# 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class - worth buying? **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** gl-class, mercedes-benz\ **Created:** [January 16, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726 "2019-01-16T01:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RobertSRichards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RobertSRichards](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RobertSRichards)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/1 "2019-01-16T01:28:50Z")
looking at a used GL 450. Just over 199k miles. Looks good, with no accident history. Just a lot of miles. Any issues?? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/2 "2019-01-16T02:01:26Z")
> [@RobertSRichards](#): > > Any issues?? Besides it being a Mercedes with a lot of miles ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/3 "2019-01-16T02:31:53Z")
The biggest issue is the size of your bank account. This Merc is pretty much all used up. It will require a lot of repair as the parts fail. Even if it is cheap now, it is a false economy because this will eat you alive in repair costs. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/4 "2019-01-16T03:58:56Z")
Friends don’t let friends buy high mileage European luxury vehicles . ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/5 "2019-01-17T05:13:30Z")
no way 👎 ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/6 "2019-01-17T05:18:10Z")
Do you know how to make a small fortune? Start with a large fortune and buy a used Mercedes. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/7 "2019-01-17T16:51:20Z")
If you think that $2k a year in random repairs addition to regular maintenance is not something that you’d be wiling to do, then you probably won’t enjoy the out-of-warranty Mercedes ownership experience. This also applies to BMW, Volvo, Jaguar, and Audi. ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/8 "2019-01-17T17:42:38Z")
> [@FoDaddy](#): > > If you think that $2k a year in random repairs addition to regular maintenance is not something that you’d be wiling to do, then you probably won’t enjoy the out-of-warranty Mercedes ownership experience. Based on [unfortunate] experience of one friend of mine, $2K will cover not much on MB or other Europeans. His average bill for one repair was closer to $4K and over year he spent above $15K on his GL-something. His idea was that clean-record car with ~80K miles is sill relatively new to require any expensive repairs, but it was proved to be not the case. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-mercedes-benz-gl-class-worth-buying/132726/9 "2019-01-17T18:02:39Z")
I’d say for most car owners it’s worth selling or giving away, but not worth buying.