Mercedes No class the cheek (Mercedes-Benz A140 Classic)

Member Name: mjammy

Product:	Mercedes-Benz A140 Classic
Date:	30/08/08 (924 review reads)
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Advantages: ummmmmm its a car

Disadvantages: mine had a bad engine i could be biased

I owned one of these back in 2005 and was fond of the way the car looked.

My one was a W reg 2001, five door in jet black, with black seats, no stereo. So it was four years old when i owned it. The milage was 20,000 and i paid £5000 for it.

It was clean, high seated and pretty spacious.

The major knock back was the engine, my one in particular had issues but the garages did not think that there was a problem. When i drove at speed, i thought the engine would drop out.

I have owned many cars and know that car had issues i generally keep cars for about six months before i sel them on. I always advise people to do a vehicle check as you cant tell what has happened to the car before you own it.

The gearbox was fine but the engine was rattling at speed, The seat belts were responsive, the speakers were good (not enough bass), the drive was good not great being a mercedes entry level you would have expected a quality drive, seats were ok but on a long drive they would become uncomfortable;there was enough space in the boot for shopping and the like but not as big as the VW golf boot.

The car was reliable and did not breakdown while i had it.

I would NOT recommend buying one but then not all of them at mis-treated like my one obviously was.

The newer ones are much better, drive wise, engine and body work wise.

Summary: Would not buy another unless 2004 upwards

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