stunning low mileage w124 saloon!

[Charles Morgan]

Being slightly OCD myself, I keep all my paperwork, just not very tidily, with the result it is often mislaid for years. I do however keep meticulous cellar records, helped by some excelled online software. I suppose the difference is between something you still have to enjoy versus something you have consumed.

 

[Setanta]

It is a little bit OCD. I don't keep all the paperwork for the things I spend on my house!

Now where's that invoice for my £15K conservatory....gawd knows!

I suppose all that I can say is that any car I have ever bought, or sold, has had a full history file of OCD'ness

And given that they have sold very quickly (my S600L went in about 4 weeks - others are stil for sale after 6 months!) there is certainly value in it for the purchaser.

 

[tpwuk]

But would a buyer be that concerned about a pile of old paperwork, if the car was purchased from a main dealer? Especially if it had a warranty.

 

[Shude]

Richard Hammond commented on service history in this month's Top Gear. He said he chose his Ferrari because the paperwork that came with it would have filled a whole shelf in a library. Surely you can't go wrong with that much SH?!

It turned out to be a lemon and with that many receipts it should have been obvious

 

[tpwuk]

I think I'd rather see a bunch of MOT's than a bunch of receipts for repairs etc. I also think it's obvious if a car has been looked after or not from a servicing perspective.

 

[Setanta]

But would a buyer be that concerned about a pile of old paperwork, if the car was purchased from a main dealer? Especially if it had a warranty.

Two cars, identical spec, identical price, identical sales outlet.

One has stamped book. The other has stamped book and folders of receipts and invoices for work done.

Which would you buy? (all other things being equal)

 

[tpwuk]

Depends on what the receipts are for. If the receipts are for a whole bunch of problems & failures, then I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole! If it's just regular servicing then who cares!!?

 

[clk208]

So did this particular W124 go to a member on here in the end?

 

[Setanta]

Depends on what the receipts are for. If the receipts are for a whole bunch of problems & failures, then I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole! If it's just regular servicing then who cares!!?

You hit the nail on the head with the second sentence. That is why the receipts are so useful rather than just a book. A book shows that a service was done, the receipts show what was done at the service.

 

[Setanta]

So did this particular W124 go to a member on here in the end?

No doubt it will appear for £10,000 in a few weeks with a weighty volume of drivel as to private collection, owned by a gentleman and the other nonsense that you see in the ads.

 

[d w124]

So did this particular W124 go to a member on here in the end?

Look like no,is still on ebay 1994 MERCEDES E320 AUTO SILVER on eBay (end time 04-Feb-11 21:08:21 GMT) and here for 3k to buy it now Mercedes E320 Saloon, Only 34000 From New For Sale (1994) on Car And Classic UK

 

[Smiley]

Why does the seller say "mr Shuster passed it on to me" - no he didn't he sold the car to you.

 

[grober]

£2,000 offered ? and reserve not met [ £3,000 if Car and Classic UK is anything to go by?]= not an real ebay bid then? Which would be £2,007 or some such. Now offering to spray the front wings and bonnet prior to sale/ handover------ damage due to tree sap! and the bill item Replace the Drivers and Passengers Exterior Door Mirror’s (Invoice totalling £816.63). They are expensive but not that expensive surely! Hardly the cosseted car bargain it started out as then!
Still if the body is straight and completely rust free would make an excellent basis of no expense spared resto project for a W124 ENTHUSIAST