Hello, everyone! The old driver of the car inspector is meeting with you again~ I am your new friend superstar, and I am a used car inspection technician who has repaired a luxury car. Helping the majority of car fans to solve a series of problems when buying a car is my service tenet. Today, the superstar I tested a Mercedes-Benz GL500 and showed me alive what it means to ride a tiger!
This is how the big fan who entrusted us to inspect today found a 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL500 on the Internet. At that time, the online bidding mileage was 120,000 kilometers. The price is not expensive, only 470,000 yuan, so he paid a deposit of 10,000 yuan to settle the car. However, after two days, he actually went to the scene to take a look. It showed that it was 160,000 kilometers, and the fan brother also checked the maintenance records and found that in October 2018, the car had already driven 150,000 kilometers. Now 3 Years have passed and only 10,000 kilometers have been driven? It's impossible.
At this time, the fan eldest brother was a bit resigned, and euphemistically expressed to the seller that he didn't want to buy it and whether he could refund the deposit. The seller said that the deposit will definitely not be refunded. In the past few days, several waves of people have seen this car, but he has not sold it. Now the big fan said that if he doesn't buy it, he won't buy it. Who will bear the loss? So the big fan asked the superstar to help me take a look. It turns out that the fan brother retired last year and he doesn't have to go to and from work. He usually goes to the gym to play badminton instead. Don't talk nonsense, let's take a look at today's protagonist right away.
Model year: 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL500 4MATIC
Date of manufacture: January 2013
Date of registration: October 2013
Expressed kilometers: 160,000 kilometers
New car Guide price: 1.598 million
Seller offer: 470,000
Test location: Qingdao, Shandong
Mercedes-Benz GL is a full-size SUV,It has now been discontinued, and its replacement is the famous GLS, so it was relatively expensive back then. The landing price was about 1.8 million. Now it has lost 1.3 million for 8 years. The second-hand market is still relatively cost-effective. But now the big fan of the fan is also in a difficult situation. I will make a decision after I finish the test.
As soon as I opened the cover, I was attracted by the screws of the water tank frame. This disassembly is too obvious, right? It seems that this car still has a bit of a story, wait for me to slowly dig step by step.
Later, I saw that this headlight label is quite old, although it is old, it is not replaced, and it is the original one.
Then it was found that the front anti-collision beam screws had not been removed, let alone the front side members. After all, the accident will not go from the inside to the outside. Here is the superstar, let me popularize it with everyone. The front anti-collision beam is installed on the front of the car body to reduce the energy absorption of the collision when the vehicle is in a collision. To put it simply, the front anti-collision beam is "used for collision." It is not a structural part of the car body, so it can be replaced after a collision without affecting the safety of the vehicle; while the front side rail is a structural part of the car body, if it is deformed in a collision, it will affect the rigidity of the car body.
Then I checked that the cover has not been painted and repaired, not to mention the hinge screws. It is also in the original state, with no traces of disassembly and no displacement. Then the reason for the disassembly of the water tank frame is very complicated and confusing, please write it down first, and study it later when you check other places.
Although the car was replaced with a piece of glass, it can be determined that it was not caused by the accident, most of which were caused by the collapse of the stone.
Looking at other parts of the car body, it was found that the putty at the lower part of the left front door was repaired. Fortunately, there was no trace of the screw, which ruled out the possibility of disassembly, repair and replacement.
The right rear fender is also repaired by rubbing putty.But after driving the car for 8 years, it is inevitable to scratch, it is all small injuries and not a big problem.
Look at the rear of the vehicle, the paint surface of the trunk lid is normal, and the hinge screws have no disassembly displacement, which can basically rule out the suspicion of a major rear-end collision directly behind.
And the production date can be seen by peeling off the plaques of the two rear lights, which is in line with the vehicle's factory date. Maybe I didn’t make it very clear. Let’s take a look and verify again that there is no major rear-end collision. .
Finally, I took a look at the entire right side car body, and found that only the right rear fender just tested had sheet metal repairs, and the right door hinge screws were not removed, which is also the original car state. At present, the situation detected by the appearance is quite good, there are several sheet metal, strictly speaking, it is not a fine product. Let's take a look at how the engine is going.
This Mercedes-Benz GL500 is equipped with a V8, 4.7T twin-turbocharged engine, with a maximum horsepower of 435 and a maximum torque of 700N·m. It is matched with a 7-speed automated manual gearbox and can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers in 5.4 seconds. . It can be seen that although the parameters of the engine are very explosive, the power is actually not as strong as expected. It may be because the weight of the GL is close to 2.6 tons, which is too heavy! But now if you want to buy a Mercedes-Benz with such a large displacement, it is estimated that you can only consider buying AMG. It is difficult for ordinary Mercedes-Benz to give you such a large displacement.
