To clarify: The seller is asking $2000 in the CL ad, but she already told me she's got $1600 in it and would take that just to get out from under the car.
Dan > On Feb 21, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Stumbled across a 1997 S500 on the local CL yesterday. Cheap, ($1600) but > looks good. Spoke to the owner at length, a woman who bought the car at a > local machinery auction at the urging of a relative (who knew nothing about > MBs, of course.) > > Based on her description and some photos she sent the car is in good shape, > with 153k on the clock and everything working. It does need nitrogen spheres > for the SLS, as she says it's "hard" if she goes over bumps - she had it > checked out by a local indie who confirmed this - which is why she's freaking > out over maintenance costs. > > I'm intrigued over the car's history, as it was an MBUSA lease for four years > when new, then went into private ownership here in Tampa, where it's been all > of its life. Parts buddy at the dealership pulled a history on it and it was > being serviced regularly until 2010 or thereabouts, when it had over 100k on > it. I'm wondering how it ended up at the machinery auction, as this is a > place where local government sells a lot of asset seizures. Maybe it was > abandoned, seized in a drug deal, who knows? This also explains the price, > as I have attended this very auction and most of the buyers are, well, shall > we say "Bubbas" looking for their next "mudder" ruck. Furrin' cars don't > seem to sell well at this place from my experience. > > I'm going to pull out the laptop with the DAS system on it and a bunch of > tools and go over and look at it this afternoon. Either it will be a diamond > in the rough or a total beater. I'm leaning towards the former based on the > photos and description by the owner. We'll see. > > Dan > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
