Cheap SL

[television]

And now for something completely different,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercedes-SL_W...678QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330056361973



Malcolm

 

[Speedmaster]

How very peculiar!!!!!

 

[Blobcat]

The No. Plate is on a green 320 01/08/1996 vintage. Looks completely genuine to me, lend me your CC Malcolm and I will start bidding

 

[ba9rn]

2996 vintage.

Wow - thought it was futuristic! I wonder what he's set the reserve at.

 

[davidsl500]

Not actually very descriptive about the vehicle though ! I see he is also selling a Puma - equally non descriptive on that as well........

Private seller with 1 feedback ...hmm!

 

[JonFB]

also a tad suspicious that the car is in the "floor mats and flooring" listing section, and not actually under "cars for sale"!!! :roll:

I think anyone would be mad to bid for this.

Why sell a car and only take a few crappy pictures of it, and doesn't he/she think people might be interested in minor details like mileage and number of owners, FSH etc !

Mind, maybe some naive fool will put in a bid...



Jon

 

[jberks]

Why the suspicion?
He's been totally honest - it's a 10 year old 300/280sl (note the straight 6 engine), badged and bodied to look like a current amg. It's a dogs dinner but someone will like it.
To be honest, whilst the front and back look right, they can't get the side right, still looks like a 129.

 

[ba9rn]

Why sell a car and only take a few crappy pictures of it, and doesn't he/she think people might be interested in minor details like mileage and number of owners, FSH etc

Well as for ownership, he has helpfully/foolishly kept the plates visible. It has 3 previous owners (will be 4 when it gets sold).

 

[Hanz]

Oh dear that's all I'm going to say....

If you can't afford a new SL, but can afford an older one, just go for the older 129. I don't see the point in doing up the 129 to look like 2006 model, it still does look like a 129 and the Sl600 badge on the back! Oh no!!

I honestly don't see the point, the interior is still a 129. It just looks like a crossbreed...

 

[ba9rn]

Seen his bid list? Just the one:
Retracted: £15,000.00
Explanation:Entered wrong amount

Wrong amount indeed - someone sniffing out the reserve more like. So we can safely assume the reserve is at or below £15000. Elementary my dear Watson.

 

[Blobcat]

The bidder looks iffy, shill bidding?

 

[ba9rn]

If it was shill bidding, the bid would stay, surely. The whole point of shill bidding is to drive the price up. By retracting, it's gone back to 5 grand.

 

[Blobcat]

bidder1 puts in £15K then retracts, bidder2 puts in £5K. Agree not shill bidding, but two accounts one to test and one to bid. Although bidder2 has withdrawn 9 bids

 

[Breitbling]

At least the plates right;

M1 "Berk"...

Hideous.

 

[Flying Scot]

Oh dear that's all I'm going to say....

If you can't afford a new SL, but can afford an older one, just go for the older 129. I don't see the point in doing up the 129 to look like 2006 model, it still does look like a 129 and the Sl600 badge on the back! Oh no!!

I honestly don't see the point, the interior is still a 129. It just looks like a crossbreed...

then it is what it looks like and looks like what it is an interesting cross breed - i am sure it would nice but just not for a MB aficionado - i bet it would fool most of us if it was sitting in Tesco's car park - except we know you dont take your nice MB in there - what i wonder is what was the motivation for doing this - i wonder what the insurance man would say as this is a serious modification - shame they did not mod a SL500.

 

[Flying Scot]

also a tad suspicious that the car is in the "floor mats and flooring" listing section, and not actually under "cars for sale"!!! :roll:

I think anyone would be mad to bid for this.

Why sell a car and only take a few crappy pictures of it, and doesn't he/she think people might be interested in minor details like mileage and number of owners, FSH etc !

Mind, maybe some naive fool will put in a bid...



Jon

MORE BETTER PICS !!!! and 3 bids now at £6,699

 

[television]

The cost of all the parts bug me, I can see £10k on the bits, without all of the time. OK if done in 2002 when the R230 was new,its a cheap way to get a face lift, what we do not know is that if the original car was a write off,then worth doing maybe. the car could be registered as a self build.

At least i know that if my roof goes wrong, i can fit a 129 hard top

Malcolm

 

[stats007]

The kit is £2k - I know the chap that used to distribute them (he gave up as he sold 4 I think) and have seen his SL500 with one on. You'd spot it a mile off. The conversion looks all of proportion in the flesh - and to rebadge an I6 as a V12 is just shameful .

At least i know that if my roof goes wrong, i can fit a 129 hard top
Malcolm

Not quite Malcolm - though at least the roof on the R129 doesn't leak into the boot .

 

[television]

Not quite Malcolm - though at least the roof on the R129 doesn't leak into the boot .

Actually mine does not, I did the sealing mod when i bought it,just in case,but at least i dont get wet knees and seats

Malcolm

 

[stats007]

Can't say I've ever had wet knees or seats in the any of the SLs I've owned - wet feet in the R107 maybe!