The sub £1k Merc S500
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I'd be tempted to get a price on welding it up and sticking a cat on it, surely can't be overly expensive?
EDIT - Pair of used cats on the bay for £80 plus delivery. Suspension bush is circa £20. So if the welding isn't too bad then it is well worth saving!
EDIT - Pair of used cats on the bay for £80 plus delivery. Suspension bush is circa £20. So if the welding isn't too bad then it is well worth saving!
Edited by geeks on Wednesday 25th May 08:40
The thing is the bodywork in general isn't all that good with regard to rust, all 4 doors and arches need attention. My mechanic, who enjoys keeping my snotters on the road, shook his head at this one. As they are not allowed to take off covers, he said there would definitely be other horrors (he's owned two W220's) Also 3 rusty suspension turrets, and with the Air susp, that's a big cost when it goes. I'll dig around it properly and post some photos. 
dragonheart said:
If as the previous owner had stated the car was mot'd until Feb 2017 what made you re-mot it 3 months later?? Also seems to be an awful lot of mot faults have appeared in those 3 months.
The eBay advert stated that the MOT ran out in June. Think this is the reality of living the barge dream and the reason the lease thread on here is so long.R8Steve said:
The mot was a typo, it's got a year on it now as the guy mot'd it yesterday, it had 5 months on it anyway til July 2016 prior to that.
What happened to that, then?R8Steve said:
Brakes checked, the pads were all new!
Must be eating pads at an alarming rate, too. Edited by silentbrown on Wednesday 25th May 11:22
BenjiA said:
... all 4 doors and arches need attention ... they are not allowed to take off covers, he said there would definitely be other horrors ... 3 rusty suspension turrets
Joey Deacon said:
Think this is the reality of living the barge dream and the reason the lease thread on here is so long.
Absolutely. It appears that the OP dodged (knowingly?) a fairly big bullet here, and shunted on a pup before it bit him.I'd suggest that this is a nice dose of reality, as a counterpoint to the OTT fawning that went on in the previous pages. Chronic, MOT-failing, structural rot doesn't appear in less than a year, so there's a good chance that there have been signs of this for a while.
Bargain 'luxury' barging might be the latest PH fashion (it looks like the MX5 has fallen out of favour), but PHers seem all too ready to gloss over situations like this. An honest appraisal of the car's original condition would probably have left this thread at 1-2pgs at most - but then, where's the fun in that?
I bought a locking wheelnut remover, but ran out of time to try and make it work so i can put the spare on..maybe tomorrow.
My wife has been telling our girls about how great the car is. After 200 miles driving in p1ssing rain from Leeds, she's a convert to barging too. RESULT.
I am tempted to buy a Merc "D" wheelnut remover, but someone has attacked the inner bit of it with a drill, which caused failure, which leads me to believe that was the wrong one in the first place.. As I have no V5 yet,so MB stealership will flip me the V's any suggestions how I can get the spare on the cords showing rear???
My wife has been telling our girls about how great the car is. After 200 miles driving in p1ssing rain from Leeds, she's a convert to barging too. RESULT.
I am tempted to buy a Merc "D" wheelnut remover, but someone has attacked the inner bit of it with a drill, which caused failure, which leads me to believe that was the wrong one in the first place.. As I have no V5 yet,so MB stealership will flip me the V's any suggestions how I can get the spare on the cords showing rear???
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