Cheap new unregistered E500s

[tromppost]

MB Chelsea's website has the date down as 1980 on three of them!

 

[saorbust]

Warranty starts from first registration date, not build date.

Put it this way - I paid 29k for the 388 bhp version in my car - 6 months old, new over 67k.

I think they'd bite your hand off if you offered 27-28 ish.

Bargain.

 

[Chattonmill]

They do seem to be selling is as Used with 500 miles on the clock, with delivery in June, so I suspect that they will try for just a years warranty.

 

[C240Sport97]

They do seem to be selling is as Used with 500 miles on the clock, with delivery in June, so I suspect that they will try for just a years warranty.

that's not the case .. it's just the way they dress it up.

they are available unregistered before month end .. and you will get 3 year warranty from date of registration

if they do not sell before month end, they will then be registered, and sold as "used" -- I don't think anyone will have to wait either. After all, it is the manufacturer, and not some dealer

 

[saorbust]

Sean is right. The warranty is provided by MB and MBUK on the basis of three years from the registration date - provided I think it serviced by an authorised party. (I didn't say dealer deliberately).

If you guys want these E500's at bargain prices I think they'd sell them to you. Seriously - they are killing for sales volume atm.

 

[Chattonmill]

I'm just thinking that mine is a 53 reg just out of warranty, so 3 Years warranty does sound attractive to me!
If it could be got for less than £30k then it has got to be a bargain!

 

[C240Sport97]

I'm just thinking that mine is a 53 reg just out of warranty, so 3 Years warranty does sound attractive to me!
If it could be got for less than £30k then it has got to be a bargain!

earlier, you were happy at £30k .. time is money

 

[Chattonmill]

I didnt then realise that they wanted shot by the end of the month!
As I already have a car that I am very happy with I can afford to be cheeky!

 

[C240Sport97]

I didnt then realise that they wanted shot by the end of the month!

see penultimate paragraph of my original post

 

[Chattonmill]

Well they came down to £35k quite easily, so I have told him to see what else can be done, looking arounf though you can get 07 cars for about £25k so I am not convinced yet, will wait until he comes back tommorrow!

 

[C240Sport97]

Well they came down to £35k quite easily, so I have told him to see what else can be done, looking arounf though you can get 07 cars for about £25k so I am not convinced yet, will wait until he comes back tommorrow!

good job .. is the £35k with a trade in?

 

[Chattonmill]

No, that is without. They are going to come back with a price for mine as well.

 

[shorty]

I reckon that at 35 k there very cheap . I priced a 220cdi avantgrade in Ireland , list price is 57000 euro , so 35000 witch would be around 40000 euro , has to be a lot of car for your money !

 

[C240Sport97]

I reckon that at 35 k there very cheap . I priced a 220cdi avantgrade in Ireland , list price is 57000 euro , so 35000 witch would be around 40000 euro , has to be a lot of car for your money !

buy here, reclaim UK VAT, pay Irish VAT, and you have cheap new car

 

[shorty]

The VRT would be 36% of what the customs say the car is worth , that could be as much again !

 

[C240Sport97]

The VRT would be 36% of what the customs say the car is worth , that could be as much again !

then buy car in London, keep at a friend's for 6 months, then back to Ireland tax free

 

[shorty]

That still won't avoid having to pay VRT , it might lessen the amount , and road tax will cost 2000 euro a year , until they incress that . Last year when i paid the VRT on the wifes MR2 it cost 1000 euro and I only paid 1200 pound for it

 

[C240Sport97]

That still won't avoid having to pay VRT , it might lessen the amount , and road tax will cost 2000 euro a year , until they incress that . Last year when i paid the VRT on the wifes MR2 it cost 1000 euro and I only paid 1200 pound for it

I thought EU law means that if you import a car that is more than 6 months old from another country, no further tax is payable .. shame

 

[shorty]

That could well be true but it has changed noting fir us here , VRT makes too much money for the goverment each year for them the ever scrap it . When you consider that the price of a 220 cdi droped by 16000 euro last year when the bands where changed to follow co2 ratings instead of engine cc , this ment that the VRT on a 220 cdi droped from 32% down to 16%

 

[Brett]

No, that is without. They are going to come back with a price for mine as well.

So? Deal done?