The third and fourth tier lots in Seattle are filling up with 3-9
year old Benz. Bound to be a real glut and drop in price by fall.
On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:44 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On 3/26/07, E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The few I've seen at the dealer are WAY above what them seem to go
for in the market, and they weren't even anything extra special.
Might be worth it, considering that new-car dealers tend to keep
only the
best trade-ins to sell themselves and auction the rest off. A 140 is
definitely the kind of car where the "buy the best one you can
afford" rule
applies---no way are you going to be able to save money fixing up a
neglected example like you might with a 123.
Where I live I bet you could find a tired 500SEL for $8,000 or a
really nice
one for $18,000 (just pulling numbers out of the air to make a
point, but
they're probably close enough). Either way you would end up spending
$25,000 total when you'd fixed what needed to be fixed. The
difference is
that the car that cost less originally is going to be a lot rougher
around
the edges---when all's said and done you have a nice-driving but
ratty car
for the same price as a nice-driving, nice-looking one.
(I am half-seriously shopping for an E34 chassis BMW right now and
finding
pretty much the same thing to be true. Prices range from $2 -10K,
but the
$2K ones need a LOT more work.)
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper
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