It depends
If you get an old Merc then you actually get great buid quality etc and you dont have to deal with the dealerships... I agree about new ones though
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:02, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

yeah, but you have to go pretty old.
I used to drive old beemers a lot for the same reason, but you have to accept that you look like a criminal. and a not very well off criminal at that.

Having said that, I'm still hoping to convince Mrs B that a 10 year old CL55AMG is a sensible second car. £7K for a supercar that cost £100K 10 years ago? bargain.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)

That is cheap.
Until you have to buy tyres or a clutch.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:06, Reply)

Tyres aren't too bad relative to modern cars, really
FFS, my shitty diesel Saab has 235R17s on it. Even my S2000 only had 245s on the back, what's wrong with people?

Clutches are for jessies.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:09, Reply)

I'm enjoying 'car talk' this week and I might go to the auctions this afternoon as a result.
And why does the cat belonging to Postman Pat need a clutch?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:12, Reply)

make sure you don't sneeze
and accidentally buy a 20 year old mondeo
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:17, Reply)

How do you know I'm not in the market for a twenty year old Mondeo!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:18, Reply)

There are 20 of them, after all.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:19, Reply)

i dated a guy with a car like that
he loved it. i thought it was going to kill me every time we drove over a speed bump.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:21, Reply)

I've had someone telling me to buy a convertible, purely because they think it'll suit them.
That isn't going to happen.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:23, Reply)

anything over 10 years old
and you get a decent motor, parts are expensive in general but my local garage can service 90% of the stuff on mine without a problem and it saves a fortune...
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:17, Reply)

Nonce

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 16 Oct 2012, 12:19, Reply)