AMG second hand car market

[rOckyAMG]

Servicing is around 350 to 550. I think most of us have service packs with the amg voucher codes which is around £40 odd a month for 3 services. I'd personally take it out when you are due a big service as you can get two bigs and a small out of it. The tyres for decent ones I'd buy online and you are looking from £600 to £800 depending on where you buy from.​

 

[robwils]

Servicing is around 350 to 550. I think most of us have service packs with the amg voucher codes which is around £40 odd a month for 3 services. I'd personally take it out when you are due a big service as you can get two bigs and a small out of it. The tyres for decent ones I'd buy online and you are looking from £600 to £800 depending on where you buy from.​

Thanks, seems like a good way to go. In dealer again today, lots of nice cars too.
Nice C63 (not S), but also like the subtle C43 with 4 wheel drive too.

 

[540YMX]

Have done 8k miles in my 2017 C63s Coupe, mostly city/traffic jam commute with average speed @ 30mph and long-term mpg is 25, on a long run on cruise control get 30mpg.

Not too shabby for a 510bhp monster, and this is using Tesco bin juice and not the premium stuff - not convinced this makes a enough of a difference for the daily commute.

 

[ChrisCLS55]

Not sure you've got a 32 there Chris. They were made from 01 to 04 and so couldn't be 18 years old yet, and they were all autos.

Could it be an R170 SLK 320 ?

Yeah you are right, at the time of writing I didn’t even know the difference between the two.

 

[robwils]

Servicing is around 350 to 550. I think most of us have service packs with the amg voucher codes which is around £40 odd a month for 3 services. I'd personally take it out when you are due a big service as you can get two bigs and a small out of it. The tyres for decent ones I'd buy online and you are looking from £600 to £800 depending on where you buy from.​

What do you mean by "AMG voucher codes" ?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

What do you mean by "AMG voucher codes" ?

Last year AMG released a voucher code to be quoted when taking out a service contract, which was worth £150, supposedly to celebrate 50 years of AMG. I think it was AMG50 or similar. Sadly expired now.

 

[robwils]

Last year AMG released a voucher code to be quoted when taking out a service contract, which was worth £150, supposedly to celebrate 50 years of AMG. I think it was AMG50 or similar. Sadly expired now.

That's a shame, never mind.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

That's a shame, never mind.

It reduced the monthly cost by less than £3 per month over th most common three year term. Nice to have but not a deal breaker, the service contract still works out cheaper for many people.

 

[rOckyAMG]

What do you mean by "AMG voucher codes" ?

try AMG150

 

[flowrider]

Yeah you are right, at the time of writing I didn’t even know the difference between the two.

Hopefully you didn't pay AMG price and got a 320.

 

[ChrisCLS55]

Hopefully you didn't pay AMG price and got a 320.

Ha ha, no I got it fairly cheap I thought.

 

[amgmaster]

Hi all,

I am sure this topic comes up over and over.

I have listed my C63 PPP to sell with lots extras. It's a very very very low mileage C63 so it gets extra attention from people you don't want to ring you.

I am been harrased by tyres kickers with stupid offers and "so-called traders".

My question is where are the real buyers other than the ones in b**df**d/ lut** town. with there ridiculous justification about price? And utilmately is the second-hand market for AMG dead as a private seller?

so did you sell your car rocky

You'd have to give me more than that. I'd rather sell private though than a trader. I rather see it go to a good home and not a trader make some $$$ from finance deal.

I see you cashed out to a trader in the end. I dont understand all this i'd rather it go to a good home than to a greedy dealer to make money out of it then sell to a trader anyway.Does it really matter who has it as long as you get the price you think is fair.

 

[rOckyAMG]

so did you sell your car rocky

I see you cashed out to a trader in the end. I dont understand all this i'd rather it go to a good home than to a greedy dealer to make money out of it then sell to a trader anyway.Does it really matter who has it as long as you get the price you think is fair.

The private lot messed me about in the end therefore I took an offer better than them giving them the chance it was fair in the end. I waited for two week for the private lot after accepting their offers to make a decision to turn up with money. The just kept coming up with stories.

I did sell.

 

[french]

I had a similar experience , a lot of wasters imo, 1st person who actually came bought it & did not haggle at all!

 

[Scott_F]

I had a similar experience , a lot of wasters imo, 1st person who actually came bought it & did not haggle at all!

What a schmuck !

Who buys a used car without haggling ??

 

[french]

Well you can tell him that soon as he is on here...

 

[m2287]

What a schmuck !

Who buys a used car without haggling ??

A lot of people, if the advert is honest.

 

[Scott_F]

A lot of people, if the advert is honest.

Unless the advert states "no offers" then the asking price should be viewed as the starting point for negotiation.

 

[m2287]

Unless the advert states "no offers" then the asking price should be viewed as the starting point for negotiation.

That’s not the point though, you asked who buys a used car without haggling and I said a lot of people because from my experience of selling around 50 cars over the last 10 years or so, a lot of people are embarrassed/shy to ask or will just ask if you can knock a bit off and are happy with a £20 discount.

Edit: I do agree personally that I see the asking price as a starting point but I’d say 50% of people I’ve sold to have just paid the full asking price and not entered into any negotiation.

 

[Scott_F]

That’s not the point though, you asked who buys a used car without haggling and I said a lot of people because from my experience of selling around 50 cars over the last 10 years or so, a lot of people are embarrassed/shy to ask or will just ask if you can knock a bit off and are happy with a £20 discount.

Well in that case their shyness / embarrassment is likely to cost them money. There's no guarantee that a seller will budge but if you don't ask you don't get and you'd be daft not to ask.

Edit: I do agree personally that I see the asking price as a starting point but I’d say 50% of people I’ve sold to have just paid the full asking price and not entered into any negotiation.

Why do I never get people like that when I sell a car ??