Ireland's 1st used merc Sls for sale

goochy

See koping have 11d grey one for sale price poa hope they look as good in flesh as in photos ! Think this must be Car Cunningham Higgins had when Sls came out. Don't know koping own car or not But think ep mooneys creditors won't happy seeing them with such flashy cars !

Max Power1

I hate that "POA" crap... why cant they just list the price!

MetzgerMeister

Max Power1 wrote: »

I hate that "POA" crap... why cant they just list the price!

IMO it's a way of seeing how much interest there is in the car by people ringing asking what the price is.

Then again it could also be that if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it anyway :pac:

biko

On phone
Someone "How much is it?"
Seller "How much are you offering?"
Someone "How much is it?"
Seller "How much are you offering?"
Someone "How much is it?"
Seller "How much are you offering?"
...
POA is PITA

Max Power1

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

IMO it's a way of seeing how much interest there is in the car by people ringing asking what the price is.

Then again it could also be that if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it anyway :pac:

I just skip past those ads though

I'm currently in the process of buying a car, I'd never ring without some sort of benchmark price being set

ironclaw

POA?

http://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-buy-a-car-using-game-theory

T-Maxx

ironclaw wrote: »

POA?

http://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-buy-a-car-using-game-theory

Nice idea in theory. Can't see it working really, at least not in Ireland.

ironclaw

T-Maxx wrote: »

Nice idea in theory. Can't see it working really, at least not in Ireland.

The example he gives was a journalist in Ireland. I'd be skeptical but its a solid theory.

mondeoman2

here it is http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mercedes-Benz/SLS/SLS-AMG/33413663816519200/advert?channel=CARS nice

I see it needs petrol:rolleyes:

Supergurrier

POA is an Irish persons way of fleecing as much out of you as they can

LowKeyReturn

ironclaw wrote: »

POA?

http://bigthink.com/videos/how-to-buy-a-car-using-game-theory

That's a good way of doing things but not when they know there are limited numbers.

goochy

Does anyone know how car dealers like mooneys can go belly up and then open up again ?

Atlantic Dawn

Just over 10k miles on it, cost per mile will be comical, probably lost a good 30% of it's original cost.

Anan1

mondeoman2 wrote: »

here it is http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mercedes-Benz/SLS/SLS-AMG/33413663816519200/advert?channel=CARS nice

I see it needs petrol:rolleyes:

Whoever put that ad together is a world class clown.

Veloce

Being sold by a dealer on the Naas road :eek:

Cheensbo

Looks like Micheal J Fox took the pictures,


with a calculator.

squod

Veloce wrote: »

Being sold by a dealer on the Naas road :eek:

Naas road dealers;
Stereo is missing, isopon holding the front wing together and re-moulds for tyres.

Bebo stunnah

mondeoman2 wrote: »

here it is http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mercedes-Benz/SLS/SLS-AMG/33413663816519200/advert?channel=CARS nice

I see it needs petrol:rolleyes:

Don't you mean "Pertol" ?

lomb

Not a great looking car more funky than aesthetic

Ninap

Reckon that'll end up being sold in the UK. No market for it here.

colm_mcm

Ninap wrote: »

Reckon that'll end up being sold in the UK. No market for it here.

Vrt refund will put the country out of business

Supergurrier

lomb wrote: »

Not a great looking car more funky than aesthetic

Feck the looks, the powerplant is what it's all about, could stick it in an e class and it's all the one.

Tropheus

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Just over 10k miles on it, cost per mile will be comical, probably lost a good 30% of it's original cost.

I'd say more like 50% in the current market.

ba_barabus

That ad is simply shocking for a car which they expect to sell for a very high price.

It wouldn't take a huge amount of effort to get a camera, drive somewhere nice and take a couple of decent not shaking out of focus shots.

USELESS

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Veloce wrote: »

Being sold by a dealer on the Naas road :eek:

the lads in that particular garage dont know how to drive,

ive seen the mechanics there bring s40's on test drives and tear the bollox out of them.

brought my car to koping once to get a key programmed, on the way out the traffic light went green but the car in front was slow to take off and one of the mechanics in a customers car was beeping and shouting at him and then tore off down the naas road quite fast,

was the first and last time bringing a car there, never again.

kirving

ba_barabus wrote: »

That ad is simply shocking for a car which they expect to sell for a very high price.

It wouldn't take a huge amount of effort to get a camera, drive somewhere nice and take a couple of decent not shaking out of focus shots.

USELESS

If they gave car to me for the day I'd make a far better advert ;-)

tossy

Anan1 wrote: »

Whoever put that ad together is a world class clown.

