High mileage cars for sale

[Dapster]

Staying with the three pointed star, this faded old aunty is nicely run in....




Text says that "cloth seats which have signs of wear and tear" but I can't see it myself.



Did the driver not bother getting out when he needed a piss?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E300-Diese...

[MattHall91]

Dapster said:

Staying with the three pointed star, this faded old aunty is nicely run in....




Text says that "cloth seats which have signs of wear and tear" but I can't see it myself.



Did the driver not bother getting out when he needed a piss?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E300-Diese...

Very good, made me chuckle.

[TonyRPH]

Dapster said:

Staying with the three pointed star, this faded old aunty is nicely run in....



Text says that "cloth seats which have signs of wear and tear" but I can't see it myself.

Did the driver not bother getting out when he needed a piss?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E300-Diese...

At the risk of stating the obvious... That seller is totally deluded.

Unless an extra '0' was added to the price in error?

"Starts and drives, no MOT, no tax. Nice motor at a bargain price!"

The MOT history makes for an interesting read:

Last year
Reason(s) for failure
Offside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
Offside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Nearside Front Intermediate drop arm insecure (2.2.B.1a)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Headlamp insecure (1.7.3)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
Oil leak
nearside front flitch corroded
floors and chassis showing corrosion

This year

Advisory notice item(s)
complete underside of vehicle and suspension has been heavilly wax oiled

Hmm yes, heavilly waxoyled to hide the corrosion!!!

So, it looks as though it's the end of the road for Mercedes Benz L30 OJF

Edited by TonyRPH on Thursday 12th May 07:43

[p1stonhead]

TonyRPH said:

Dapster said:

Staying with the three pointed star, this faded old aunty is nicely run in....



Text says that "cloth seats which have signs of wear and tear" but I can't see it myself.

Did the driver not bother getting out when he needed a piss?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E300-Diese...

At the risk of stating the obvious... That seller is totally deluded.

Unless an extra '0' was added to the price in error?

"Starts and drives, no MOT, no tax. Nice motor at a bargain price!"

The MOT history makes for an interesting read:

Last year
Reason(s) for failure
Offside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
Offside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Nearside Front Intermediate drop arm insecure (2.2.B.1a)
Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Offside Headlamp insecure (1.7.3)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
Oil leak
nearside front flitch corroded
floors and chassis showing corrosion

This year

Advisory notice item(s)
complete underside of vehicle and suspension has been heavilly wax oiled

Hmm yes, heavilly waxoyled to hide the corrosion!!!

So, it looks as though it's the end of the road for Mercedes Benz L30 OJF

Edited by TonyRPH on Thursday 12th May 07:43

Cheeky fooker!

[Limpet]

Nice looking manual E46 330Cd with 265k on it (and no advisories on last 2 MOTs) for £2k.

That said, I'd like to see the condition of the bits of the seats you can't see from the interior shot.

http://tinyurl.com/zyofawv

[northernmedia]

Not very good if the condition of the gear knob is anything to go by!

[TonyRPH]

Jeez am I reading that correctly?

A 12 year old 3 series with 263,545 miles on the odo - £2k !!

[spreadsheet monkey]

TonyRPH said:

So, it looks as though it's the end of the road for Mercedes Benz L30OJF

Next stop West Africa for a second career as a bush taxi...

[ncbbmw]

spreadsheet monkey said:

TonyRPH said:

So, it looks as though it's the end of the road for Mercedes Benz L30OJF

Next stop West Africa for a second career as a bush taxi...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182127927033

Down to £600.00

[JakeT]

Limpet said:

Nice looking manual E46 330Cd with 265k on it (and no advisories on last 2 MOTs) for £2k.

That said, I'd like to see the condition of the bits of the seats you can't see from the interior shot.

http://tinyurl.com/zyofawv

A. Look at the gear stick. Wowzers
B. There's a distinct lack of front fog lights

My 61k model with no wear anywhere else with sports seats definitely showed good wear from people rubbing past the bolsters with jeans on and catching them with the rivets and such, I guess there'a hole in the drivers bolster. It is a very well specced car with pretty much everything apart from nav. Adaptive headlights too, which were a very rare option only on the last year or two of E46 production.

[emicen]

JakeT said:

Limpet said:

Nice looking manual E46 330Cd with 265k on it (and no advisories on last 2 MOTs) for £2k.

