Anyone looking for a C43........
https://www.randwmotorcompany.co.uk...erkshire-314fab63-dbc4-44df-81ae-aa4a0101e6aa
https://www.randwmotorcompany.co.uk...erkshire-314fab63-dbc4-44df-81ae-aa4a0101e6aa
C43 AMG for sale, looks interesting.
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Looks alright but nowhere near good enough for the money IMHO.
Small details but the badges are all wrong (painted black and badly spaced etc), rear bumper has sagged, rusty wings, mismatched cheap tyres, broken badge on the engine cover, not keen on the tints etc.
Wouldn’t bother me on a lower priced/higher mileage example but when you’re asking top dollar these things shouldn’t be like that really.
I could be wrong but I get the feeling that it wouldn’t live up to expectations in the flesh
Small details but the badges are all wrong (painted black and badly spaced etc), rear bumper has sagged, rusty wings, mismatched cheap tyres, broken badge on the engine cover, not keen on the tints etc.
Wouldn’t bother me on a lower priced/higher mileage example but when you’re asking top dollar these things shouldn’t be like that really.
I could be wrong but I get the feeling that it wouldn’t live up to expectations in the flesh
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“Great investment”
If it’s that great of an investment then why are they selling it...
Archierust202
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"it was always dry stored when not in use so there is no signs of any rust" - so what's that on the off side wing then?
Just shows that even being low mileage and well cared for wont stop the tin worm.
Just shows that even being low mileage and well cared for wont stop the tin worm.
Exactly.
These cars were getting rusty in the first few years of age. Time won’t have helped and some of those 55k miles must have been in the rain!
The dry stored for 3 years won’t have mattered if it was going rusty before that.
They all rust, even the nice ones
These cars were getting rusty in the first few years of age. Time won’t have helped and some of those 55k miles must have been in the rain!
The dry stored for 3 years won’t have mattered if it was going rusty before that.
They all rust, even the nice ones
Feeble
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What do you think has happened to the back bumper? I've never seen that before on a C43... 
Feeble
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What do you think has happened to the back bumper? I've never seen that before on a C43...
Archierust202
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A lot of them did that....
Archierust202
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The front bumper doesn't look too good either....
Feeble
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I must be lucky then as none of mine have and they've all been a lot higher mileage! 
But what's actually happened to it? Sagging for no reason? It looks a state...
But what's actually happened to it? Sagging for no reason? It looks a state...
Feeble
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I see what you're saying about the front bumper too, sagging under the headlights..? Crazy!
Archierust202
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it's only the c43 amg bumpers that sag not normal mercedes ones
Feeble
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Right, I'm interested to know what might cause it as neither of mine have suffered from it... So far...
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Tha same dealer has a 2011 C63 Edition 125 for just £5k more.
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They sag because they are £hite. If you compare the weight and rigidity of a 36 bumper to a 43 one, you would not believe the difference.
Archierust202
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Very nice too..
I wonder if they sag worse if baked a little too much after respray work.
Most C43s have had paint etc.
Perhaps it shows the gaps worse being silver too?
My CLK55 front bumper had a slight sag underneath when I bought it but that had been smart repaired/plastic welded or something but not done particularly well. My local bodywork guy sorted it out properly and it was fine afterwards
Most C43s have had paint etc.
Perhaps it shows the gaps worse being silver too?
My CLK55 front bumper had a slight sag underneath when I bought it but that had been smart repaired/plastic welded or something but not done particularly well. My local bodywork guy sorted it out properly and it was fine afterwards
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CLK AMG front bumpers are easily damaged by catching them on a low kerb when parking or even going over speed humps.
Don't ask me how i know that!!!
Don't ask me how i know that!!!
Yes, mine had been repaired and sometime later it got caught again reversing out of someone’s driveway, caught it underneath 
But it was perfect once properly repaired and didn’t sag afterwards
But it was perfect once properly repaired and didn’t sag afterwards
