Too good to be true?

[Blobcat]

FX58 LYP, I note the next owner has done just over 5k in the near 3 years since it left me..
MOT history also looks clean....maybe it’s sorted?

That’s the mileage to and from the garage

 

[Blobcat]

I know the mileage is high for an SL as most are pampered second or third cars but the mileage doesn't particularly bother me as if they're getting used surely they're either going wrong less frequently or the owner is keeping up with the maintenance?
The bit that bothers me is I would hate to sell my sole, and worse my motorcycle, to buy it only to find it was about to start spitting out some very large bills.
Sadly the not so good reviews about the seller, although they're not all bad, appear to relate to their less than comprehensive warranties.

Divnae sell the bike, but buy the SL, you can always earn more money...

The warranty won’t be worth anything so don’t worry about that

 

[00slk]

I know the mileage is high for an SL as most are pampered second or third cars but the mileage doesn't particularly bother me as if they're getting used surely they're either going wrong less frequently or the owner is keeping up with the maintenance?
The bit that bothers me is I would hate to sell my sole, and worse my motorcycle, to buy it only to find it was about to start spitting out some very large bills.
Sadly the not so good reviews about the seller, although they're not all bad, appear to relate to their less than comprehensive warranties.

They tend to go wrong less frequently gramey, mine had a few dealer associated issues with it when I bought it, but price negotiable the unforseen issues a few months after purchase was the left front strut leaking. Two years later and the ABC pump leaked. I also had performance issues which turned out to be the throttle pedal, but not before spending quite a lot on wrongly diagnosed parts. Star wasn't any use for the throttle pedal failure. Craig was my Star
However the SL55 is an expensive car to own and run as a daily and keep up with the maintenance. This is why you will find many cheap pre £10,000 cars around because they have been neglected and it doesn't take long for these cars to fall into this field The body work is the cheapest to put right on the SL55's, the mechanical side not so. The best thing is that the cheap ones will eventually disappear from the roads and good unmolested ones will start to raise in value
The coil over conversions, no, just no, I've ridden in cars with the system and unless there set to soft position the ride quality was very bouncy.
AMG spent millions on this development to produce superoir ride and handling and Joe Bloggs two bit company come along and improve it with wounded up tight coil springs, yer right
Try an SL on ABC then try one on coil overs you'll see what I mean

 

[flowrider]

This 2006 SL500 looks like a nice car........

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classi...our=Grey&colour=Silver&colour=Unlisted&page=3

 

[gramey]

This 2006 SL500 looks like a nice car........

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201902154965171?sort=distance&price-to=20000&maximum-mileage=70000&price-from=10000&advertising-location=at_cars&fuel-type=Petrol&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&exclude-writeoff-categories=on&minimum-badge-engine-size=4.0&postcode=al51hg&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&radius=1500&colour=Blue&colour=Green&colour=Grey&colour=Silver&colour=Unlisted&page=3

Only 53k miles but after market wheels and no pan roof not so sure at £12k?

 

[gramey]

I'm thinking it's best to force my own hand and change my bike so I can't afford to look at potentially ruinous SL55's, after all it may be more show than go but my 350 still looks pretty to me and the cheap SL55's are cheap for a reason.
I sold a stock RR version one of these to fund the work on my previous R129 so the Factory version would be nice - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-15-...rentrq:ace6a00c1690a9ca3883cf87ffee9107|iid:1