nyssa7
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- Joined
- Jan 16, 2020
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- Location
- Bucks
- Car
- AMG GTS, Hyundai Ioniq 5 73 AWD, Elise S1; Ex owner of: CLA45 Shooting Brake, 2 x R129 500SL, 280GE
Spotted this on eBay the other day:
LEFT HAND DRIVE 2012 [12] MERCEDES C63 6.3 AMG BLACK SERIES RED 2DR LHD UK REG | eBay
how prices change - this was up on Gumtree from around January 2020 to August/September with price fluctuating between £49950 and £54950. its done less than a couple of thousand miles since then but near on doubled in price
I viewed and drove the car at an importer in Manchester, the story was he regularly imported Qatari cars for their owners, some went back with them, some stayed and get sold on. It drove really sweetly but getting sensible finance for a high mileage LHD car with no history or provenance and a recent import to boot - no chance
i thought then it was underpriced and just needed to be in the UK for a couple of years to shake off the recent import thing
but I do have to wonder at the rubbish garage speak:
89K motorway miles - seriously, given it came from Qatar, other than it sure got used a lot (not serviced in the UK until 86000 miles) there but anyones guess whether the local sheikh had his own private motorway to run up and down all day. It wasn’t on the motorway when I was lapping Manchester town centre in it
Service history by Mercedes - er not really, first known service was in the UK in late 2019, anyones guess how it was maintained prior to that, although if it had been clocked back to 30k miles it would have passed without suspicion
Best colour! Actually I love it in Fire Opal Red but suspect there’s many an owner who wouldn’t class it as anywhere near the best colour given the problems with that colour
Frustratingly, it’s now about 15 miles from home instead of 150-odd, but it’s now way too dear for me
Wonder how long it will be there. Might try and visit it sometime when I get a weekend day free
LEFT HAND DRIVE 2012 [12] MERCEDES C63 6.3 AMG BLACK SERIES RED 2DR LHD UK REG | eBay
how prices change - this was up on Gumtree from around January 2020 to August/September with price fluctuating between £49950 and £54950. its done less than a couple of thousand miles since then but near on doubled in price
I viewed and drove the car at an importer in Manchester, the story was he regularly imported Qatari cars for their owners, some went back with them, some stayed and get sold on. It drove really sweetly but getting sensible finance for a high mileage LHD car with no history or provenance and a recent import to boot - no chance
i thought then it was underpriced and just needed to be in the UK for a couple of years to shake off the recent import thing
but I do have to wonder at the rubbish garage speak:
89K motorway miles - seriously, given it came from Qatar, other than it sure got used a lot (not serviced in the UK until 86000 miles) there but anyones guess whether the local sheikh had his own private motorway to run up and down all day. It wasn’t on the motorway when I was lapping Manchester town centre in it
Service history by Mercedes - er not really, first known service was in the UK in late 2019, anyones guess how it was maintained prior to that, although if it had been clocked back to 30k miles it would have passed without suspicion
Best colour! Actually I love it in Fire Opal Red but suspect there’s many an owner who wouldn’t class it as anywhere near the best colour given the problems with that colour
Frustratingly, it’s now about 15 miles from home instead of 150-odd, but it’s now way too dear for me
Wonder how long it will be there. Might try and visit it sometime when I get a weekend day free
