Sultans son's 600

[Watchcame430]

Surprised so much wear on the leather though ..

Mercedes 600 SEL 6.0 V12 auto rare gorgeous luxury 1992 s600 lwb swap swop px | eBay

 

[E55BOF]

Not ANOTHER "last of the over-engineered" Mercedes-Benzes. Even better, formerly owned by a fabulously wealthy foreign royal family...allegedly. Strange the ad mis-spells 'Brunei', though; perhaps the previous owners can't spell their own country's name very well - they probably have servants to do it for them.

The leather does look a little tired, doesn't it?

Strangely, no mention is made of the impeccable, money-no-object service history it will doubtless have with that provenance. Looks as though the seller, or at least his eBay account, has now branched out into used vehicle dealing recently, too. Hmmm...

 

[John]

I bet it's comfy though.

 

[gurpz]

I bet it's comfy though.

Without a doubt

 

[Glider240]

The phone looks like something out of Tutankhamun's resting place.

 

[moonloops]

Strange the ad mis-spells 'Brunei', though; perhaps the previous owners can't spell their own country's name very well - they probably have servants to do it for them.

More basic is their spelling of "swop"

 

[moonloops]

Oh and no tax or mot

some other interesting "words" in the advert:

[FONT=&quot]enourmous

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]cosmeticaly


[/FONT][FONT=&quot]mechanicaly


[/FONT][FONT=&quot]elecrically

[/FONT]

 

[LondonMerc777]

How can it be worth £8000? I'd say £3000 tops ... I'd love a car like that but am terrified of the service and/or mechanical repair potential costs if it develops a fault ... I seen one of these go thru a car auction once years ago and no-one even bid on it ... i guess for the same reason ... i was standing looking at it jaw open - what a car ....

 

[LondonMerc777]

speaking of the 600 series - i seen Lennons white one sitting outside the Mercedes Dealership on Chelsea Embankment - i even asked a salesman if it was that one and it was - must have been around the year 2000 ( as in - it is the distant future - the Year 2000 - Flight of The Conchords)

 

[Watchcame430]

Not ANOTHER "last of the over-engineered" Mercedes-Benzes. Even better, formerly owned by a fabulously wealthy foreign royal family...allegedly. Strange the ad mis-spells 'Brunei', though; perhaps the previous owners can't spell their own country's name very well - they probably have servants to do it for them.

The leather does look a little tired, doesn't it?

Strangely, no mention is made of the impeccable, money-no-object service history it will doubtless have with that provenance. Looks as though the seller, or at least his eBay account, has now branched out into used vehicle dealing recently, too. Hmmm...

Years ago I worked for Autotrader and one of the dealers I looked after near Henley had bought the Sultans Testarossa. It had ultra low miles (I think sub 3k miles from memory) but had never seen a service in the 8 to 10 years he had it. In addition the leather had never been treated so the leather was cracking ... Battery was dead too

 

[stwat]

Years ago I worked for Autotrader and one of the dealers I looked after near Henley had bought the Sultans Testarossa. It had ultra low miles (I think sub 3k miles from memory) but had never seen a service in the 8 to 10 years he had it. In addition the leather had never been treated so the leather was cracking ... Battery was dead too

And it can be guaranteed that it had been driven HARD for every one of those sub 3K miles !

 

[Deleted member 65149]

And it can be guaranteed that it had been driven HARD for every one of those sub 3K miles !

Not necessarily. I often used to go to the UK home of King Hussein of Jordan (and then his son) who was an avid car collector. The cars were all looked after meticulously by trained mechanics but had nothing to show on their service records because they didn't go off to any dealerships for anything other than the occasional major repair. Some of the cars only had a few hundred miles on the clock after many years, and I was lucky enough to drive some of them. They all ran beautifully. Although the men in the family were very keen on road racing and rallying, they restricted their hard driving to specialist vehicles. Most of the cars in their UK collection were just there to be looked at in private - alright for some!

 

[BaldGuy]

He needs to learn how to use a camera......