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Darrell

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Maybe £1800 with a year's ticket.

But what would it be worth as scrap?
 
Maybe £1800 with a year's ticket.

But what would it be worth as scrap?
Circa £250 for a second key and how much to sort out the known rust?

You could easily be at £3000 with a few issues sorted out plus this engine did have balance shaft issues although by no means all did

Capitalising every word in the description puts me off 🙄
 
Saying its an AMG puts me off!!!
Listed as a private seller but has 6 cars for sale including two Astra which have the same photographs with two different descriptions.
 
Circa £250 for a second key and how much to sort out the known rust?

You could easily be at £3000 with a few issues sorted out plus this engine did have balance shaft issues although by no means all did

Capitalising every word in the description puts me off 🙄
Yep, there’s thousands of pounds worth of difference between a £2k and £3k car
 
My '08 is on slightly less mileage, but has the (very late) 312 bhp engine non-CGI M272 engine, which is outside the balancer shaft problem range. It's the quietest MB engine I've ever had, and it runs like a Swiss watch. It does have a full service history, though, as opposed to the partial on that car, and my car rides well (Elegance trim, 18" wheels) and drives exactly as you would expect. I paid 3k for it (no rust, though - yet...), to a dealer against a Totalcarcheck forecourt valuation of £4K, and I reckon I bought a bargain. Besides, it's Tanzanite with an Amaretta interior...

That car It could be a potential money pit, but there's nothing frightening in the MoT history, if the balancer shaft problem was going to occur it would likely have done so by now, it has a very good spec (if everything works...), and it could be worth a punt at that price. If anybody's seriously interested, it's only ten miles or so away from me, so I could go up in my nice one to take a look and see how it drives by comparison.
 
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For the asking price I would see it as a project knowing there will be extra expense to come.
For the asking price I see it as an EBay scrap project.
 
My '08 is on slightly less mileage, but has the (very late) 312 bhp engine non-CGI M272 engine, which is outside the balancer shaft problem range. It's the quietest MB engine I've ever had, and it runs like a Swiss watch. It does have a full service history, though, as opposed to the partial on that car, and my car rides well (Elegance trim, 18" wheels) and drives exactly as you would expect. I paid 3k for it (no rust, though - yet...), to a dealer against a Totalcarcheck forecourt valuation of £4K, and I reckon I bought a bargain. Besides, it's Tanzanite with an Amaretta interior...

That car It could be a potential money pit, but there's nothing frightening in the MoT history, if the balancer shaft problem was going to occur it would likely have done so by now, it has a very good spec (if everything works...), and it could be worth a punt at that price. If anybody's seriously interested, it's only ten miles or so away from me, so I could go up in my nice one to take a look and see how it drives by comparison.
Your car is a much nicer colour combination 👌
 
Listed as a private seller but has 6 cars for sale including two Astra which have the same photographs with two different descriptions.

And his feedback is private to prevent people seeing the long list of cars that he has undoubtedly previously sold.
 
A lot of potential for just a grand more:

One owner, nice spec, nappa leather, yada yada. It's still on sale after a month of advertising.

£3k: what a bargain price for a £40k car

But caveat emptor, as always.


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A lot of potential for just a grand more:

One owner, nice spec, nappa leather, yada yada. It's still on sale after a month of advertising.

£3k: what a bargain price for a £40k car

But caveat emptor, as always.


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As said, a good specification, one owner and a decent engine, not as good as the 350 though and the RFL is £710 which might put many off if it is a weekend car?

It would be more saleable with new MOT?
 

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