RE: SOTW: Mercedes 190E 'AMG'
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mccrackenj said:
wonder how much he's asking for that?1974foggy said:
John_S4x4 said:
MB5032's 190e. Lovely
To all the naysayers at the start of this thread, this car has in fact a factory fitted AMG kit making it a very rare car indeed.
With the correct alloys and a £75 eBay leather interior coupled with some DSLR photos, I'd expect half the forum to be purring over it advertised at £2500.
Would not be surprised to see it bought by w124.org and sold for £4000+
With the correct alloys and a £75 eBay leather interior coupled with some DSLR photos, I'd expect half the forum to be purring over it advertised at £2500.
Would not be surprised to see it bought by w124.org and sold for £4000+
djneils98 said:
mccrackenj said:
wonder how much he's asking for that?I've no idea what he'd be asking for that 190 but in the past he has offered similar condition E28s for around £8-9k and poorer (but still spectacular) condition E34s for £3-4k. He has an amazing (I say amazing but I'm only judging by pictures) E34 at the minute for £8k. I'd guess that 190 might be in the range £7-9k, but that's only a ill-educated guess.
Ludicrous price for a 190 maybe - but I paid £7k for a basic Citroen C1 2 years ago and after 5 years the C1 will be worth £2k and the 190 will still be worth, what, £5k to the right buyer? Cheap motoring in a quality car.
SuperHangOn said:
pSyCoSiS said:
They surprisingly thirsty those old 190Es... Heavy cars, low power output, auto box...
The fuel consumption of the C280 would be very similar, if not, better.
MPG on the W202 is very similar to that of the 190e. The fuel consumption of the C280 would be very similar, if not, better.
Edited by SuperHangOn on Saturday 1st September 09:58
No they're not fast. But that's not the appeal of them. They waft. Wafting is good. More power is not required for wafting.
mccrackenj said:
djneils98 said:
mccrackenj said:
wonder how much he's asking for that?I've no idea what he'd be asking for that 190 but in the past he has offered similar condition E28s for around £8-9k and poorer (but still spectacular) condition E34s for £3-4k. He has an amazing (I say amazing but I'm only judging by pictures) E34 at the minute for £8k. I'd guess that 190 might be in the range £7-9k, but that's only a ill-educated guess.
Ludicrous price for a 190 maybe - but I paid £7k for a basic Citroen C1 2 years ago and after 5 years the C1 will be worth £2k and the 190 will still be worth, what, £5k to the right buyer? Cheap motoring in a quality car.
For sensible money, I have to admit, I could be tempted by that. Man can't have enough 190Es.
juansolo said:
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he was asking more... There are other dealers that would certainly. That does annoy me about these ads though. Tell me how much f**king money you want for it! (I'd also be interested about the mileage of the car, not just the replacement engine) It's not a half million pound Ferrari, it's a nice 190E worth probably a maximum of about £5k (cos it certainly shouldn't be Cossie money).
For sensible money, I have to admit, I could be tempted by that. Man can't have enough 190Es.
You could be right about the price - Avantgarde have just sold one that they were looking £8k for and it was only a 1.8, albeit with only 23k. Mileage on this one is 80,000 in total - say so under 'service history' on his website. For sensible money, I have to admit, I could be tempted by that. Man can't have enough 190Es.
mccrackenj said:
You could be right about the price - Avantgarde have just sold one that they were looking £8k for and it was only a 1.8, albeit with only 23k. Mileage on this one is 80,000 in total - say so under 'service history' on his website.
Put it this way, I got a 2.0 with 26000 miles on it, mint, about 5 years ago for a lot less than half what the 1.8 is going for! It's got about 70k on it now mind you, though with fresh paint it now looks as good as it did. Flat paints aside (they only clear coated the metallics then), they're very durable.It's not like they're uncommon either, they made 100,000s of the things (unlike the Cossies which go some way to justifying the price they go for). You still see loads on the roads.
Still highly recommend it to anyone as a daily. I'd get in that car and drive it anywhere. Bags of character, they cost peanuts to run and they're a doddle to spanner. If you can snag a good one for sensible money that is.
Edited by juansolo on Sunday 2nd September 17:50
juansolo said:
mccrackenj said:
djneils98 said:
mccrackenj said:
wonder how much he's asking for that?I've no idea what he'd be asking for that 190 but in the past he has offered similar condition E28s for around £8-9k and poorer (but still spectacular) condition E34s for £3-4k. He has an amazing (I say amazing but I'm only judging by pictures) E34 at the minute for £8k. I'd guess that 190 might be in the range £7-9k, but that's only a ill-educated guess.
Ludicrous price for a 190 maybe - but I paid £7k for a basic Citroen C1 2 years ago and after 5 years the C1 will be worth £2k and the 190 will still be worth, what, £5k to the right buyer? Cheap motoring in a quality car.
For sensible money, I have to admit, I could be tempted by that. Man can't have enough 190Es.
£5750!
I know there'll be plenty who'll say "it's only an old 190 so it's only worth £1500 tops", but personally I think that's a hell of a bargain.
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