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Not my car but a great deal.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/ctd/5233214485.html

NYC_Z06

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Meeyatch1

Another 8,000 mile car for sale in the same week?? One for $70k and now another for $65k?? Is this some kind of joke to kill the market, or are two almost identical cars both for sale in California for roughly $15,000 - $20,000 less than they should be?

Euro

Exactly! One of those has a listed 8000 miles, the other one says 8300 miles, both black.

tlwood99

No offense, but you are kidding yourself that these cars are priced wrong. Another black (obsidian) just sold in Atlanta for $70k. It was an 11k car in mint condition that was bought back by the first of two owners. On the other hand, I would be quite happy that these cars have held their value so well. At these asking prices, I would say they are serious sellers looking for serious buyers. If Mancave had posted his car a few days earlier I don't know I would be in the C63 I just bought.

Derekm15

If this was up two weeks ago I might have been a buyer. I just purchased a silver one. This might be the same car as man cave?

But I think this is terrible for the market, these cars seem to take 6 months to sell either way.

MOFLO

Its all around timing and market conditions. These sellers have their eye on the next thing and made the decision to let this thing (CLK63BS) go (for whatever reason) in order to get it. Its a great time to be a buyer with these current choices!

ManCave

I assure you I did not list my car in SOCAL - I did just put it on Craigs in the bay -- but at the same price as on this forum...

ManCave

I would offer that if it WERE underpriced by 20K -- then I'd have 100 dealers standing in line.. As much as I WISH it were 20K more -- this I believe is the value today.... I would also offer it's a tremendous value and anyone that's actually driven one of these would attest to.

COOPERDB

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This may be the post where everybody hates me

With the CLK BS (the two 8k mile cars excepted)

The standard sales pitch always seems to include

"I am in no hurry to sell so if I don't get my price

I will put the car in storage" as a justification for a

inflated price - and then give the production numbers ect...

Look thru past listings on this forum

The red one currently for sale here started with this

pitch at $85k

Now it is a must sell at $73k - in two months time

Most of the ones up for sale on Cargurus/Ebay ect

are not selling at the listed price but just re-listed

over and over

The dealers have these cars at a premium price and if

they don't sell they sell to another dealer who

keeps it at the same price and then reselling it again...

Looking at the dealers ads one would think that

these cars really hold their value

But are they selling ---

In the last year I have been contacted 3 times

by sellers with an ad that states "I am in no hurry...

asking if I am interested let's try to work something

out as I really need to sell this car...

My guess is that the owner(s) of the California BS

with 8000 miles are moving into something new

and are looking for a price that sells the car fairly

That said there is no mention of mods on this car(s)

And this post is not about the pricing of mods

The NY dealer with the white one for $129k/6k miles

has been sitting on that one for awhile - I see that as dead money

Trust me - I am very supportive of the CLK BS and their owners

While looking to purchase a BS - I am having T-Shirts printed up

showcasing the Excitement of this car (2 versions)


Thank-You
D.B.


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Derekm15

I will say dealer prices are about 10k over.

Another point is I think black is the least valuable/desirable and the red cars people seem to think it adds 20k.


On another note the white clk in florida that was recently purchased with 8kmiles just went up for sale with 9k miles. I wonder why he sold it so fast.

NYC_Z06

I'd add that timing, location and visibility play a role in pricing. Not every potential purchaser is on this forum (or any forum for that matter). Private party sales are not as simple as those brokered through a dealer who can offer financing, delivery, sales tax offsets, etc. And some areas have little inventory while others are saturated (relatively speaking). All things being equal though, a one owner BS w/8K miles for $70K seems like a good deal. GLWS.

Euro

I think the biggest problem with selling these is that most people don't know about them. Unless you trip over one in a used/exotic car dealership, you really have to search for one, in order to find one.

Mike

kb24forlife24

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Meeyatch1

No offense taken. I am just confused because the market for these cars seems to change like my 6-year old daughters mood....instantly and without warning!

