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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Advise on SL55 I'm interested in, please!

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Old 09-20-2015, 06:46 PM
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Advise on SL55 I'm interested in, please!

There is a 2005 with less than 45K miles for sale in Illinois at a dealer who sells mostly expensive used imports, for $26k. The dealer has a good reputation, but the car seems suspect. It has had 6 or 7 owners. The service records reported to Carfax would indicate some quality control issue under 15K miles (CD player, stuff like that). There seems to be a history of needing new tires every 15K miles. Pass on this one?
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That many owners feels like they're all dumping it. Just my thoughts.
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you know nothing about the car untill you have it inspected by a MB dealer, if you are ever interested in buying a used sl, have it taken to a mb dealer and have a complete cpo inspection, get the dealers master sheet and find out everything you can, then decide if you want to buy it.
these cars are to expensive to chance
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If a car has gone through that many owners, I would probably pass on it. That's nearly one owner per year which seems suspect to me.

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