Dryce
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As I said, not really bought many cars so I was just trying to do what I thought was sensible, only to be scoffed at by the seller for potentially living in a dream world (my heavily paraphrased interpretation, rather than what was said politely by the seller).
You're at an impasse.
The dealer has limited incentive to accommodate you. And the reality of an inspection is that on an 11 year old 5K MB there is too high a likelihood of issues and the dealer doesn't want to know about them. You knowing about them and haggling gains him nothing - you knowing about them and walking away means that information may be given away to others - or even mentioned on a MB internet forum.
And what you are doing - in principle - should be sensible. Some dealers would go for it - but probably only to a very local independent they knew - in which case chances are they even use that indy to deal with their cars.
@merc85 said:
Any garage that doesn't inspect there stock for faults and rectifying prior to Selling them shouldn't be trading imho looks like they have little faith in the stock there selling.
One Trader i know simply buys there stock from the Auction gets it back to there site and sells it regardl
I doubt that MB dealers getting AU cars from auction do much of an inspection.
However a MB dealer has a service department and can put things right. Or as mentioned some independents can do this too - the likes of Mercland.
But the reality is most traders are just lots with some sort of office, portable chargers keeping the batteries topped up, and some basic washing/valeting facilities. They buy cars on an 'as seen' basis and really just want to sell on that same basis.