Hello everyone, the old driver of the car inspector is meeting with everyone again! I am a used car inspector, I am in shape and quick, the most important driver is fast, everyone calls me Xiaopeng. Welcome to this issue of used car testing fun facts!
When it comes to large-displacement cars, its benefits are many! But as long as one reason dissuaded many people, that is: expensive! Not only is the price of the car expensive, the tax expensive, the insurance expensive, and the cost of use is also expensive! Eight cylinders or six cylinders, change the parts to be 2-4 more than others! And now the rising oil price is to stimulate people to stay away from large displacement, unless it is money willful!
Today I met such a trench customer big brother, he wants to buy a 3.5L displacement Mercedes-Benz ML350, and it is an old car that has been driving for ten years. Xiaopeng knows that there will be friends who do not understand, but the thinking of rich people is not what I can understand, maybe people buy this car just to make money, the number earned in a year is more than dozens of times more than the cost of this car, so you can't think about others with your own situation and perspective!
If from the cost performance point of view, this ML350 was an 800,000-level player, and now as long as 150,000 can drive home, not only there is not much attenuation in performance, but also the car logo is still so shiny, enough to cope with the small scenes in the business! These should be what customers care about, what needs to be done at present is to figure out the condition of the car, not to lose money in the price, so the test is arranged!
The car belongs to the personal car source, the owner of the car was also a second-hand car bought before, opened for more than six years, these six years have not happened, is to scratch several places. However, the car condition before he bought the car was not very clear, and he used the word estimation, saying that there was no problem with the introduction of the car dealer at that time, and at that time, the inspector line was not popular! So not so sure. Then give this task to Xiao Peng! Detection goes up!
Vehicle Year: 2010 ML 350 4MATIC Luxury Special Edition
Factory time: 2011-07
Playing time: 2012-03
Meter mileage: 167876KM
Manufacturer guidance: 898,000
Owner quote: 150,000
Seeing the real car, Xiaopeng knows that the appearance of the whole car has been repaired, there are many skin traumas such as scratching, and the visual inspection of the vehicle state is general, as for whether there is a major accident, it still needs in-depth detection.
The paint thickness of the front cover meets the original factory standards, and the hinge screws inside have no disassembly marks, and then check the surrounding edges, accessory labels and other details to confirm that the cover has not been replaced.
Although the right headlights do not have a manufacturing date, there is a significant new and old color difference compared to the left headlights, which must be replaced later, and plastic parts such as headlight frames and front bumpers have also been replaced.
There is no bending deformation trace of the front longitudinal beam head, no force collapse mark of the collapse hole, and the screw of the front anti-collision beam is not moved, it seems that there has been no major accident on the front of the car.
The paint surface at the left front fender wheel eyebrow is relatively thick, it should be painted with sheet metal scraping putty, and then look at the fixed screws are also removed, but the fender beam is nothing, the solder joints are also maintained in the original state, the problem is not big, but the appearance of the covering is damaged.
Most of the paint on the left and right sides and the rear of the car are painted, but they are caused by ordinary scratching, and there is no damage to the skeleton of the body, and the four door frames and ABC columns are still original paint. In the appearance of the covering, only the right front fender is replaced later, plus the right headlight and headlight frame, it can be judged that the right front has a certain force of collision, but did not hurt the fender beam, escaped the disaster.
Take a look at the engine that customers are more concerned about, 3.5L V6 with 7AT gearbox, a few figures have explained everything, but the official comprehensive fuel consumption of this goods has reached 12.2L/100km, how much should the actual fuel consumption be? And it only drinks No. 97 oil, 95L of fuel tank volume, add a tank of oil, alas..... More than Xiaopeng's one-month food bill!
First checked the lower four sealing pads, oil seals and other parts, there is a slight oil leakage in the local area, but the overall is still relatively dry. Valve chamber cover screws and timing side cover screws have not been removed, and surface accessories such as ignition coils have been replaced by normal maintenance.
The steering machine booster pump on the side is obviously leaking oil, because it is hydraulic assistance, the internal pressure is very high, after a long time, the oil leakage is also a high probability event, and it needs to be repaired and replaced in time.