A year ago, people were giving them away. Earlier in the year when I bought mine, with 17k miles, and for months after....people were asking the world for them. That silver 30k mile car that sold at auction for $60k and a few other ones that I am aware of (a white 40k mile car sold at the $72k mark, and a black 11k mile car for $82k), indicated a heated up market. Now, (2) cars with 8,000 miles with asking prices of $65k and $70k.

What confuses me even more is that right after I crossed 19k miles a couple of months ago, I had (2) offers for my car at $72k and $76k, from people qualified to pay it. Granted, my car has roughly $45,000 in aftermarket modifications, but I decided to keep my car. (*Do not tell me I am stupid...I love my car, and money is not everything.)

That said, I am giving serious thought to selling my wife's Audi S5 and going after one of these 8,000 mile cars, as she has taken to driving the Black Series more and more, and it may come time to get one for her so that I can have mine back.

Either way....wonderful cars, and whoever buys these is going to be one happy camper.

COOPERDB

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Mitch

If you are referencing the silver BS

that sold at Mannheim/Fresno around

Feb.23 2015 for $60k with just under

40k miles - It went to Park Place in

Bellevue - never sold at $69,995

Went to Florida and never sold

Went to...

Anyway - I went to look at it several

times but the first time a salesman

provided a little knowledge

The floor mat on the passenger side

Some of the threads that make up the logo

were broken - the salesman said that was caused

by women wearing high heels

I then asked about the BS emblem on the boot

(the black one) which was a dull polished look

with no black remaining - the salesman told me

that the model of this CLK was the Black Series

and in name only - that none of the emblems

were supposed to be black

And there are guys like him at every used car store

that have no idea how special this car is


Thank-You
D.B.


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COOPERDB

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Back to the OP and the sale of his car

I am looking for silver but your car is

pushing a re-evaluation of my no black policy


Outstanding car


Thank-You
D.B.


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cyrekzz

I second that - i love the rims and they look perfect for a black car and everything blacked out. That being said - you could get a lower priced black one and wrap it - i have no experience with that but i heard if you get a good place with the quality wrap, it looks like paint.
-- personally i like the way white looks with the stock silver grill and wheels... wish i could get Euro's white one.

Euro

I will get you a chrome grille. Lol

Mike

cyrekzz

lol - like i said, i wish i could even grab one of the lower priced ones

abcut973

Was it at RBM of Atlanta?
If yes I know the car as I saw it in person.

tlwood99

That's the one. I was scheduled to fly to Atlanta to look at it when they sold the car.

abcut973

Immaculate car !
Actually I saw it last year (november 14) when I bought my C63 BS from RBM. Car was in the showroom. Actually the CLK and C63 BS were from the same owner and he traded them in.
That CLK sat for a couple months and sold in January 2015. They were asking $70k but then lowered the price to $62k if I recall. I don't know if it sold for that or less back then.
Now you are saying it sold for $70k

tlwood99

I need to be more precise. The car was listed for just under $70k ($69k+). To my inquiries the salesman told me there was little or no room on their asking price, and I am pretty sure the car sold within a week to ten days after they listed it. The salesman said it sold to a prior owner. I would draw from that that it sold at or near $70k but of course I do not know. I didn't make an offer on the car so can't say they would have turned down a lower number, and I don't know if they would have made a different deal to a buyer to whom they had done business before. I hope this helps.

COOPERDB

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I think that every salesman I have talked to regarding a BS

has told me the same thing


Looking at the recent price drops of private sellers

and still no sales speaks volumes about the real

world price of these cars - a price that is significantly

lower that the owners perceived selling price

And being red or white is not - at this time - making

a great deal of difference


And then you have to look at the owners mods

being factored into the price

Mods...


Prices have fallen faster the last 6/7 weeks

than I expected to see with some dealers

cutting their price - been awhile since they

did that


It will be interesting to see what prices do

as we get into the holidays and winter


Thank-You
D.B.


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