Year 2000 S500 £9989 no reserve - 20 mins to go

[PeterE320Cdi]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercedes-S500-2000-X_W0QQitemZ280070056134QQihZ018QQcategoryZ9855QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Command and leather too.

 

[andy_k]

frightening.

A car that is less than 6 years old has needed £14k spending on it in servicing, repairs and bodywork.

No wonder they sell for peanuts

Andy

 

[DITTRICH]

£10 grand is an expensive peanut imho
Les

 

[richard]

150,000 miles at around 20mpg, thats frightening as-well.

R

 

[glojo]

frightening.

A car that is less than 6 years old has needed £14k spending on it in servicing, repairs and bodywork.

No wonder they sell for peanuts

Andy

Compared to a 1990 300E

07/04/1990 PDI 0 miles
05/03/1993 Service 1027 miles
31/08/1994 Service 3272 miles
24/04/1995 Service 4624 miles
29/08/1996 Service 6755 miles
22/05/1997 Service 8175 miles
21/08/1997 Service 9046 miles
24/08/1998 Service 11616 miles
20/12/1999 Service 13748 miles
20/11/2001 Service 18721 miles
25/06/2002 Service 20281 miles
21/02/2006 Service 25624 miles

I dread to think how much this would cost in modern day terms, but who cares. Thank goodness owners bother to get the car serviced rather than simply changing the oil\filter and then resetting the service indicator

Did this S-class sell? Looking at the price, I wonder how much a cheaper S320CDI would sell for? 2001 models are £18000 - £19000

Regards,
John

 

[ManJ]

Car identical to this went through at BCA Bedford (auction) yesterday. Was a dark blue, was a nice motor on a W plate. Sold for £8750

 

[BenzComander]

Compared to a 1990 300E

07/04/1990 PDI 0 miles
05/03/1993 Service 1027 miles
31/08/1994 Service 3272 miles
24/04/1995 Service 4624 miles
29/08/1996 Service 6755 miles
22/05/1997 Service 8175 miles
21/08/1997 Service 9046 miles
24/08/1998 Service 11616 miles
20/12/1999 Service 13748 miles
20/11/2001 Service 18721 miles
25/06/2002 Service 20281 miles
21/02/2006 Service 25624 miles

I dread to think how much this would cost in modern day terms, but who cares. Thank goodness owners bother to get the car serviced rather than simply changing the oil\filter and then resetting the service indicator

Did this S-class sell? Looking at the price, I wonder how much a cheaper S320CDI would sell for? 2001 models are £18000 - £19000

Regards,
John

There's a 2001, with Comand on Autotrader at the mo at £14500! 78,000 miles, not even run in yet!! My only concern is the rust issue in these cars, but I think this has been covered elsewhere

 

[Flash]

My Dad's former 2004 W220 almost had a full respray due to rust and we just paid for the plastic bumpers to be resprayed for a good match. The car has now been sold...

Nice cars though apart from the rust...

 

[glojo]

I get really annoyed when I read about the awful condition of relatively new Mercedes-Benz. What on earth were Daimlerchrysler doing when they made this HUGE blunder. Does Hyuandi, Skoda or any of the other so called cheaper brands suffer as badly? I have no idea, but this rust issue is a huge embarrassment.

I am monitoring the 211 threads with great interest. The first signs of rust and goodbye E-class. So far I have only heard about the black beading being a problem, rust, rust and away.

John

 

[A-AvantGarde]

My Dad's former 2004 W220 almost had a full respray due to rust and we just paid for the plastic bumpers to be resprayed for a good match. The car has now been sold...

Nice cars though apart from the rust...

Aaargh!!! So the W220's suffer from rust too? Our (Dad's) W220 is still fine (touch wood). By comparison my mates W210 E280 is horrendous, he's kicking himself now that he dind't keep a main dealer SH...

 

[aka$h]

The w220 suffers from rust as much as any other mercedes. On our's we've had all 4 arches and 2 of the doors painted due to rust. We bought the car signature approved (whatever assurance thats intended to give) and it had previously had paintwork, so Mercedes declined a claim under rust warranty. All in Im very disappointed with it, in the past year total spend has been in excess of £6000.

 

[jaymanek]

Thats very high mileage and the worst colour, so the price is probably about right!

 

[Flash]

Aaargh!!! So the W220's suffer from rust too? Our (Dad's) W220 is still fine (touch wood). By comparison my mates W210 E280 is horrendous, he's kicking himself now that he dind't keep a main dealer SH...

Unfortunately, yes.

We were very surprised as the late face lift cars 2004 onwards (which had nano paint) were supposed to have been treated/prepared better prior to the paint being applied at the factory.

Arches/lower part of doors are a real hot spot for rust on the W220.

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Will have to take a close look at the weekend!

 

[C43AMG]

Mine has been fine.

 

[LeighW]

Did this S-class sell?
John

Nope, it's been relisted.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280074011778

It's an awful lot of car for that sort of money really. The interior looks very good for the mileage.