£4k to spend what would you buy?

[flango]

smash the budget on a S55 AMG

2002(02) MERCEDES S55 AMG LONG WHEEL BASE SALOON AUTOMATIC BLACK - Mercland

Thats nearly double the budget Personally I think it looks a complete dog with Black wheels and I would never even bother to go look at a car with black wheels as I would have to change them back to silver which is an expense I wouldn't want, personal taste I know but not for me.

 

[wemorgan]

It was tonge in cheek, but shows how cheap some AMG are, which I guess was what my suggestion was more about. W210 55AMG are pennies.

 

[flango]

It was tonge in cheek, but shows how cheap some AMG are, which I guess was what my suggestion was more about. W210 55AMG are pennies.

I know it was tongue in cheek he's also looking at S500's E500's etc trouble is there is a lot of carp about at the moment

 

[Endex]

W211

+1 - just had a quick look around and there are quite a few E320 petrols in that price range

 

[V12]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201401231256455

 

[flango]

Mercedes-Benz 560 5.5 SEC 2dr

Nice but not as a daily runner

 

[V12]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201401100943509

 

[V12]

Nice but not as a daily runner

Why not!!!?

 

[flango]

Why not!!!?

Too much TLC needed on a car that old as a daily runner, you end up tinkering every weekend just to keep it in good fettle.

 

[V12]

Better stick to a new fiesta then! Ha

 

[wemorgan]

Better stick to a new fiesta then! Ha

Quite possibly very accurate.

If £4k is the max budget and he doesn't want to spend the w/e tinkering or spending additional money I'm not sure a MB is for him.

IMHO the Japanese have this end of the market nailed. Honda Accord/Civic?

 

[gaz_l]

Mercedes-Benz E Class E500 Avantgarde 4dr Auto 5.0

That's a hell of a lot of car for £4K

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[Dieselman]

That's a hell of a lot of car for £4K

It is, but it's still an 11.5 year old, large petrol engined car.

 

[Halcyon Days]

How about a £500 Mk3 Golf Gti and spend the rest on the mother of all weekends in Prague?
No? Just me then! :-D

 

[gaz_l]

It is, but it's still an 11.5 year old, large petrol engined car.

Which I understand would put a lot of people off, not me!

 

[Dieselman]

Which I understand would put a lot of people off, not me!

Said the Man with a Fiat panda...

 

[DSB SL AMG]

Wow...if its a good un, that's what I call value for money

Mercedes-Benz E Class E500 Avantgarde 4dr Auto 5.0

 

[flango]

Better stick to a new fiesta then! Ha

Not necessarily I have a 17 year old CLK that is absolutely mint both mechanically and bodywise, I use it every other day but I never have to tinker every weekend. I just set aside one Sunday a month be it a full day or half a day to give it a good going over and keep it in fine fettle. If I had to do this every weekend it would be gone

My BIL is a mechanic so no dramas in that department but lifes too short to continually be pratting with cars at the expense of the family.

 

[flango]

That's a hell of a lot of car for £4K

Cheers,

Gaz

No it's not we looked at that one

 

[Charles Morgan]

I am switching from running old as a daily to new. I shall keep the XM I bought for the purpose, but too many little things that take up too much time - this is the same as every older car I've had from my first W124. The romance has gone - that is what a genuine classic is for, and the expense is actually far more than you think.