from other people they are a good bunch!
 
I am 30 something now and I drive a merc and on my last years on earth I’d like to go out driving a merc. Keep it.
 
190k km on that diesel engine is barely run in. They will easily last 500k km without issues. Yes, I have experience. My current 2L diesel Merc is over 200k km and is still brand new inside and out.

Keep it and maintain it. You won't get anything remotely of that quality with an additional R180k.

And I can confirm from experience that IT DOES NOT BECOME EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN OUT OF MAINTENANCE PLAN! It is a pet belief of people who knows nothing of these type of cars. I have experience in this owning and having owned several Volvos and Mercs.
 
zulucat said:
I am 30 something now and I drive a merc and on my last years on earth I’d like to go out driving a merc. Keep it.
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I honestly wouldn't advise that, unless getting a heart attack from all the troubles is what you are going for.

I am totally against a Suzuki Swift though, exactly for the reason that he is driving a Merc, he is going to feel it, I would not recommend any of those Indian made Suzuki/Toyotas either.

Go for a brand that still have some self respect, Mazda or Honda sounds good, of course avoiding the Indian made Honda's. If he wasn't elderly I would recommend a good Lexus, but I realise that the high riding position of the B class could be comfortable for him and Lexus cars are generally low.
 
Tough one but I don't think either option is bad.

Option 1: Keep the Merc. I reckon the car will probably still have a lot of life left in it but it will need repairs every now and again. Probably R10k per year type of thing which is nothing compared to what new cars cost. Do some googling for "gotchas" like R100k gearboxes (like VW DSG) but I don't think there are any with that car and you would probably know about it already.

Option 2: Trade in and get a Suzuki Baleno type of car. Definitely a downgrade (minus the fancy new infotainment) but it is still a decent car that will be extremely reliable. You basically will not need to fix anything for the remainder of your driving years.

So neither is bad. If you don't mind the faff of fixing the odd thing keep the Merc.
 
Brawler said:
Tough one but I don't think either option is bad.

Option 1: Keep the Merc. I reckon the car will probably still have a lot of life left in it but it will need repairs every now and again. Probably R10k per year type of thing which is nothing compared to what new cars cost. Do some googling for "gotchas" like R100k gearboxes (like VW DSG) but I don't think there are any with that car and you would probably know about it already.

Option 2: Trade in and get a Suzuki Baleno type of car. Definitely a downgrade (minus the fancy new infotainment) but it is still a decent car that will be extremely reliable. You basically will not need to fix anything for the remainder of your driving years.

So neither is bad. If you don't mind the faff of fixing the odd thing keep the Merc.
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Is there any difference in the electronics of that gearbox between the petrol and the diesel version?

Because I had a colleague who had some electronic module on the gearbox go faulty and Merc quoted him over R27k for the repairs.
 
TheChamp said:
Is there any difference in the electronics of that gearbox between the petrol and the diesel version?

Because I had a colleague who had some electronic module on the gearbox go faulty and Merc quoted him over R27k for the repairs.
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I don't know if there are a difference between petrol and diesel automatic gear boxes. But mine (2010 model) is working very smoothly.
 
Keep the merc and service it properly. It will easily last you another 20 years.
 
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I don't know if there are a difference between petrol and diesel automatic gear boxes. But mine (2010 model) is working very smoothly.
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Can you get some advise on it from your mechanic? It concerns the electronic module located in the transmission sump. It cost my colleague a lot of money because besides the part being expensive, it also needed to be programmed, he ran away from MB but still ended up paying around R19k privately.

The module thingy looks like this.

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TheChamp said:
Can you get some advise on it from your mechanic? It concerns the electronic module located in the transmission sump. It cost my colleague a lot of money because besides the part being expensive, it also needed to be programmed, he ran away from MB but still ended up paying around R19k privately.

The module thingy looks like this.

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That refers to a CVT. I had a B class auto in 2010. It had a DCT not CVT. So, a different gearbox. Failure is extremely rare. The gearbox (DCT) requires a service about every 200k kms. Just oil and filter change. Was around R3k for that. In fact, I have never come across a Merc with a CVT, but someone told me the A class did have it in some models.
 
Pax said:
That refers to a CVT. I had a B class auto in 2010. It had a DCT not CVT. So, a different gearbox. Failure is extremely rare. The gearbox (DCT) requires a service about every 200k kms. Just oil and filter change. Was around R3k for that. In fact, I have never come across a Merc with a CVT, but someone told me the A class did have it in some models.
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Yeah, not idea what specific gearbox it had. This is how his looked and it did have a failure of a module that looked like that.

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