you just did him a massive favor paying to get it diagnosed, good on ya mate! You've now helped him work out precisely how much it would cost to fix it up and what sort of margin he could get when he goes to resell it, since he definitely did not buy it for 1600 squid. So frankly, you should keep that thing, fix it and keep driving it or sell it completely sorted for a small profit.
You should have asked me before wasting money on an old Merc - I purchased a beautiful supercharged 2003 500+ BHP CL55 AMG around 8 years ago, I had it for less than a month - the word starts with L and ends with N - I got my money back and got a 2008 Subaru Legacy 3.0 SpecB which I had for 8 years of proper driving.. forget old Mercs unless you own a garage and are paying yourself a good hourly rate
Brother that car is a steal for £1600 . I'd gladly take it off your hands if you don't want it 😅 Seriously though, did you not anticipate potential £2000-3000 repairs when you bought this? New parts are always expensive on German cars. Just one headlight is £5500 on my Porsche. If you own a car like this, you buy parts used only and ideally do all your own maintenance (including oil gasket replacement).
Yea totally just thought it was too much and in this market I could start off with a better example and then do the £1k-£2k repairs. This one I had to pass on.
you just did him a massive favor paying to get it diagnosed, good on ya mate! You've now helped him work out precisely how much it would cost to fix it up and what sort of margin he could get when he goes to resell it, since he definitely did not buy it for 1600 squid. So frankly, you should keep that thing, fix it and keep driving it or sell it completely sorted for a small profit.
Yea I know I am quite charitable like that lol
You should have asked me before wasting money on an old Merc - I purchased a beautiful supercharged 2003 500+ BHP CL55 AMG around 8 years ago, I had it for less than a month - the word starts with L and ends with N - I got my money back and got a 2008 Subaru Legacy 3.0 SpecB which I had for 8 years of proper driving.. forget old Mercs unless you own a garage and are paying yourself a good hourly rate
Why on earth do you put cars into Main Stealers. especially 20 year old ones. i certainly wouldnt buy a 1.8 manual, auto all day long.
Brother that car is a steal for £1600 . I'd gladly take it off your hands if you don't want it 😅
Seriously though, did you not anticipate potential £2000-3000 repairs when you bought this? New parts are always expensive on German cars. Just one headlight is £5500 on my Porsche. If you own a car like this, you buy parts used only and ideally do all your own maintenance (including oil gasket replacement).
Yea totally just thought it was too much and in this market I could start off with a better example and then do the £1k-£2k repairs. This one I had to pass on.
😂 you are hilarious. Could be worse . Could be a cheap Rolls Royce 😅
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I love that Roll Royce mate can’t wait for it to come back and I am sure it will
Is that an aftermarket exhaust?