In our family, 100,000 miles is barely broken in! Ma was 60 when she bought Arthur. He was her birthday present to herself. In 25 years, she ran him up to just shy of 200,000 miles. In the last 5 years, I have brought him up to roughly 380,000 miles, and still driving beautifully. I love seeing older, high mileage cars well cared for.

10 years old but still a great looking car !

Here's to another 100K, and then some. I love this channel.

please don't lower it especially if you have to drive a lot it will ruin the comfort

My 1998 Renault Clio just rolled over to 100,000 miles still going strong.

100k on a car this age is absolutely nothing no?

Yeah my mechanic always tell me too when i see him "your pads are on their way out".....but they go on for at least another 5K!

Great insight as always Matt! Happy Birthday to the Merc!

Well done on the 100k , looks a nice car , keep up the good work.

Agree with 'DC', 100,000 is not a big deal to a modern engine.(My friend's Vectra managed 380,000 on the original engine!) Nice looking motor car Matt. Many thanks for sharing.

My father's E200 was over 500k kilometres last year before the lockdowns. It looks like new because he loves it and gets it literally rebuild every other year.

My rover 75 did 135,000 miles when I sold it on and running perfectly so nothing to shout about from a merc !!

Our Ford Focus has just passed 100,000 miles. Just running like a dream, never broke down ever. It was throwing up a few strange messages but my Dad had cleaned the inside and we think water got in somewhere. It just stopped doing displaying messages so water must have dried up.

Testify brother, I have 143000 miles on my Skoda Fabia. The only thing that doesn't work is medium wave radio, for some reason, but I can live with that. Look after your car, don't skimp on regular services and most modern motors will go on and on. Something very satisfying about driving an old motor where everything works.... just think of the thousands you would burn on a new car. That is the gospel of the car shrewdie!

My 2004 VW Golf recently rolled over 100,000. Low mileage considering its six years older than yours. Everything works in mine too, some of the plastics are wearing (typical soft peel VW issues) but mechanically all works well. Previous owner lived in Dulwich so I can presume its had a lot of stop/start traffic. Mine must've aged more than yours considering the MK4 debuted in the late 90's. I use Bosch wipers on mine and change them every 20,000 mile service. Wipers are the same on my Golf, just put on at an angle, turn around and click in. Easy peasy. I really do adore red interiors, especially in US cars from the 80's and 90's. Your Mercedes is running lovely and looks really nice. The W204 generation cars do seem very affordable in this day and age, certainly better than their predecessor. I think Mercedes did improve around 2005/2006 in terms of quality.

I don't seem to be able to buy a car with less than 100k on the clock over the last few years. My Audi A2 had 205k when I brought it and runs like a dream. Not bad for a 3 pot diesel :-). Good luck with the plans for both Merc's

When I wash a vehicle it guarantees rain!

Currently 146,000 on my Toyota auris 2.0 d4d and so far it seems to be running sweet in my ownership it gets BP ultimate diesel & Oil changed every 5k 🤞🏻

My mini cooper D as just clocked 168k and still going like a little pocket rocket. I took a volvo 740 to over 400k. Good old merc 100k happy birthday merc lol.

Airport taxi company I deal with has base model diesel E class's with over 500k on them lololol, anything should make it to 100k.

The parking brake is inside the disc ie like a drum brake, you adjust it up through a wheel bolt hole. Maybe you dislodge some crap build up making the park brake now hold. 😊😊

I’m in a 16 plate Megane estate that hit 85,000 miles last week. Gonna be on 100,000 miles by April no problem. Perks of driving at least 50 miles to get to work everyday!

My old company I worked for Ran Seat Leon TDIs until they reached 120k then sold them on. the 2 I drove was nearing that mark. 1st one the heater stopped working swapped for another and the emissions light kept coming on and it would go into limp mode. Every other fill up I just poured redex into the tank and that seemed to fix it! After 5 bottles

You have such a positive outlook on life and your mercedes benz 👍well done on your sweet ride

I've got s4 b7 125000miles but thinking of selling cus it's so expensive and seen these live the look of w204s but is there any point in a diesel anymore?