That said, I'd like to see the condition of the bits of the seats you can't see from the interior shot.

http://tinyurl.com/zyofawv

A. Look at the gear stick. Wowzers
B. There's a distinct lack of front fog lights

My 61k model with no wear anywhere else with sports seats definitely showed good wear from people rubbing past the bolsters with jeans on and catching them with the rivets and such, I guess there'a hole in the drivers bolster. It is a very well specced car with pretty much everything apart from nav. Adaptive headlights too, which were a very rare option only on the last year or two of E46 production.

Your 61k model has likely seen more ins and outs in doing that mileage than something which has been a mile muncher.

Mine is just shy of 200k;
- gearknob, nothing like as bad as the autotrader one but bits of leather have started falling off
- steering wheel is more worn on mine
- alcantara seats have wear but not that bad on the bolster, leather would have stood up much better

[ambuletz]

the handbrake lever + arnrest is also heavily worn too

[TheFinners]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

That's an lot of miles for a 3.0 petrol model!

[0llie]

263k miles in just under 3 years. Nearly 90k a year, 7.5k a month, 1700 a week or 240 miles a day, every day since it was registered. I can't see the drivers seat base, but the rest of the car looks good.

Strangely it had an MOT at just over 2 years old where it had done 199k miles, so near 100k a year average over 2 years

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[JakeT]

emicen said:

Your 61k model has likely seen more ins and outs in doing that mileage than something which has been a mile muncher.

Mine is just shy of 200k;
- gearknob, nothing like as bad as the autotrader one but bits of leather have started falling off
- steering wheel is more worn on mine
- alcantara seats have wear but not that bad on the bolster, leather would have stood up much better

It seems to be more of a what do you wear and how fat are you, also. You could also argue that a mile muncher should not see that many gear changes and so the gear know would not be that worn. The arm rest also has some wear on it, too. Well done in taking a 320cd so far though. My dad has run an E53 X5 petrol from delivery mileage to 196,000 miles. I'd get bored well before that.

[poing]

0llie said:

263k miles in just under 3 years. Nearly 90k a year, 7.5k a month, 1700 a week or 240 miles a day, every day since it was registered. I can't see the drivers seat base, but the rest of the car looks good.

Strangely it had an MOT at just over 2 years old where it had done 199k miles, so near 100k a year average over 2 years

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I didn't know you could even MOT a car that's less than 3 years old, every day is a school day.

[ChocolateFrog]

poing said:

0llie said:

263k miles in just under 3 years. Nearly 90k a year, 7.5k a month, 1700 a week or 240 miles a day, every day since it was registered. I can't see the drivers seat base, but the rest of the car looks good.

Strangely it had an MOT at just over 2 years old where it had done 199k miles, so near 100k a year average over 2 years

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I didn't know you could even MOT a car that's less than 3 years old, every day is a school day.

That doesn't seem cheap enough. How much does an average miler go for?

Answered my own question, 2k less than a 100000 miler so not particularly cheap.

Edited by ChocolateFrog on Tuesday 31st May 20:21

[gizlaroc]

TheFinners said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

That's an lot of miles for a 3.0 petrol model!

But only about 2-3 mpg behind the 3 litre diesel version, and much nicer way to do the miles.

[greenarrow]

TheFinners said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

That's an lot of miles for a 3.0 petrol model!

I saw that ad yesterday and thought the same. However, the petrol model is probably less likely to throw up huge bills going forward than a 3 litre common rail diesel....well, at least not engine related I would have thought.

[KTF]

poing said:

0llie said:

263k miles in just under 3 years. Nearly 90k a year, 7.5k a month, 1700 a week or 240 miles a day, every day since it was registered. I can't see the drivers seat base, but the rest of the car looks good.

Strangely it had an MOT at just over 2 years old where it had done 199k miles, so near 100k a year average over 2 years

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I didn't know you could even MOT a car that's less than 3 years old, every day is a school day.

If it's part of a fleet of airport run cars it may have been put on a tota regardless of age. I believe the same happens for trucks and buses so the operator doesn't suddenly have several vehicles needing an mot at the same time.

Taxis also need more frequent mots although I think it's either from year 1 or year 3 depending on the class - taxi or private hire.