Lude Generation

I would like to pick the Forums brains(from some who have any)
Because I am disabled until the surgeons get at my knees and back I am unable to drive the Prelude(auto) far and Jenny cannot drive due to Illness and needing a new knee. I need a spare car to complement the Soarer for the winter.

I am having the Ludes rear arches replaced and some other jobs done on it shortly. When it comes back I am going to tuck it up in the garage nice and warm for the winter and hopefully when we are fixed by the spring we will be able to use it more often.
I intend to keep it taxed insured and MOT'd
The Soarer is a pain in the backside in Ice and snow(to much torque) the first snowflake has its wheels spinning and any graidiant forget it! If its a mild winter it suits my disabilities fine.

This brings me to the point of the above.
1 I have been offered an X plate Merc 2.0 E class saloon with full leather interior a years MOT and tidy apart from a small amount of rust in the usual place (front wings) 66K on the clock for £400. The plan is to use it over the next few months and sell it. Is the value about right for this car?

2 Both my wife and I have full NCD and neither is over £200 could I insure a second car in either name without getting raped by the insurance companies?

Thats about right tbh for a petrol one. I loved to drive mine just a shame they rust on the front arches which aren't cheap to get hold of.

Its alot of car for a 2L to drag around so dont expect a rocket ship.


When are you going to realise the soarer would suit me far better anyway?

Also make sure thw box shifts up and down priperly and isnt too gerky, they dont generally fail bit its a sign of how well its been serviced, there is a filter in the box and usually sort it if you arent overly happy.

Check the rear brake lines as i had to replace mine.

4thgenphil wrote:
When are you going to realise the soarer would suit me far better anyway?

When it stops suiting mine phil and I would start saving if you ever get it 13 mpg

If the concern is traction in the snow/ice... Replacing a RWD car with a RWD isn't the best solution, IMO? Blatently obvious to me every year when it snows, just how hopeless Beemers and Mercs are in those conditions...

For winter get yourself an old audi, with quattro..
Solid cars.. Perfect for winter

I can't get my merc off the slight gradient on my drive in the snow, but 245/35/18 tyres probably have a bit to do with that. Having said how sh1t they are in the snow we don't get a lot of it do we.

I snows for 3 days of the year. I wouldn't worry. I simply don't drive or work.

Rust buckets, in my opinion, and fwd is the only thing to have in the white stuff. My 3g used to pull up hills in 2nd gear, with no throttle. Slow but sure.

Should have kept my Impreza tucked away for winter instead of giving it away to a friend who needed a car. On second thoughts it was a manual and I can't drive them with my disability at the moment. I have decided to drop the E class idea.
I will hibernate instead and use a Taxi in bad weather if needed!