Thought I would post my new W202 a Bargain!!!

[ADY1983]

Hi, she is a 1997 W202 C180 Esprit in aquamarine metallic, 5sp auto, it has EW, CL, SR, cruise etc. the only thing is she has 114k on the clock and no history yet!! I hope to chase this up as it is a local car. But I picked her up at auction last week as some of you will know my CE is a bit ill. So this is now my everyday car and the CE for weekends when she is better . So far I have not found any problems with the 202 which is a nice supprise as I was expecting something to be wrong as it was in the auction and I paid £1500.00 what do you think a bargain???
I have changed the wheels and done a quick service so far.

 

[Ian B Walker]

Looks the real deal. Cheap too. I would scrub out the number plates though, dont want everyone cloning them for London use

 

[Piff]

Smart looking motor for that amount. Good luck with tracing the history.

 

[Fandango]

Nice looking car, what a bargain!

Regards
Karl

 

[kensalriser]

Found any rust yet?

 

[timmy]

Nice motor, and a good price too. Good luck.

 

[ADY1983]

Found any rust yet?

A little but nothing to worry about...

 

[kensalriser]

Well, at £1500 I suppose you can't have everything!

 

[imadoofus]

For fifteen hundred quid, you can't go wrong. Unless you put a big star on the grille...

Nice find :bannana:

PJ

 

[DuFFmAn]

I thought I'd brag about my bargain W202 which i got yesterday

1997 P reg C180 Sport... 103k with FSH for... £1400

Did an Ebay job and test drove the car... found a couple of niggles and the guy knocked off a further £100 off the original £1500.. so chuffed

 

[Vips]

Nice car and at a good price. Bet you're chuffed.

 

[big x]

Very difficult to beat depreciation but cheap C180 at £1500 are as close as you can get.
Exactly 2 years ago I bought a 97 C-180 Elegance,92k,auto,aircon,FMBSH for £3100 at auction (book was circa £3300 at the time).
I tend to budget for £50 a month depreciation so it looks like I've lost a bit more at around £1400 over 2 years.

adam

 

[Will]

I've got to say that my last two W202s and my W201 190Es from the past have been fantastic at 'beating' depreciation as best I can. If you can avoid the £100+/hour trap on older cars you can run a fairly smart car on a pretty lean budget.

Even though I spent more than necessary on maintenance on my last car I still suffered less depreciation over the time of my ownership than most

Will

 

[Muller]

lovely looking thing! i really like that colour

 

[MangoMan]

I know it's most probably only my imagination, and I don't mean to 'rain on your parade', but the headlights don't look right? there seems to be an awful large gap between them and the bonnet?

Otherwise great looking motor, and a good price to boot!!!

 

[timmy]

I paid £1500 for mine too, seems to be the going rate, but mine is 1993 , and it does have a host of unusual extras , thay are on it as standard. They are sooo slow though, but you can't have everything. Have fun.