Why has it got a torpedo in the boot? How much value is the AMG badge adding, and does it offset the drop in value due to the broken three pointed star badge?

aaron_2000

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Seems high IMO

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

nobrakes

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Mr lestat said:

Steamer said:

2002 said:

p1stonhead said:

krisdelta said:

Mr lestat said:

Screechmr2 said:

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

k I never noticed till now. Now I can’t stop looking at it f

k f

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

Blooooooooooody hell. How is that even possible?!

Mercedes have been doing that since at least the early 1990s. Look at the W140/C140 S-Class/CL they have very offset vents to the rest of the dash. And the SL R129. Not saying that's a good thing, but it's not new. Maybe not translated well to the newer cars.

Probably people's OCD is more pronounced now in today's culture?!

Not just on the inside either.

Go on then ? What’s wrong with it ?

I think the shorter one is to make parking into the kerb easier and deeper too, to save the need for tilting.

pits

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p1stonhead said:

krisdelta said:

Mr lestat said:

Screechmr2 said:

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

k I never noticed till now. Now I can’t stop looking at it f

k f

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

Blooooooooooody hell. How is that even possible?!

I am not a Merc fan, but if I had one and hadn't noticed that, then someone pointed it out to me, I would have to sell it, I can't even stand my dash vent's not being level rofl

Mr lestat

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pits said:

p1stonhead said:

krisdelta said:

Mr lestat said:

Screechmr2 said:

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

k I never noticed till now. Now I can’t stop looking at it f

k f

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

Blooooooooooody hell. How is that even possible?!

I am not a Merc fan, but if I had one and hadn't noticed that, then someone pointed it out to me, I would have to sell it, I can't even stand my dash vent's not being level rofl

Only just bought it so can’t sell it. Don’t notice when you are in it I’m glad to say

sooty61

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https://www.autocap.co.uk/used-bmw-m5-bedfordshire...

127k miles and LHD, they’re ‘avin a giraffe at £47k

Superleg48

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I’ll just leave this here...

Deep Thought

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Deep Thought said:

2011 SLK, Cat S repaired, £18,500?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Alternatively you could have the same car, but not a previous write off and with a dealer warranty for £10,000 less.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Oh good news - hes seen the light and dropped the price!

By £1,000. rolleyes

Only £12,000 too expensive now. eek

CRA1G

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sooty61 said:

https://www.autocap.co.uk/used-bmw-m5-bedfordshire...

127k miles and LHD, they’re ‘avin a giraffe at £47k

IIRC their the wrong mirrors fitted from the latter E36 M3 and the same as my E31 840 Sport....!

mike74

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Given the not especially low mileage and rotten sills and arches I'd say this is a good 30-40% overpriced, but it's the War and Peace description that really gets me... and he's another one who ''won't just sell to anyone, even if you turn up with cash''

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

berlintaxi

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Superleg48 said:

I’ll just leave this here...

But only a quarter of that on their own website, still overpriced.

https://www.davidhayton.co.uk/used/prestige/peugeo...

robinessex

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mike74 said:

Must admit the guy comes over as a keen enthusiast, and the ad seems pretty honest to me.

Tyre Smoke

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AlexNJ89 said:

Tyre Smoke said:

I've bought a couple. Cheap taxis.

What would you like to know?

Do they drive well?

Do they incur more problems?

I assume you're going to say positive things as you do buy them haha

No difference to a non write off.

But, there's always a but, you need to buy with your eyes open. I buy them for taxis. They are never going to be resold, except for scrap. They do a job.

Would I buy one for myself? Probably, but only if it was very cheap and i knew what had been done.

One of the cars I bought was a Saab 93 estate which had been badly keyed. So the cost of respraying it was uneconomic for example.

mike74

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robinessex said:

Must admit the guy comes over as a keen enthusiast, and the ad seems pretty honest to me.

Fair point about him being a keen enthusiast, I might have been a bit harsh re. the description.

Still overpriced though given the probably £2k that needs spending to get the sills and arches fitted and resprayed.

windowshopping

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berlintaxi said:

Superleg48 said:

I’ll just leave this here...

But only a quarter of that on their own website, still overpriced.

https://www.davidhayton.co.uk/used/prestige/peugeo...

£25k to someone who actually knows what they are worth is not overpriced.

CRA1G