My 2011 Toyota Avensis tourer has 225k on the clock and still drives like new. Only ever had 2 mechanical failures - 1 injector and 1 rear brake caliper.

Nice motor the Merc. I noted that it has the exact same wiper fitting as my previous car....a 2002 Passat.

I wonder how many 10mm sockets have fallen down that grate?!

155k in my 2008 mondeo 2.0 tdci....failed its first mot on headlight alignment in 2011, but since then it's never even had an advisory....I've done 60k of that in 2 years. Only thing that doesnt work is aircon...only just changed the original front brake discs and still on original rears...

I don't think Bosch blades are up to scratch anymore. They struggle in the cold and judder. Not long put new ones on my van. Replacing the valeo ones. Which lasted years.....nice work anyways. Did you open the brake fluid reservoir before you did the pads?

I have a 2009 E320 Avantgarde Estate in Iridium silver. It's done 125k with full service history and in all the years I have owned it, it's never missed a beat. Inside looks like new and the outside apart from speed related stone chips it's mint. It's singularly the best car I have ever owned 10/10

My facelift C250 had its gearbox oil changed but it’s not a quick and cheap job, needs to be done at 50 deg Celsius to get the level right, which is why MB dealer quoted me best part of £600 but that’s the 7 speed auto! Changing the rear discs can be tricky, the inner of the disc barrel is where the handbrake shoes press, so they form a lip which stops the disc popping off easy. As for coilovers, mines the AMG sport plus, so lowered as standard, and I catch speed bumps on occasion.

I bet the slide pins are hex 7mm (T45 kind of fits). looks lite the standard ATE brake system.

Very tempted to get one of these, with the facelift interior and auto box. Out of itnerest have you ever had any issues with the DPF?

The moon is just under 250.000 miles away.. Whoo hoo 🙌

Saw a 2011 c250 at a local dealer for sale with more than 200k on the clock, still looked like new

100 000 miles is just the running in period . My sons little clio 1.5dci has 268000 km and still runs like clockwork .He will take it another 250000 then perhaps give it a polish before saying its an ok car . It’s not a case of how many miles but how they were done … I’m test driving a C class Break petrol ( estate ) later today and can already feel the excitement in my bones

100,000 miles is barely run in these days, looking forward to your 200,000 mile report. My daily driver/work vehicle is an 07 Mitsubishi L200 with 168,000 miles and still the original clutch.

Hi Matt,what a great video,i do like a clean car myself to be fair,while the other wheels are off clay bar and polish them if I had these,the Mercedes do look smart now.

Apparently there is an alloy wheel treatment you can get in motorbike shops that stops brake dust sticking to alloy wheels in the first place, which sounds like a pretty good idea with you doing a lot of miles in the Merc as it should stop the dust eating into the alloy and causing corrosion, especially in the back of the wheel that you can't really get to when they're on the car... It's worth saying that you shouldn't just force the brake fluid from the caliper back up to the master cylinder when retracting the pistons on vehicles with ABS as the back flow of fluid through the ABS pump can break it and cause the ABS to fail out. ABS pumps tend to vary from rather expensive to real arm-and-a-leg territory so if you can avoid having to replace one then it makes sense, especially being as the vast majority are special order items not held in stock so you'd be waiting with the car off the road for anything from a week to a few months. In most cases the approved technique is to loosen the bleed nipple before retracting the piston, therefore allowing the brake fluid to drain into a suitable container, and to top up the master cylinder with fresh fluid when the job is complete...

Don't forget the rear wiper! Well done.

