The sub £1k Merc S500
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So you bought the car, gave it an mot early and by what seems like a slightly strict tester. Then you didn't get a second opinion on repairing it, but you did eBay it poorly and got a low price. Then you let some bloke give you an awful ring as part payment.....
Good luck with the auction, and perhaps learn from this one. :-)
Hilarious eBay photos though!
Good luck with the auction, and perhaps learn from this one. :-)
Hilarious eBay photos though!
This thread deserves a resurrection - gave me a great 15 minutes break from my desk jockey job.
For what it's worth regarding rust on 1999-2002 W220 S-Class, if the vehicle was serviced at Mercedes dealers from new the bodywork was under warranty from rust. My Dad had bought a Silver/Blue S500 in Berlin in 2000 and by 2003 the rust was showing so Mercedes fully resprayed the car at a cost of around 15,000EUR.
There may be another 900GBP early S500 waiting in the wings for some guy to take a punt on.
For what it's worth regarding rust on 1999-2002 W220 S-Class, if the vehicle was serviced at Mercedes dealers from new the bodywork was under warranty from rust. My Dad had bought a Silver/Blue S500 in Berlin in 2000 and by 2003 the rust was showing so Mercedes fully resprayed the car at a cost of around 15,000EUR.
There may be another 900GBP early S500 waiting in the wings for some guy to take a punt on.
Whilst very entertaining, interesting and caveat emptor and all that.......its horrific that a 15 year old prestige car ends up as virtually rusty scrap metal way before its time.
Built in obselescence and all that I suppose.
So what about all the protection techniques and methods of prevention, not impressed that Mercedes just don't care, not does it seem the market take any notice, everything just gets recycled!
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PS I currently have 3 Mercs, all pre 1996 though......
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Built in obselescence and all that I suppose.
So what about all the protection techniques and methods of prevention, not impressed that Mercedes just don't care, not does it seem the market take any notice, everything just gets recycled!
P
PS I currently have 3 Mercs, all pre 1996 though......
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I cracked at the part where he offered the rings !!!! Hahahahahahah that is crazy, wonder if the ring was stolen off a loving dad or if the dad left the family for another woman, wait, those dad rings, who is supposed to wear them! TBH if I was Steve I would have bought the ring and kept it, pass it on to his son, 2 generations later, a grand child asks what the ring is about ' well James, it all started off with your grandfathers lease ending and him seeing an s500 on Facebook'
Just been reminded of this thread thanks to a similarly dodgy S500 posted elsewhere, have had a good laugh re-reading some of it
As to the fate of my Ring?
So one lunchtime I left Canary Wharf and went for a walk...a fairly long walk, literally over the wrong side of the tracks...to find this place..
And the results...about enough to keep me in Lunches for a week or two.
£155 all in. Nice.
I just checked the MOT history of the car...it still has no MOT, so whether the Gypo is smoking around Essex in it or has used it for banger racing I have no idea.
As to the fate of my Ring?
So one lunchtime I left Canary Wharf and went for a walk...a fairly long walk, literally over the wrong side of the tracks...to find this place..
And the results...about enough to keep me in Lunches for a week or two.
£155 all in. Nice.
I just checked the MOT history of the car...it still has no MOT, so whether the Gypo is smoking around Essex in it or has used it for banger racing I have no idea.
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