What's my Merc worth?

[Kudos]

Hi everyone!

Have just signed up and i'm after a bit of info from the people in the know! Two friends and myself bought ourselves a 1987 420SE V8 last year and fixed her up to a standard that passed the mot with the sole purpose of doing a charity road trip around Europe! The good 'ol girl did over 1,600 miles in 3 days and the only thing that went wrong was a blown taillight bulb! The problem is, now we are back we sadly don't have the space to keep her anymore but we are finding it very hard to sell. Is this normal? Granted the 'ol girl could maybe do with a couple of new parts here and there but nothing excessive at all. We bought her for £400 with a lot of work needing to be done to her and can't seem to get any interest at all!!

Should I give up and scrap her (would break my heart doing it) or do I hang on for a buyer?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy

 

[bushy30]

Hi Andy,


I'd say its worth about........... £10.50

And as such I have that exact amount in my pocket, so will make you an offer of that !

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Bushy

 

[television]

It could be worth what you paid for it to smeone as spare parts, put a picture up here in the for sale section

 

[Kudos]

Hi Andy,


I'd say its worth about........... £10.50

And as such I have that exact amount in my pocket, so will make you an offer of that !

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Bushy

Can I think about it??? ;-):mrgreen:

Thanks Malcolm, I will do that and see what happens.

 

[BlackC55]

Where are you located?

 

[Kudos]

This is the car by the way ;-)

 

[A210AMG]

Its a 4.2 V8, 21 years old, probably a bit rough round edges..


You paid £400 plus work



I think you would do Very well if you get your money back. Its not exactly what people are looking for nowadays..


Try e-bay with a reserve...


Its done you proud so it was worth it

 

[Kudos]

Where are you located?

In Crawley, West Sussex

 

[The German Flower Pot]

looks like anice car, good colour combinations (blue & cream) and seems to be in good condition and a few years ago (pre fuel & road tax sky high prices) would have got you the money back no problem but being 4.2 V8 why would anyone want it other than for spares

real shame as its a superb car

id ebay it

or dismantle and ebay it for more money but alot more hassle

 

[Kudos]

Its a 4.2 V8, 21 years old, probably a bit rough round edges..


You paid £400 plus work



I think you would do Very well if you get your money back. Its not exactly what people are looking for nowadays..


Try e-bay with a reserve...


Its done you proud so it was worth it

Indeed, I am very proud she stood up so well to the drive! I have tried it on ebay a couple of times already with a reserve of £500. Got plenty of watchers but no bids. Think I might have to chance it and just stick it up for auction and see what happens!

 

[Kudos]

looks like anice car, good colour combinations (blue & cream) and seems to be in good condition and a few years ago (pre fuel & road tax sky high prices) would have got you the money back no problem but being 4.2 V8 why would anyone want it other than for spares

real shame as its a superb car

id ebay it

or dismantle and ebay it for more money but alot more hassle

Very true and I agree about running costs nowadays. I'm not too fussed about making the money back in all honesty but it seems such a shame that such a good car is now only worth scrap/spares money. Just doesn't seem right to strip or scrap it to be honest as it's done us so proud!

 

[horgantrevor]

why not give it to some charity their are a lot of africian road races with cars worth only a few hundred pounds

and idea

nice car do.............

 

[MBZ560]

Two way's to look at it.

It's either a 21 year old dinosaur that nobody wants and would be better off scrapping. Or it's a 21 year old car that's just covered 1600 miles without a hiccup.

Wonder how many of today's technical marvels will still be viable transport in 21 years.

Today's car are awesome in technical ability, but depreciate like never before and soon become to expensive to fix.

I have friends who are literally chucking away 6-7 year old cars because of hugely expensive turbo/electrical problems. Other friends are still driving there 20 year old bangers because there's not a lot to go wrong!

 

[crammy69]

Mmmm tempting! Whats the mileage and how rusty is it? let us know when its on Ebay

Cheers
Simon

 

[Kudos]

Hi Simon,

It's on ebay now....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=280224893842&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=018

Let me know if you're interested or want any more details. I've tried to be as honest on the ebay advert as I can.

Cheers,

Andy

 

[joem]

Em.. Don't tell anyone.. I think I may be interested in your car...

How many miles has it done and what sort of history?

Where are you?

 

[The German Flower Pot]

155,258, i think im psychic

lovly car, looks better than mine in some places

nice alloys you have there, ive just had a nightmare fitting some 18" non merc specific to my car

im actually after a dvd screen header unit next for my car but was looking around £250 inc fitting so looks like all your stuff is too top market for me, can you recomend one for that price (ish), needs to be 7" and have a usb port & a sd card slot

 

[Kudos]

Em.. Don't tell anyone.. I think I may be interested in your car...

How many miles has it done and what sort of history?

Where are you?

The mileage quoted just above is pretty much accurate, bar a few miles I have done recently since the picture was taken. It does have bits & pieces of history with it, the chap I got it off claimed it had full Mercedes Service History but he had lost a lot of the paperwork to do with the car....believe what you want from that, I did!
The paperwork that is with it does point towards it being looked after though. I'm in Crawley, West Sussex and the car is currently stored at my business unit which is just outside Crawley.

 

[Kudos]

155,258, i think im psychic

lovly car, looks better than mine in some places

nice alloys you have there, ive just had a nightmare fitting some 18" non merc specific to my car

im actually after a dvd screen header unit next for my car but was looking around £250 inc fitting so looks like all your stuff is too top market for me, can you recomend one for that price (ish), needs to be 7" and have a usb port & a sd card slot

Sorry to hear of your problems with the wheels. What did you go for, have you got them all sorted now? Let me know if I can help out at all.

Drop me an email if you like regarding the headunit but I think you will struggle to get that spec for that money unless you get an ebay jobbie from the Far East which in my experience is always a bit hit and miss

 

[Bolide]

I'd drop the starting bid to £1. That normally gets things moving

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk