KM52 OWR Urgent

[Howard]

Just buy it , and explain that you'll sell one of the others to fund it ...

Explain that you have to do it tomorrow , or you might miss it , its such a good deal , yada yada yada , and that you'll get rid of one of the others soon as ...

Might go for it ...

 

[C240Sport97]

because despite spending all evening trying to convince the mrs she is still saying no . Still got few hours left though

or "just do it"

as Nike tells us often

why not buy if is a stonking deal, say £9500 as your limit

 

[V8mate]

or "just do it"

as Nike tells us often

why not buy if is a stonking deal, say £9500 as your limit

Find out when you arrive what their scale of charges is. Could quite easily be £500 on top of that much for non-trade buyers.

 

[Dieselman]

Buying at a Top Car sale is usually a bad idea as there are too many public pushing up the prices.
Traders buy stock at regular sales and off load at Top Car to make money.

 

[buccal]

Thanks for the tips! Will update tomorrow

 

[Seamster15]

So, how did it go?

 

[Vlad]

I saw the car go through....very nice motor.....have to say that £10k would have been a very very low deal for this motor and it ended up going for £13.5 or thereabouts.

 

[V8mate]

An 02 CLK55 convertible went through Manheim Colchester a couple of weeks back for just over £13k too - silver with dark blue roof

 

[buccal]

Yup, went for £13.200. Not to me unfortunatly.

Cubanite looks better in the flesh too

Thanks for the help

 

[buccal]

awaiting pics but do you reckon this will be the same car?

http://www.charlesofwindsor.co.uk/view.asp?ID=2376

 

[500E]

awaiting pics but do you reckon this will be the same car?

http://www.charlesofwindsor.co.uk/view.asp?ID=2376

Very ambitious at £18k considering the price of W209 Coupe AMG's now around the £15k mark!

Just out of curiosity, does the CLK55 share the same engine as the E55? I guess this is the same 5.4L in the legendary C55 AMG (W202).

I heard somewhere they have different BHP ratings?

 

[Will]

awaiting pics but do you reckon this will be the same car?

http://www.charlesofwindsor.co.uk/view.asp?ID=2376

Without wanting to sound like a smart-ass, but there can't be that many Cubanite, 2002, CLK55 AMGs with 62K miles - and co-incidentally 'just arrived'

Quite a fair mark up, as said - seems slightly ambitious pricing considering how difficult large engined cars seem to be to shift!

I guess it would've been £13kish, plus commission etc, then they have to clean/prep the car, add in their profit margin and take the gamble on how long they'll have it sitting around for. They'll probably expect some haggling/negotiation on the price. Then they have to stand by the car once it's sold for a while.

Doesn't seem quite such easy money then eh!

Will

 

[carnut]

Usually here but for some reason its not recognised

Given the VIN where do you go to get the spec please ?

 

[whitenemesis]

Given the VIN where do you go to get the spec please ?

Try the Russian site but be aware there are some inaccuracies.

Ideally use MB EPC to generate the official car datacard, requires subscription.

 

[buccal]

Without wanting to sound like a smart-ass, but there can't be that many Cubanite, 2002, CLK55 AMGs with 62K miles - and co-incidentally 'just arrived'

Quite a fair mark up, as said - seems slightly ambitious pricing considering how difficult large engined cars seem to be to shift!

I guess it would've been £13kish, plus commission etc, then they have to clean/prep the car, add in their profit margin and take the gamble on how long they'll have it sitting around for. They'll probably expect some haggling/negotiation on the price. Then they have to stand by the car once it's sold for a while.

Doesn't seem quite such easy money then eh!




Will

I reckon its a pretty healthy margin. Car looked to have needed minimal prep and trader has to stand by it for 3 months only. Third party would underwrite warranty and any p/ex would be rock bottom against it.

Big question is how long will it take to sell?

MB have a 1 owner clk55 for £500 less in more popular colour combo (silver/black).

Thats where my money would be going (if i had enough )

 

[buccal]

Yup, confirmed same car.