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Merc CLK 200 - Opinions?

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  • 16-09-2007 2:51pm
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    zuutroy
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    Thinking of buying a 99 CLK200 in the near future. Anyone here got any stories, good or bad? The one I'm eye-ing has every extra even the heated seats :D . I'm interested to know if the auto-box is any use...
    Thanks.


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    cantdecide
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    A good merc should be auto. but the downsie is that a good merc should also be six cylindered.

    I'm not sure but i think the 230s are. This one looks pretty good.
    http://www.usedcars.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=785837


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    HungryJoey
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    The 230K is a 4 cylinder engine. Its got just shy of under 200 BHP the 230, which is a nice bit of power. ( 2.3L Supercharged ). Another one to look out for would be a CLK 240, thats got a 2.4/2.6 V6 engine with around 170BHP. (More then the CLK 200 kompressor). That has a lovely sound off it when being driven and a nice bit of power too. Reliability wise? IF its anything like the 95-02 E class, you would want to get it checked out by a mercedes/specialist mechanic first who knows a thing or two about these cars, they will give you their honest opinion on the cars condition that may not be visible by looking at the obvious.

    Hj


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    Anan1
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    The CLK200 was by no means fast, I think it had 136 or so bhp. The 2.0/2.3K engines were strong, but unrefined. Don't even consider a manual, they're awful. And finally, don't believe anyone who tells you that their 99 CLK200 has every extra - that would have more than doubled the new price of the car.;)


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