Cheap E55 for someone?

[Will]

Mercedes : Mercedes E55 AMG, 1998 S redg

Sounds okay to me - full history, long MOT, recent service/inspection - new ball joints, plugs etc. Front/rear parktronic, heated rear seats, Bose etc.

They all rust and the wheels always deteriorate - at least this one is honest!

Bargain V8s these AMG '55s IMHO

Will

 

[EDZ649]

Mercedes : Mercedes E55 AMG, 1998 S redg

Sounds okay to me - full history, long MOT, recent service/inspection - new ball joints, plugs etc. Front/rear parktronic, heated rear seats, Bose etc.

They all rust and the wheels always deteriorate - at least this one is honest!

Bargain V8s these AMG '55s IMHO

Will

Hmmm.......time you've had two new front wings fitted and painted, rear arches blasted and painted, wheels refurbed, at least £1500 to do it properly, doesn't seem so much of a bargain when you could have bought my 2001 facelift model with all these issues already sorted for £5500 and new tyres all round!

 

[Will]

No cars quite make sense when you work it all out like that. Would you have taken £4000 for your car prior to having the wheels refurbed and the arches painted? (FWIW, I think your car looked pretty good VFM )

I still reckon that it's a cheap car, and those jobs can wait if it's bought by someone on a budget. £4000 is only the asking price after all

E55s don't come all that much cheaper from what I've seen.

Will

 

[A210AMG]

It does sound cheap,


£1500 to fix the bits... easy if you can do some of the work yourself someone is going to get a cheap car,

My worry with this rust issue though if its like that on the bits you can see what about the bits you cannot see>?

 

[Will]

Thing is, they all rust like that. I expect the tidy ones look no better underneath?

Someone might get that for say £3.5k, do the arches privately and get the wheels refurbed in a few months if/when are needed

Will

 

[EDZ649]

No, I wouldn't have taken £4000 for mine prior to all the work being done and to me its worth more than £5500 now but thats what the market dictates sadly.

I didn't have to pay for the bodywork to be done on mine but the car on ebay is a 98 model so there is no chance of getting MB to do it under goodwill.

 

[lynall]

I didnt think its was cheap, pre facelfit and its 11 years old.

Nice interior colour scheme though.



Lynall

 

[peterg1965]

NIce honest ad though.

 

[Will]

Well perhaps I'm in the minority thinking it's quite cheap?

Haven't seen many 5.5 AMGs in usable condition for less than £4k though! You can't lose much more cash now I wouldn't have thought?

Will

 

[andy_k]

they are prbably worth that to break

designo leather and heated rear seats, wheels and bodykit would see a good half your money back on fleabay.

On the other hand, buy it, run it for a year or two then sell it on - there can't be much depreciation left in it

 

[buccal]

they are prbably worth that to break

designo leather and heated rear seats, wheels and bodykit would see a good half your money back on fleabay.

On the other hand, buy it, run it for a year or two then sell it on - there can't be much depreciation left in it

Good advice, only tricky bit is selling on, nobody seems to want/or can afford to run them at this price level

 

[lynall]

Good advice, only tricky bit is selling on, nobody seems to want/or can afford to run them at this price level

I think this applies to any large petrol engined vehicle, everywhere i look people are driving tiny cars.



Lynall

 

[shorty]

I dont think that running them would put me off buying one . I looked at one a few weeks back and the owner reckoned he was getting low to mid 20s on MPG .When i consider that our 200k onlt gives mid to high 20s ,and my wifes MR2 only gets about 22 MPG , the AMG would not be to hard to run . What wolud put me off buying one is tax . On this car the VRT is over €3000 and then one years motor tax is €1500 . This would mean that I would have to give the Irish gov more then the man selling the car .

 

[buccal]

I think this applies to any large petrol engined vehicle, everywhere i look people are driving tiny cars.



Lynall

Yup which opens up the market for any of us looking for a V8

 

[lynall]

Yup which opens up the market for any of us looking for a V8

But ive already got a v8



Lynall