Hey all!

Just signed up and glad to be here. I'm mulling this 2011 C30. After talking with the dealership, it sounds like they've replaced the fuel and water pump at 60k, which was my main concern. Anything else you think I should be looking out for with this? Plus, any thoughts on using this as a regular day-to-day driving car?

Hope you're all well!
Kovi

 

The timing belt is a 10 year /120K mile interval so I'm wondering if the water pump was done as part of that service at 10 years. I'd confirm the belt was done. Normally they are very reliable (never had to replace one even after 250K miles on our 850). Not sure the reason for replacing the fuel pump. Anyways, with 80K miles on it, and assuming there is a maintenance history on the car, I don't see why it shouldn't be reliable. That said, KBB.COM suggests a dealer list price should be in the 11-12K range so it looks like the car is listed at market price.

 

My mistake, I meant timing belt not fuel pump. I had got mixed up somehow. Yes, it sounds like it was done at as a 10 year-replacement. Have you driven it in any adverse weather (snow mainly) before? I may be relocating to the Midwest and have to deal with more harsh winters than I experience now. I'm not expecting to need to do any driving in the country or off roads, but would likely have to navigate other more moderates snowy roads. Thanks for the feedback!

 

I am a big fan of having snow tires mounted on a second set of rims for winter driving. A few thoughts a) run narrower/taller profile winter tires to cut through snow and reduce the risk of a pot hole blow out (wheel-size.com will show what OEM alternatives fit - ie say the current wheels are 17s, you can find 16s for the snows) b) snows help with stopping/turning - you are more likely to get in trouble skidding than getting stuck in place. c) modern cars have effective traction control which covers 90% of the task. If you were living in a hilly area - then AWD becomes of interest but for mostly in city winter weather, FWD with snows is fine. Hopefully you will have a place to store the extra rims.