# Sell the car?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/sell-the-car/49257>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercedes-benz, e-class\
**Created:** [May 23, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sell-the-car/49257 "2010-05-23T16:27:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![drbatcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@drbatcha](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drbatcha)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sell-the-car/49257/1 "2010-05-23T16:27:47Z")

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My 1999 E320 runs well. I have spent about $1500.00 in 2009 for company recommended flexible maintenance. It has about 150,000 miles. I drive about 100 miles a week. Should I sell it before it causes any significant problems?  
  
 Can you recommend a good mechanic for this car in the Baltimore area?

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**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sell-the-car/49257/2 "2010-05-23T19:45:05Z")

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At 150K it’s just broken in real well. You can expect some expense to drive such a nice car, but it’s cheaper than the payments on a new Benz.

If you are looking for a good indy shop in your area, look at the Mechanics Files on this same website. [http://www.cartalk.com/content/mechx/](http://www.cartalk.com/content/mechx/) There is sure to be at least one good shop out there.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sell-the-car/49257/3 "2010-05-23T21:13:39Z")

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If someone was paying me mileage such as 40 cents per miles, I would hang on to the car. If I was paying all this out of my own pocket, I would sell the car immediately and get a frugal, quiet commuter such as a Hyunda Sonata ($20,000 loaded) and drive happily and cheaply for the next 250,000 miles!

You present car at the rate you drive will soon start costing 3000-4000 dollars per year in maintenance and repairs. The E class is not the worst Mercedes, but as the miles accumulate, they don’t last the way they used to. In the mid 80s a friend in Texas had a Tubodiesel E Class. These cars would run forever. Those days are gone.

I have a number of friends who drive these cars, but they are retired and only drive 8000 miles a year or so. And their cars look good parked at the country club.