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Replying to: ibmindless (Aug 07, 2004 1:58 am) |
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Replying to: habitat1 (Apr 30, 2005 6:34 am) Answers to your questions: Invoice and price paid was $56,354. I ordered the Consumer Reports price guide because Edmunds does not show the dealer holdback. I wanted to know if there was a holdback, and how much it was. Otherwise, you are at a disadvantage when negotiating. (Holdback was $1,365.) The lighting package is available with the AMG sport package, only you don't get the lights that aim around the corner. Read the brochure instead of the website; it's clearer. The car had 15 miles on it. Now to continue my story... The dealer couldn't figure out why the engine was consuming so much oil. A team of engineers from Germany was at the dealer that day, and wanted to take my engine back to Germany with them to dissect it and figure out what was wrong. So, they replaced the engine at almost 4,000 miles. When I finally got it back however, the transmission was performing miserably. They have tried to reinstall the software with no luck. It looks like we may be negotiating a buyback soon. Sad. pfeiffer |
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Replying to: johntracker (May 08, 2005 4:01 am) |
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Replying to: hgiles (May 20, 2005 12:11 am) |
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Replying to: amgnut (May 15, 2005 8:52 am) They took the car in on Tuesday to "play with some values" as per the factory recommendation. Apparently they found that they could not get the trans to work right. They've ordered me a new transmission and I'll hopefully get to try that out by Friday. New problems - oil sensor is showing low oil at 4k miles. Steering seems to get heavy and groan near limits like my 1983 Camero did. Oh, and the damn thing seems to surge (but that may have been another symptom of the trans). I'm starting to think on invoking the NJ Lemon-Law. Stay tuned. |
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I am going to be negotiating order of SLK280 with the options I want I figure it will be around $48,000 to $49,000. I want a 36 month lease. What would be a good money factor or interest rate and projected 3 year residual value? Is there a website that shows actual dealer invoice of what they paid for each car? Thanks for any info. Just deciding whether it is worth the savings to go for the 280 . Main reason I decided was because of the problems I read here with the 350. KK
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Replying to: kkmia (Jun 14, 2005 11:51 am) ClaireS, Host Coupes & Convertibles | Vans & Minivans |
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 The dealer alledgedly replaced my 7-speed transmission last week. Now the car is doing the same thing......and other problems. Now it has trouble downshifting at higher speeds. It still shifts harshly when coming to a stop and is almost impossible in the S mode. Either they never changed the transmission out and gave me the flim-flam, the transmission is faulty by design, or I got another bad one (what are the chances). The power steering is still making a groan (which the dealer can't seem to detect) and they had to add a quart of oil. I don't even have 5k miles on the car yet. Anyone have a suggestion? I've had 5 other MBs and never had any problems, so I don't think it's me. |
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Replying to: bunnylicious (May 18, 2005 4:08 pm) |
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