deejaybee
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I am thinking of buying an S500L that is for sale at a local car dealer. I have already briefly viewed it and have a test drive booked on Saturday.
It is a '97 R-reg car and has only done 34000 miles. The cosmetic condition of the car matches the mileage as it has hardly any interior wear and no stone chips with just one small scratche. It has only had one owner for most of its life (first 10 years) and a 2nd owner for about 1 year, plus it has effectively been in storage for the last 21 months.
It is a black car with light (mushroom) interior and looks to have had most of the option boxes ticked when new, including Bose sound system, rear air con and rear adjustible / heated seats, etc, etc. It appears that the first owner was wealthy and this was used as a chauffered car with quite light use.
The original service history is unfortunately missing, but the service is confirmed by MB in 2004 and 2006 plus VOSA MOT records coroborate the mileage / use from 2004 until early 2008 at around 2500 miles / year.
The proof will be in the pudding when I get to drive it as it should drive as though it was new, but we will see.
I would be interested if anyone can advise any particular things to look out for given that it has not been in regular use for a while.
The dealer originally had it up at a very optimistic price which would explain why he has had it for so long, but it is now down to £5490. This is still a "premium price", but I think it is worth something like this if it is as good as it looks - I will of course try a much lower offer to start!
Any advice or opinions welcome.
Dave
It is a '97 R-reg car and has only done 34000 miles. The cosmetic condition of the car matches the mileage as it has hardly any interior wear and no stone chips with just one small scratche. It has only had one owner for most of its life (first 10 years) and a 2nd owner for about 1 year, plus it has effectively been in storage for the last 21 months.
It is a black car with light (mushroom) interior and looks to have had most of the option boxes ticked when new, including Bose sound system, rear air con and rear adjustible / heated seats, etc, etc. It appears that the first owner was wealthy and this was used as a chauffered car with quite light use.
The original service history is unfortunately missing, but the service is confirmed by MB in 2004 and 2006 plus VOSA MOT records coroborate the mileage / use from 2004 until early 2008 at around 2500 miles / year.
The proof will be in the pudding when I get to drive it as it should drive as though it was new, but we will see.
I would be interested if anyone can advise any particular things to look out for given that it has not been in regular use for a while.
The dealer originally had it up at a very optimistic price which would explain why he has had it for so long, but it is now down to £5490. This is still a "premium price", but I think it is worth something like this if it is as good as it looks - I will of course try a much lower offer to start!
Any advice or opinions welcome.
Dave