I agree. It's wonder it doesn't have the sentence "563 brake"

whippet

Anyone interested / can afford that type of car won't be looking through Carzone to see if one is up for sale. If I was in the market for an SLS I would have made my interest known to a couple of Merc dealers and probably to MB Ireland and I am sure they would come looking for me when one comes back on the market.

The ad is just a bit of window dressing for the dealer on Carzone and not to attract business from potential buyers

Anan1

whippet wrote: »

If I was in the market for an SLS I would have made my interest known to a couple of Merc dealers and probably to MB Ireland and I am sure they would come looking for me when one comes back on the market.

Maybe in a different country.:)

ironclaw

whippet wrote: »

Anyone interested / can afford that type of car won't be looking through Carzone to see if one is up for sale. If I was in the market for an SLS I would have made my interest known to a couple of Merc dealers and probably to MB Ireland and I am sure they would come looking for me when one comes back on the market.

The ad is just a bit of window dressing for the dealer on Carzone and not to attract business from potential buyers

Exactly. Gets the dreamers out on a Sunday afternoon for a look. They probably have no intention of selling it and if I was in the market, and had that type of cash, it would be lunacy to buy off anyone but a main dealer. If you have to stoop or cut corners to afford such a car you shouldn't even be considering it.

Anan1

ironclaw wrote: »

and if I was in the market, and had that type of cash, it would be lunacy to buy off anyone but a main dealer.

Out of interest, why? A warranty does have value, but doesn't it ultimately come down to what you pay vs what you get?

ironclaw

Anan1 wrote: »

Out of interest, why? A warranty does have value, but doesn't it ultimately come down to what you pay vs what you get?

A main dealer would be pretty quick to stand over a €160k motor while your average, repo selling garage would be not (Not offence to the garage on this thread, I'm speaking in generalities) At least that would be my viewpoint. We see the horror stories here every day for cars that are €10k, imagine something 10 times the price.

I just treat any high end motor with suspicion. A warranty is only as good as the garage behind it and you can cry all you want to the courts but if someone goes out of business or bust, you'll never see an ounce of that warranty without a fight, which will be expensive and defeat the point of buying such a high end car 'on the cheap' in the first place.

I have no issue in buying an 'average' second hand car in any garage. But if I was going to drop potentially €50k or more, I'd want to be damn sure that garage is going to be able to honor a warranty and actually execute it. As you rightly said Anan, what you pay is what you get. I just cringe when I see people in great, expensive cars and ruining them because they can't afford to maintain them!

Anan1

ironclaw wrote: »

A main dealer would be pretty quick to stand over a €160k motor while your average, repo selling garage would be not (Not offence to the garage on this thread, I'm speaking in generalities) At least that would be my viewpoint. We see the horror stories here every day for cars that are €10k, imagine something 10 times the price.

I just treat any high end motor with suspicion. A warranty is only as good as the garage behind it and you can cry all you want to the courts but if someone goes out of business or bust, you'll never see an ounce of that warranty without a fight, which will be expensive and defeat the point of buying such a high end car 'on the cheap' in the first place.

I have no issue in buying an 'average' second hand car in any garage. But if I was going to drop potentially €50k or more, I'd want to be damn sure that garage is going to be able to honor a warranty and actually execute it. As you rightly said Anan, what you pay is what you get. I just cringe when I see people in great, expensive cars and ruining them because they can't afford to maintain them!

I was more thinking of buying privately and taking on the risk of something going wrong in exchange for a lower purchase price.

goochy

How is this dealer able to be in business after going bust ? It annoys me to see them with fancy stuff like this and. Buying cars for cash off cash strapped Plp while they get away with owing millions ! Wouldn't buy car off dealer who had gone belly up and reopened again!

ironclaw

goochy wrote: »

How is this dealer able to be in business after going bust ? It annoys me to see them with fancy stuff like this and. Buying cars for cash off cash strapped Plp while they get away with owing millions ! Wouldn't buy car off dealer who had gone belly up and reopened again!

There are plenty of fly by night dealers taking the stock from the likes of NAMA's books. There are thousands of cars in NAMA being drip fed onto the market to avoid a car market crash. Some are even marked that they have to be sold privately and not into the trade. Most of the fancy stuff has been exported however.

whippet

There is almost no chance that the garage here has paid a penny up front for this car. The owner is getting the dealer to sell it for them and the dealer will take a commission. I don't know this is for sure but I couldn't see how it would work any other way. For the cost of stocking this car would mean tying up the equivalent cash of 20 or so ford focus' that would sell like hot cakes all day.