Don’t buy this as a flip, you’ll never recover your costs. The resale values on these is right about where it’s priced. Certainly many folks price them higher, but with the miles this one has the price is pretty much in the ballpark.
If you can get it for $3k it’s not a bad deal. Even at that price you would be hard pressed to flip and make a profit. If it had mileage more common for these, typically below 125k, it would probably command between $4k-$5k because it’s a stick. Otherwise, these are pretty simple and fairly reliable cars for the vintage. Interior plastics are their Achilles heel, as they break down and peel rather badly. Not tough to fix, but cosmetically sucky. The sticks are pretty fun to drive. I’ve been looking for one to try and entice the wife out of her SL500 for economics. It’s a great car and I’m not parting with it, but the way she drives it the overhead is a killer. -D > On May 17, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Got a reply back from the guy, he is a professor at the Citadel so I'm > guessing he is not a CL deadbeat. Says he's around after 2 so I'm going to > look at it. > > Guy wants $3500, I'm guessing he hasn't gotten many bites. I don't want to > insult him but if it is an inheritance and he doesn't have space for it, and > probably has no particular interest in it, what would not be insulting to > offer? I'm thinking $2800 maybe go to $3k with a plan to flip it before > long. If it is indeed a 6spd (and Dan has a sharp eye as that does look like > a shifter) these have a bit more attractiveness, right? > > I know nothing about these cars but it looks half nice, don't need it, never > really liked them much, etc.... but maybe it would be a quick buck or two to > flip? > > --FT > > >> On 5/16/18 4:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> That is not a bad deal especially since it’s a crashbox. They’re not easy >> to find in this model. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On May 16, 2018, at 4:20 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Might be worth dickering down some for a fun ride >>> >>> https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/mercedes-benz-convertible/6589847638.html >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
