I went to the local dealer to help look for the next one too. Thing is, new car sales are way off, so while they are interested in selling used now, as used have always brought bigger profits for most dealers, where are they sourcing the used cars from? Most came from trade ins, and those just aren't happening as often these days. Even the dealer isn't interested in something 10 years old or older, regardless of condition. That leaves everything else out there, from mint to junk up for grabs. From the prices I've seen, everything is way down. If ppl aren't going to fork over money for a new car, they're not going to over pay for an old car. Remember, that '87 300D is 22 years old. No matter how you look at it, that's an OLD car! Might be nice, but it's a nice 22 year old car.
I paid about $4500 for my high mileage gasser a couple of years ago. It was very tidy, one owner with full dealer records. Did I over pay, sure. Could I have got one for a thousand or two less, maybe, but not sure what it would have cost me in time for the added trouble. I got my money out of it as it is. What's it worth today, $500, maybe $1000 if the planets are all lined up? It's nice and clean, but it's a nice clean 21 year old car with 345,000 kms on it. That's well past being "previously enjoyed", and into, buying someone elses problems territory. lol So far, it's been great, but you know the big bills can't be too far around the corner. ;-) People buying these old cars, do, or sould keep that in mind too. Ed 300E 2009/3/22 John Freer <mbfo...@gmail.com> > According to recent article in the WSJ, new car sales in the toilet, > used car sales through the roof....makes sense now. > > Local MB dealer never cared too much about used car sales. Now, they > have a big used car center and advertise the heck out of it. > > John > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > wrote: > > Im not sure where you are, but in all other parts of the world, used car > > prices are way down. Even rare and desirable cars are way way down. In > > fact, if its not an econo box something or other, its going to be way way > > way down. > > > > Peter Frederick wrote: > >> > >> It's still a very desirable and uncommon car -- 29 mpg on the highway > and > >> goes like a scalded cat, very reliable. A year doesn't make that much > >> difference, and if anything, used car prices are up from last year, not > >> down. > >> > >> Peter > > > > -- > > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > > 95 E300, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, > > 89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D x2, > > 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090322/80f438cb/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
