2005 Merc E200-good deal?Advice please, buying today..

cojomo2

My dad is on the verge of buying a 2005 Merc E200,black with full leather interior(cream). Milage is 86,700..

He is having 2nd thoughts now, after putting a small deposit down, reason being that the advertised milage was 80,000 and he only found out it's currently at 86,700.

He is paying cash, straight deal. Asking was 11,950..however the body needs some paintwork..(scratches covered up with the wrong colour paint)..he knows somebody who is brilliant and can prob sort out the paintwork for 4-500 quid.. We did a cartell report and all is good. Also only 1 owner.

My dad got him down to 10,500(before he realized about the mileage).

Is it a good deal as it stands, or should he pull out?

Any advice welcome.

L-M

€10,000 would be a fair price if the car was in good nick. Not many people are buying 2.0 petrol Mercs now so I'd would have bargained harder.

Seeing as he has a deposit down, he has agreed on a price and I'd imagine the seller wouldn't be too keen on dropping much more.

I assume it's an English car seeing as it's in miles?

cojomo2

Limerick man wrote: »

€10,000 would be a fair price if the car was in good nick. Not many people are buying 2.0 petrol Mercs now so I'd would have bargained harder.

Seeing as he has a deposit down, he has agreed on a price and I'd imagine the seller wouldn't be too keen on dropping much more.

I assume it's an English car seeing as it's in miles?

hi there,

thanks for the reply.

Its a 1.8l, he has only put down 100 quid so no problems pulling out.

No, its an irish car...its a 2005..weren't cars in miles back then?

L-M

cojomo2 wrote: »

hi there,

thanks for the reply.

Its a 1.8l, he has only put down 100 quid so no problems pulling out.

No, its an irish car...its a 2005..weren't cars in miles back then?

No they change in 2005, could be a 04 chassis. Take a look at one of the passenger windows, in the bottom corner you'll see something writing. It will say ...4 or ...5 somewhere.

If he's happy with the car and he's getting warranty he should be ok, but 11,000k all in is a bit too much IMO.

Ghost Train

sounds ok to me, fair bit cheaper than a similar car would have been a year or two ago.

L-M

Ghost Train wrote: »

sounds ok to me, fair bit cheaper than a similar car would have been a year or two ago.

That's generally the way things go!

cojomo2

Limerick man wrote: »

No they change in 2005, could be a 04 chassis. Take a look at one of the passenger windows, in the bottom corner you'll see something writing. It will say ...4 or ...5 somewhere.

If he's happy with the car and he's getting warranty he should be ok, but 11,000k all in is a bit too much IMO.

As it stands, hes getting it for €10,500..but like I said, if he wants to respray the panels with the bad scratches it will cost him about 400 quid.

He would be getting 3 months warranty, or 12 months at an added cost of about 200-250 euro. I wouldn't bank on the warranty though..its only a small independently owned garage..

His main concern is about the mileage: 86,700 miles..when he put the deposit down he thought it was around 80,000.

Should he walk away if he cant get it any lower than 10,500 considering the mileage issue?

Thanks

L-M

It doesn't sound like ye're going to be turned off it! Best of luck with it

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1948448

Surely that could be bought for 9,000... 1,500 less and ye essentially have the same car that could be alot cleaner!

Edit: I wouldn't call that a mileage "issue", just an easy mistake.

seventyfive

cojomo2 wrote: »

My dad is on the verge of buying a 2005 Merc E200,black with full leather interior(cream). Milage is 86,700..

He is having 2nd thoughts now, after putting a small deposit down, reason being that the advertised milage was 80,000 and he only found out it's currently at 86,700.

He is paying cash, straight deal. Asking was 11,950..however the body needs some paintwork..(scratches covered up with the wrong colour paint)..he knows somebody who is brilliant and can prob sort out the paintwork for 4-500 quid.. We did a cartell report and all is good. Also only 1 owner.

My dad got him down to 10,500(before he realized about the mileage).

Is it a good deal as it stands, or should he pull out?

Any advice welcome.

Is this the car from Baldonnell ?

cojomo2

seventyfive wrote: »

Is this the car from Baldonnell ?

It is yeah, why?

seventyfive

cojomo2 wrote: »

It is yeah, why?

I dont want to waste my time with this one then!

bazz26

Just make sure it's an auto.

cojomo2

seventyfive wrote: »

I dont want to waste my time with this one then!

It's still for sale..he didn't go ahead with it...

If your happy with the mileage, and happy to spend 400 odd quid cleaning it up, it is a nice car..for the price..but my dad was looking for something with lower milage ..

Nonoperational

86,000 vs 80,000 isn't a huge difference to be fair.

freighter

gpf101 wrote: »

86,000 vs 80,000 isn't a huge difference to be fair.

Its nothing at all. I seen you today actually on the south link. I was behind you from Wilton to Mahon. I was shocked at the manouvere you made at the Mahon slip road. You went straight from the overtaking lane to the inside lane for Mahon with no indicator in between lines of cars. :eek::eek:

00D91

6000mls is hardly worth talking about really.

Nonoperational

freighter wrote: »

Its nothing at all. I seen you today actually on the south link. I was behind you from Wilton to Mahon. I was shocked at the manouvere you made at the Mahon slip road. You went straight from the overtaking lane to the inside lane for Mahon with no indicator in between lines of cars. :eek::eek:

That is weird... How on earth did you know it was me?

freighter

I seen your car posted here and I remembered your plate. You have a beard and glasses!!!.

-Chris-

freighter wrote: »

I seen your car posted here and I remembered your plate. You have a beard and glasses!!!.

That's a bit creepy...

Take it to PM please, you'll take the thread off topic.

Nonoperational

Sorry Chris...
Not much I can say to that. Unbelievably weird but ya that was a poor move alright. Got caught in the outside lane, but (believe it or not) it wasn't as bad as it looked. I did realise while I was doing it that it was pretty stupid alright. Jesus that's me taught anyway!

I'm having a shave and wearing my contacts tomorrow...!

freighter

-Chris- wrote: »

That's a bit creepy...

Take it to PM please, you'll take the thread off topic.

Sorry Chris.