The interior style is relatively rough, at that time it was not popular on the big screen, and even if there is a grade of a screen! The wear and tear inside the car is obvious, the meter mileage is close to 170,000 kilometers, as to whether it is real, we will read the computer later.
The main and auxiliary seats have been removed, and the bottom sponge and metal parts have no mold and rust, which is likely to be removed by the function of the maintenance seat, but it does not exclude the factor of dealing with wading water. We as inspectors have to consider a variety of situations, if we find a certain sign, we must dig deeper, either to confirm the result, or to kill!
The internal skeleton of the instrument panel, as well as bare metal parts such as the steering machine pipe column, are also clean and there are no traces of soaking water and rusting.
Just in case, Xiaopeng still removed the threshold trim, focusing on the gap in the threshold, the wiring harness under the carpet, the corner of the horn, and there was no suspicious situation such as mud and sand.
Some of the buttons of the multi-function steering wheel and the four-way adjustment of the steering wheel have failed and need to be repaired. The air conditioning vent in the driver's seat was also damaged.
Connect the OBD computer to detect the electronic control system, the engine control module once had a 4-cylinder lack of fire failure, now it should be handled well, that is, to change a fuel injector, spark plug or ignition coil problem, and then check whether the cylinder pressure is insufficient, the problem is not big! Other fault codes do not affect the normal use of the car.
Reading the transmission data, it was found that the total actual mileage has been 200,000, and the odometer is only more than 160,000, although the adjustment is not much, it is also adjusted! It is estimated that the owner himself does not know this situation!
On the car of the year, it is still very necessary to test the chassis, remove the lower guard plate, and facilitate the inspection of every corner.
The variable air suspension looks high-grade, but it is easy to break, and it is not cheap to repair once, the most practical thing for the poor is to not repair it if it is broken! At present, the shock absorbers have all been replaced, and there is no oil leakage phenomenon in each ball head rubber sleeve for the time being.
From below, the oil leakage of the steering machine is more serious and needs to be repaired and replaced.
The gasket in the bottom housing of the transmission also has oil leakage, and this component is recommended for early treatment to prevent oil deficiency from aggravating friction damage to the internal gears.
The screws of the engine and the gearbox connection work have not been moved, and the screws under the two feet have not been moved, which can rule out the possibility of hoisting and repairing the hair change, and the overall state can still be maintained.
From below, I checked the skeleton structure such as the front and rear longitudinal beams again, and there was no trace of collision damage, which was completely reassuring!
After the actual car test, the overall condition is more general, there is no major accident that hurts the body structure, the engine gearbox is not hoisted and overhauled, but there are a little more things that need to be repaired, including the oil leakage of the gearbox that needs to be re-glued, the steering machine also needs to be replaced, the interior function keys need to re-check the line or switch, and the body scratches. It costs 30,000 to 40,000 to get all of them down, and it takes 20,000 to 30,000 for a single direction.
Since you need to spend money on maintenance, you must deduct it from the car price! Customers also think so, but the owner feels that he is more wronged, because the asking price itself is much cheaper than the market, has given profits, a penny a penny, if there is no such a problem, he will not sell such a low price! The customer proposes, why not bear half of each other and take a whole number? 130,000? The owner of the car said that it was lower than the car dealer reported to him, what is the busy half-day picture?
The owner quoted a reserve price, 140,000, OK, no, no, there is no need to talk! Does the customer ask the package transfer? The owner said not to pack, just because of this, the customer decided not to buy, he felt that the owner was too searching, and he suspected that the car dealer was pretending to be a person! In fact, if the customer looks at the market price of this car, he should feel that the owner's reserve price is not expensive, but the additional maintenance cost increases the purchase cost.
This is the price of buying a second-hand luxury car, just like marrying a female star, since you like her, you have to bear her daily expenses, buy cosmetics, do beauty, buy expensive clothes and bags, if there is no thick family foundation and strong money ability, sooner or later you will be dragged down! Second-hand luxury cars, seemingly beautiful, need to be cautious!
Well, today's test sharing is here, I am a used car inspection technician in the car inspector. Like it, spray it if you don't like it. I repair more cars, read less, and write badly, please bear more responsibility. Car inspector, willing to be your friend who knows the most about cars!