hi all, as with any lover of the 3 pointed star, we are prone to impulse buys and at the dealership I was offered a 2002 A160 lwb silver on black with only 7Tkm on the clock.
and because I'm a major benz freak plus silver is my color of choice, (i have a 202 and an r170) I ended up making a reservation payment without thinking.
I just found the car cute and i guess for the cost: 13,000 U.S. (cars are more expensive with the taxes in manila) plus it fulfills my vision of having a garage full of silver mercs ... I couldn't resist...but these cars are few and far between here...and I know very little about it...
did I make the right decision? is this a good car? I'm starting to get nervous about my purchase... anyone have objective feedback?
thanks guys
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Probably quiet as not sold in the US are they and a lot of US owners use this forum. In UK and Europe sold well. Over a million I think. The long wheel base one has incredible room for its size and is so easy to park where bigger cars could not go. It drives well and rides much better than the short wheelbase. My brother has just bought the new A class three door version and loves it. On JD Power it was rated more highly than most other Mercs for Customer Satisfaction. I like it. Revolutionary, brilliant. Enjoy.
I don't know if this interests you. I posted it somewhere else but relevant here:
Wish I could remember where I read it but Merc resisted making small cars for years because although they pass crash tests, the tests are not like hitting a bigger car head on. They only changed their minds on small cars when they discovered the sandwich floor, which meant that an A class could hit an E class head on and the occupants of the A had the same chance of getting out alive. The sandwhich floor is like a huge structural beam, of course. Being up higher -due to the sandwhich floor- means you are above the point of main impact in side crashes to which most cars are very vulnerable. In addition, mounting the engine at 52 degrees to the vertical, coupled with the sandwhich floor, guides the engine downwards and below the passenger compartment in the event of a head-on shunt. Very clever stuff! Thing that annoys me about Merc is that they never put all this info into their sales brochures. You get a hint of it but they undersell themselves in my view.
thanks hawk...that's interesting...and reinforces my decision...got the car last saturday...lovin it so far...
I put my old amg 17's on it that used to be on my r170......my question is...is this bad for the suspension? what's the offset on these cars? cause the mags kinda stick out a bit up front...
That's crazy. I don't think you can just do that.
For sure bigger wheels will harm the ride, and that is not sensible on an A as that was always pretty firm. All sorts of other complications. Really you need to start new thread on the special section on tyres, wheels etc. But what the fans of fancy wheels don't always tell you is how much the bigger wheels harm the ride. Why not keep to the size Mercedes designed it for?
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