New to the club

Long story short I found a great deal, I picked this S500 up for $20k. Bank values it at $29.

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u/Skeppyberry 6h ago

See my rational for a first car is a model 3 long range (not highland) with accel boost (460hp with it). That’s my decision but thats a MUCH nicer car haha. I hope you enjoy it. Do you have Burmester?

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u/crwcz 6h ago

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u/Skeppyberry 6h ago

EXEC REAR SEATING FOR 20k??!!!! Holy steal bro. I’m so jealous genuinely. Ambient lights behind the seats when my model 3 doesn’t even have them at all. I’m just scared of more German maintenance especially with my friends CLS550 being a nightmare. Scared me off at least for my first car. After the 3 I’ll probably pick up some merc

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u/crwcz 5h ago

So what scares you maintenance wise? I've heard that a lot, and as I pick apart the owners manual tonight, it's oil changes.. and watching how they are done on YouTube look fairly easy, I called my local oil change place that does synthetic oil changes for $49, they confirmed they work on Mercedes. Need to rotate tires. Do not add fuel additives per this manual. I am thinking though that I will change my insurance to have the zero dollar window deductible, since this window is heated. Lemme know what you know? I wanna look it up.

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u/Skeppyberry 5h ago

I have no ability to do any of the maintenance myself. I still live at home with my parents and I’m not allowed to do anything. Neither do I have the tools to do anything. So it would all be Mercedes dealer maintenance for me because there’s also no shops around me that work on Mercedes. And just seeing all the different things that go wrong with his car whether it be air suspension or something electronic or some other little motor gadget or valve or pulley or pump it’s just one thing after the other with his car. His car also is super high miles at 180,000 miles right now.

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u/crwcz 5h ago

I gotcha, I understand. Yeah, well, I'm gonna drive this thing like I drive my Ford F150. It's gonna get used to country life or it's gonna go. Lol

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u/crwcz 5h ago

I actually needed a commuter car to get me 30 miles down the interstate every day for work. I got tired of driving my truck.

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u/Skeppyberry 5h ago

Probably the most comfy thing to get. I like the model 3 cause it’s the right size, price, and speed. And I have home charging

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u/crwcz 4h ago

I am registered with mercedes me and downloaded the app. Every time I try to log in it glitches and does not log in, goes back to the login screen.

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u/Skeppyberry 4h ago

Try restarting your phone. Then try deleting and reinstalling the app if the restart doesn’t work

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u/Skeppyberry 5h ago

Hahaha