I had a client who consulted me on his preferred choice of car
He said he wants to go for these high end cars like Mercedes 167 Series
Precisely GLE350/450/53/63s, any one of them that falls within his budget
He planned importing from US through a friend but needed my advice
Na rich man and he’s based in Asia for years
I asked him why he wanted to go for such model, where he plans to use the car and lots more
He answered everything but one of his responses struck my interest and I thought to ask him a straight question
What’s the highest amount you can spend to maintain or fix a problem in a car?
“Tony, 500-1.5M, if e pass like this, I don park the car, by the way, which part I wan use 1.5M buy at a time that’s not engine or gear, highest is 1.5M oh
That was when I knew he wasn’t yet ready for any of the 167 GLEs
The Integrated Starter Motor Generator in these 2020 GLEs, E, C, S classes are very expensive and cost above 1.5M to replace and they’re not as durable as your normal alternator
This one is a starter and alternator join together
The 48V mild hybrid Lithium Ion battery in these GLEs are very Expensive, costs above 5-8M for a replacement OEM
Unlike in your 166 GLEs, the Kick starters and Alternators are mostly plug and play but in these 167 GLEs, replacing the Starter Generators requires coding for it to charge and work effectively
Charging the 48V Battery is not N4-7K like your 12V 100 and 75ah Batteries, it costs from 100-650K to boost the battery
Any accident with significant impact can put the car on emergency mode and shut down the battery if the crash is severe to blow the pyrofuse, resetting crash data and getting the car to start again costs 200-550K depending
Should I talk about the SAMs? Powertrain System? Infortainment and Instrument Cluster?
So having put all these into consideration, you’re not befitting of the GLEs W167 or C167
Kindly go for the GLE W166 and W292 43s or you change your mindset
These high end beautiful and super intelligent cars are very expensive to maintain and fix so if you can’t be able to spend millions in fixing her, then DON’T BUY HER
Always Buy a Car You can Afford to Maintain
I’m waiting for his feedback soon
Remember, we can detect if all these systems are working very fine during Pre-Purchase Computerized Inspections
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