SLK55 buyer’s guide

[595Heaven]

Autocar have published a good buyers guide on their site today.

Hopefully I’m not breaching any rules by posting a link to it: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/used-cars/used-...

It covers the main care points, and the pricing seems reasonably accurate based on the research and price tracking I did when I was looking for mine.

[595Heaven]

Mr M said:

Interesting. Thanks for posting. The guy doesn't seem to know what he's on about on one point though

> Service history is a mix of main and specialist garages but is not described as full, which is a concern and may explain the price

I think you're more likely to get the best service from a good independent garage than you are from a Merc main dealer

I think the point he was making was that there were gaps in the service history, rather than marking it down for some work being done by independents. I’d agree that on this age of car, it would be rare to get full main dealer service history.

Main thing you want to see is a lot of paperwork with the car!