I don't think I have ever lit a candle for any of my cars, but there's always a first time for everything, sir!

my 2007 focus 1.6 duratec diesel has 317,000 and is still going strong

"impossible to line up" - lines it up perfectly first time! If thats your only complaint I think you may have found your partner for life, look forward to the 200k birthday :D

Did you remove brake fluid reservoir cap? Always advisable to do when pushing back the pistons

Just sold my C220 was on 99950ish. BTW the rear pads don’t work the parking break. So that’s strange it now works.

My 2005 Mercedes c 22 CDI has done nearly 180000 mile so you have plenty of life left in your motor :)

This will impress you - I had a 2001 MG ZS 120 (1.8 k series) petrol which I sold about a year ago at 188k miles! It burnt an exhaust valve out at 186k, so I stuck a second hand cylinder head on it along with new head gasket and timing belt (cost me less than £150 for parts) and it ran perfectly again! But I then sold it. However it's still driving around Sussex somewhere now on 200k miles. If something with as poor a reputation as my old MG can do 200k miles, then 100k I expect to be just run in on your diesel Mercedes 😁. But your right, people will still be put off the car because of the miles. Doesn't make sense really

My 2007 Mitsubishi Colt which only cost me £600 a year ago has done 107 thousand miles everything still works and still on original clutch and gearbox too, Japanese know how to make a quality car, also i can afford a Mercedes if i really wanted to but i choose not to as it would cost a bomb to maintain and run one.

Great cars, What I don’t like about this gen merc is the slow wipers

Great vid Matt. However a telling off is in order. You did not clean the brake carriage or copper slip it or the back of the pads. It always helps the efficiency of the brakes

My dad’s 2007 Mondeo Estate 2.2 rolled over 160k recently, dual mass flywheel has developed a rattle when cold however 😂

For your satnav upgrade contact Sounds Alarming Welling Kent, from your accent and some of the cars you've tested I'm guessing your down that way...Andy the owner is a Medway local and personal friend of mine.... And Merry Christmas from Brisbane Australia...really enjoy your content.

Just hit 385,000 miles in c class c220, still driving fine. Plenty of life left in it.

Hey Mat, would it cost a lot to get the ding in the bonnet fixed? Does it bother you? I'm too picky. I changed my 118D M sport due to a crack in the fake leather of the driver's seat. Yep, i'm mad!

I often find that OEM wiper blades last a lot longer than aftermarket blades, even if they're more expensive.

Lovely car try for 200 thousand at least great vids keep up the good work

100k miles yippee he cries just as a management light appears on the dash :o)

The 100'000 mile thing is strange (an Iam guilty of using it as a yard stick in the past) However ,during this lockdown,, we decided to buy a " cheap petrol car" incase my job and company car go t**s up. 😭 So we have bought a 2013 fiesta titanium ecoboost. 999cc 3 cylinders turbo petrol with 108'000 miles on it ,for £3'700.. 1 owner from new,(with the odd scratch on most panels to prove it) FSH for what it's worth and thanks to the gov.mot checker it's easy to see it's mot history. Mine has had advisories only for tyres and front lower suspension bush (apparently a known fiesta weakness,and the new arms are £50 for both sides and a couple of hours on the drive,with a £25 wheel alignment check afterwards) Cambelt is due at 150'000 ,and if I close my eyes and rev it,it sounds like a mini V6 or sewing machine blending on your ears. £0 road tax. So not quite bangernomics,but certainly slot of modenish car for my buck. And with 123bhp and a light car,she can pull up her skirt and run when required (just missing a 6th gear imho) So we get, climate control,DAB,heated front screen,cruise control,hill start assist,auto wipers/lights,auto dimming rear mirror and a bronze pulse colour 😎😀

I bought a 5 series BMW with 100k on it. It's 180k now... Has headlight issues but nothing else.

As far as the sat nav being rubbish is concerned, are there map updates for it available on Mercedes' web site? After all, if it still has the original maps from 2010 there are likely to have been changes since then.

My Skoda Octavia (15 plate) has 147862 miles and nothing has went wrong yet. TOUCH WOOD!! Sure it probably could do with new shocks and there’s an intermittent exhaust sensor fault but nothing else. Servicing every 9k probably helps.

