These C43s seem to be plummeting in price !!!

[vijilants]

Can't believe how these C43s are depreciating....awful lot of car for very little money !!!!

Think the petrol price is adding to the fact that the values appears to be dropping like a stone ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-S-Merced...oryZ9855QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But check this out....this one has a fantastic colour - Its had the expensive disks and pads replaced aswell !

Also not the usual tacky twotone interior colours !!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-Mercedes...tcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[mattc]

Agreed...but dont they eat gearboxes for breakfast? at 135K its due a new one any day now

 

[KillerHERTZ]

It is 10years old though. Not a fan of the 2-tone interior, but I agree cheap arent they!

Its missing the front bumper bar - £70 from stealers IIRC.

 

[GazCaff]

The bonnets been resprayed, not that its unusual on a 10yr old car but the colour match is a bit off.

 

[A210AMG]

Agree cheap...but

As mentioned it is 10 years old
Its on 135K miles
Its a petrol 4.3 V8


Price wize people can buy it, but can they insure it, run it? Its fiesta money but still a 40K car to fix, run even at an indy.

nice car but I can see why they are cheap now.

Look at a 3 year old E55 some less that 30K over 60K new? what will they be in another 7 years..... the way things are going tax by then will outlaw them.

Drive em now while we still can

 

[DITTRICH]

Tempting but until you've looked at what bits have been replaced and where it was serviced and whether it had a little bump at the front...Its probably been abused by at least one of its unknown number of owners...The deal killer for me is fourfold - AMG spares prices, £25 congestion charge, eats petrol and the difficulty in getting c43 amg to put on it.
Sigh
Les

 

[vijilants]

But check this one out - Its had the expensive disks and pads replaced aswell !

Also not the usual tacky twotone interior colours !!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-Mercedes...tcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[gurpz]

But check this one out - Its had the expensive disks and pads replaced aswell !

Also not the usual tacky twotone interior colours !!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-Mercedes...tcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is nice although some may not prefer the exterior colour. However this one aint as well specced as the other one is. This one also does have those two tone interiors but its very subtle and doesnt look too bad really. Its the white and black two tone interior like the first one has that really looks the worst

 

[cjab98]

This is nice although some may not prefer the exterior colour. However this one aint as well specced as the other one is. This one also does have those two tone interiors but its very subtle and doesnt look too bad really. Its the white and black two tone interior like the first one has that really looks the worst

It's silver and black, not white and black.
The interiors always seem to look worse in photographs, probably because most cameras overexpose the light silver due to the rest of the interiors being very dark, making it look white and black.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

 

[gurpz]

It's silver and black, not white and black.
The interiors always seem to look worse in photographs, probably because most cameras overexpose the light silver due to the rest of the interiors being very dark, making it look white and black.

Ahhh, that would make sense never knew that

 

[vijilants]

Even though I myself drive a silver car, there are too many around nowadays and I think the colours such as this one really make the car stand out very nicely.

 

[cjab98]

Even though I myself drive a silver car, there are too many around nowadays and I think the colours such as this one really make the car stand out very nicely.

Yeah same here, also got a boring silver W202!
Its different without being flashy or bright, which suits the car very well.

Is it a Designo colour, or a standard one that just not many people pick?

 

[vijilants]

Yeah same here, also got a boring silver W202!
Its different without being flashy or bright, which suits the car very well.

Is it a Designo colour, or a standard one that just not many people pick?

Not sure really, Ive seen very few of that turquoise colour.

 

[television]

Yeah same here, also got a boring silver W202!

All I have got is a boring silver SL500

 

[vijilants]

All I have got is a boring silver SL500

Nothing boring about an SL500

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Nothing boring about an SL500

Nothing boring about Sliver

 

[vijilants]

I think that when just about every other car is the same colour, I think things do get to start boring, my opinion though

Saying that I wanted a silver merc when I bought mine and thats what I drive, but when the colour of the car contrasts the alloys , is shows off the alloys very well aswell.

I think if I had the choice now and on the next one I would probably go for something else apart from silver.

I read an article somewhere that the percentage of mercs that have been ordered in silver is massive over the past few years, so now the other colours are becoming more desireable on the secondhand market.

 

[C43AMG]

What do you think of item 220220691028 ?

 

[vijilants]

What do you think of item 220220691028 ?

Yeah...I saw that today....car looks nice. I gues it must be the tiptronic model...cant see the gearshifter though.

Somebody has been up to some modding