In the engine part, you can first see that the valve cover and timing side cover screws are obviously removed, and the black glue has overflowed, but at present, the superstar, I am afraid to make a decision based on this clue alone. On that, we continue to look down.
Then it was discovered that the exhaust manifold into the had been removed. Is there an overhaul of the engine?
Let’s look at the front end attachment pulley of the engine,Wherever there are screws, all that can be removed are removed. I already have a count of the superstars here, but everything has to wait for the chassis to be tested before further confirmation. Next, we continue to inspect the interior.
When I saw the interior, the first reaction in my heart was "Your uncle or your uncle"! The interior of Mercedes-Benz is indeed the top spot of the BBA. Even this GL 8 years ago, the interior is luxurious at a glance, although it is still far behind the current Mercedes-Benz S-Class, but At the same time...No. In 2013, neither BMW nor Audi had the same level of models. Even now, Audi does not have a large SUV. Forget it, Audi is not worthy of a Mercedes-Benz. Let’s continue. Look at the details of the interior.
First of all, you can see that the seat screws are obviously removed, but the car does not have full-enclosed foot pads. Is it normal maintenance and disassembly, or what? We then look down.
Afterwards, it was found that the interior of the instrument panel skeleton was still very dry, free of sand, water, and corrosion.
Due to the disassembly of the seat screws, I am not sure what caused the disassembly of the superstar. So now with the consent of the merchant, I removed the door sill trim and found that the carpet is also very dry. Yes, some dead corners are also free of mud, sand and water stains, so wading water can be basically eliminated. It seems that the disassembly of the seat is a normal maintenance.
I was more cautious, and then I removed the right side sill panel again. There was also no problem. It can be further concluded that there is no wading in the vehicle.
However, when I checked the kilometer by reading the vehicle’s driving computer system, I found that the real kilometer now is 220,000 kilometers.Seeing that the face of the big fan here also showed a disappointed expression. Said that it felt like I had spent 200,000 beauties to marry a big girl, and when I removed my makeup, I found that I was 40 years old. Who can stand it? It's strange not to be disappointed! But the eldest brother motioned me to finish reading the chassis first, and then after obtaining the consent of the merchant, he found a lift to look at the chassis nearby.
At the first glance when the car is lifted up, there are a lot of traces of underpinning on the chassis, but they don't look very serious. Let's take a look at the details.
The chassis part first checked the state of the four suspensions. It can be seen that it is still very good, at least there is no obvious oil leakage. So let alone the quality of the Japanese and the Germans, this Mercedes-Benz that "does not pit the poor" can drive 220,000 kilometers without changing the suspension!
Then when the superstar I skillfully removed the guard plate, I found that the screws at the junction of the engine foot and the gearbox were all removed, and combined with the results of the static test above, it seems that the engine has indeed been broken down and repaired. of.
And the fixing screws of the gearbox and transfer case also have disassembly marks, and the visible screws of the gearbox and transfer case have been removed all the time, but wherever there are screws, they have been removed. The most important thing is that there is no maintenance record of the 4S shop. It is estimated that it was repaired in the repair shop. Although this number of kilometers, if you haven't repaired it, the fan may repair it after you start it, but now it is not repaired in a 4S shop, and I don't know the quality of the repair. But it does not mean that the repair shop outside must be worse than the 4S shop.
The more than two hours of detection here is basically over. Although there is no major problem in the overall view, the engine overhaul and adjustment table is really not a fine car condition, and this Whether there is a guarantee for the overhauled engine will also be stated separately.
and the original owner of this car also changed the second row and third row of the rear seat into a big sofa,Fan brother still prefers traditional seats. Then the fan elder brother once again negotiated with the seller, and the answer was still that the deposit is not refundable if the car is not bought. Helplessly, the big fan could only use the engine to overhaul and adjust the meter, and cut a price with the seller. Fortunately, the seller took a step back, and in the end it was 10,000 yuan cheaper and 460,000 yuan was sold.
It can be seen that the online price of the same Mercedes-Benz GL500 is still very high, most of the same year are close to 500,000. Today’s price of 470,000 yuan is indeed cheaper. It is estimated that the big fan also fancyed the lower price before giving the deposit, and the seller gave a discount of 10,000 yuan in the end. Although the car has a meter adjustment and an overhauled engine, the overall car condition is not bad anyway, do you think it is worth buying this Mercedes-Benz GL500 for 460,000?
Well, today’s test case sharing is over here, thank you for reading! Here, Superstar, I once again remind everyone that when buying a second-hand car, don’t pay a deposit before confirming the condition of the car, especially when the car is still cheaper than the market price. After all, the second-hand car market is waiting for more people than cars. It might be your turn? Always believe that you get what you pay for, so you won't be fooled easily!
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