Prices are falling..........Sub £20k '08 C63

[LTD]

Now is the time to buy an uber-engined behemoth.

We may not get another generation to enjoy them. Before long, it will all be Toyata PIOUS and their devil spawn.

 

[bpsorrel]

Now is the time to buy an uber-engined behemoth.

We may not get another generation to enjoy them. Before long, it will all be Toyata PIOUS and their devil spawn.

Hey! I now have the Devil spawn! (and a nice MB! )

 

[nick mercedes]

Now is the time to buy an uber-engined behemoth.

The new model C-Class will be with us in around 2 years, about the same time all the C63s will be coming off lease, so oversupply and being old shape, expect them to trade at £10k and retail for £12995.

 

[SavMan]

The new model C-Class will be with us in around 2 years, about the same time all the C63s will be coming off lease, so oversupply and being old shape, expect them to trade at £10k and retail for £12995.

I am not convinced that in 2 years the will hit sub 13k, if you compare the Audi RS4 (which also sold more than double the units compared to the C63) still fetch 15-16k for a 2006.

 

[GreetMe]

Big engined cars also usually have the most to lose in value as they cost more to begin with! If it didn't work like this there is no way a penniless moron like me would be thundering around in a CLK55 AMG.

^ Which is why my next car will be an E55/63. They are affordable provided you are aware of the running costs.

Now is the time to buy an uber-engined behemoth.

We may not get another generation to enjoy them. Before long, it will all be Toyata PIOUS and their devil spawn.

Exactly why I've been buying the cars I have for the last four years. Their (and my) time here is limited and they need to be enjoyed while it's still legal/possible.

 

[rsk21]

And this guy laughed when I suggested contract hire at £420+vat a month.

If you can't but it cash you can't afford it he scoffed.

Well at least it only cost him £800 a month using cash, phew! Could have looked a right ****!

Like a wiser and richer man than I once said......

If it appreciates buy it.

If it depreciates lease it.

Sound advice sorely lost on many of the backbiters on these very boards.

 

[rsk21]

The new model C-Class will be with us in around 2 years, about the same time all the C63s will be coming off lease, so oversupply and being old shape, expect them to trade at £10k and retail for £12995.

Not sure what you mean here.

Are you implying that a 2-3 year old C63 which comes to the market post lease will be at that level or an 08 car as originally referenced ?

 

[Darrell]

Like a wiser and richer man than I once said......

If it appreciates buy it.

If it depreciates lease it.

Sound advice sorely lost on many of the backbiters on these very boards.

Wasn't it the guy who owned Radio Rentals that said that?

 

[finisterre]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shude
Big engined cars also usually have the most to lose in value as they cost more to begin with! If it didn't work like this there is no way a penniless moron like me would be thundering around in a CLK55 AMG.

Quote:
Originally Posted by AMGeed
^ Which is why my next car will be an E55/63. They are affordable provided you are aware of the running costs.

Quote:
Originally Posted by LTD
Now is the time to buy an uber-engined behemoth. We may not get another generation to enjoy them. Before long, it will all be Toyata PIOUS and their devil spawn.

Quote: Originally Posted by greetme
Exactly why I've been buying the cars I have for the last four years. Their (and my) time here is limited and they need to be enjoyed while it's still legal/possible.


You have to laugh. This is exactly why I bought a large engined (for the time 2.0!) Saab Turbo back in 1989. I knew the powers that be were going to increase petrol taxes and it would be better to get a fast car while I could still afford one.

 

[rsk21]

Wasn't it the guy who owned Radio Rentals that said that?

very drole

 

[Simon_M]

That looks great, presuming it has not been written off.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Wasn't it the guy who owned Radio Rentals that said that?

Did John Paul Getty own Radio Rentals?

 

[Tan]

£20k car advertised on Gumtree... does not seem right to me.

 

[jaymanek]

Nah its incorrect or a scam..

Evne high mileage C63's are still fetching towards 30K.

 

[The _Don]

Yep scam or recorded.........