How much will it cost you to service this yourself fella?

I'm only 90k in front of you on the miles :) And I remember that turkey baster, wasn't your Mrs using it for the chicken just before we used it on the W123 Merc air housing? 😁 😂 🤣 Was that a torque wrench you used to undo the wheel nuts? 😲😲 The phone over the sat nav screen is pure genius, but I'm not sure about the elastic band in the event of heavy cornering or sharp braking though, Velcro would be far better.

Have you thought about having the Mercedes remapped, can improve fuel economy as well as performance. Great video as always.

Do these later Merc's not come with the wheel bolt locator tool ? It should be with the spare wheel tools if it has a spare wheel, oh and the white gloves to keep your hands clean at the side of the road

100k !!!!!! BARELY run in !!!!!!!!

MK3 Focus ST and I am nearing the 100k mark.

The money saved changing the brake pads yourself can now be spent on your other Mercedes.

Very good channel

Wait. A Mercedes without rust? :p

Has the gearbox oil ever been changed before? I changed mine at 180,000kms (110,000 miles) and about 5000kms after the auto started to slip, and then bam gearbox overheated and failed. If i had my time again. I wouldn't do it to a car that had never been changed with such high kms. 60,000 miles yes. 100,000 miles no.

0:50 😂😂😂

If red leather then outside should be red 😉 still doesnt beat red metallic W124 with all out red leather 😛

Lovely Jubbly, why not just get the seat repaired, much cheaper especially if there's nothing else wrong with it?

I doubt my 1 litre 3 cylinder will ever get the opportunity to celebrate 100,0000 miles.

I know a bloke with a V reg Alfa 166 2.0 Twinspark with 198,000 miles on the clock.

I love Mercs.🚔

I reached 45,000 miles in my 62 plate Mercedes C-Class Estate (aka Max) this week.

Still think folk buy Mercs just for the badging - or what the badging REPRESENTS (owner of 1997 W202 C230 @ 357,000km and a 1997 BMW e39 540i @ 304,000 km)...... so THERE (( 1997 is post OBD2 and PRE micro-processing and automation excess))

Mercedes-Benz 🖤

According to Scotty Kilmer this car will become an endless money pit 😥

My 2007 ALFA 159 has done 160000 miles.

100,000 miles is nothing mate, especially on a well built car like this. It will easily triple it with some TLC through time. Cracking car best of luck with it

Please do a test drive in a w168 🙂

Big deal my seat altea has done 91k and its only 63 plate and runs like new.

14:09 would not bother as it wipes all of your data. 🙄 📱

Clay bar, clay bar, claybar...

Out in the freezing cold on your knees under a Merc trying your luck changing brake pads........ ! Really. Small round things to that, put it in the garage like most normal sain Merc drivers do, life's way to short. Don't forget you'll have to do it all again tomorrow changing the sensor as you don't have the part. Enjoy.

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Oh dear😩

The real shocker is that you bought a car from Car Giant and it didn't blow up! At what point does this car become a 'banger' by the way?

My dads 75 Diesel Tourer literally didnt have am oil change for over 100,000 miles lol. Still daily driven. Fan of the merc btw

Save your money for the other Merc... lowering it is a waste of time and money unless the shocks etc are knackered.

238.000 miles. What do you mean by that?

Please don’t lower it. Drivers with cars that are obviously too low don’t look cool at all. They look like willies that need an extension

Cringing as you squeeze back the pistons, I hope you opened up the reservoir and removed the exes fluid. Mercs used to have a locating pin you screwed into the hub to replace the wheels which should be in the tool kit

Whatever happened to that Hyundai Coupe? Lol

This will have an OM651 cracking lump. Mercedes also put these in sprinters obviously with different management, Bomb proof just keep a listen out when the chain starts getting noisy.

100'000 on a modern Merc without major expense your lucky