I'm guessing mostly women.
Hang on to these Black Series if you can.
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Hard to say.......test the water with a reserve priced listing on BaT. If you're seriously about selling, I'd start at reserve price of $110k and see what happens........
Rob
Hard to say.......test the water with a reserve priced listing on BaT. If you're seriously about selling, I'd start at reserve price of $110k and see what happens........
Rob
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I prefer cars with some mileage, cars that sit for long periods usually bring more problems later, also low mile cars sometimes show wear that do not match the miles, pricing on this vehicles to me its based on condition, originality and miles, from my experience low mile vehicles belong to those who are more concern about the investment than the enjoyment of driving, I have owned a number of cars thru the years and so far this CLK63 B.S to me is the one to keep, easy to maintain and extremely reliable.
This cars are entering a collectors market, because its clear to see what most serious buyers are looking for, rarity and exclusiveness, times are approaching where available vehicles are going to be scarce and value will increase to unknown levels.
At 92K miles if you want to sell, a clean tittle, good condition with no pending maintenance or repairs, considering last sales $85K its my number, cars that meet the criteria for collection won't go down in price and those that do not meet criteria will also go up in value just at a lower rate.
This cars are entering a collectors market, because its clear to see what most serious buyers are looking for, rarity and exclusiveness, times are approaching where available vehicles are going to be scarce and value will increase to unknown levels.
At 92K miles if you want to sell, a clean tittle, good condition with no pending maintenance or repairs, considering last sales $85K its my number, cars that meet the criteria for collection won't go down in price and those that do not meet criteria will also go up in value just at a lower rate.
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Agree. It is an blast to drive. But the people buying now are not going to put miles on them or take to the track.. More likely, speculators. So when this Mars Red one on BAT closes above $170K, its warm garage, tickle charge and a cover. Maybe you'll see one at a Cars and Coffee.
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Definitely hold on to these beasts as the prices skyrocket and they start to go into hiding… Malibu this Sunday me and a few others got some owners together for pictures. Color combo worked out perfectly
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Take note of this gentlemen;
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1...-restored-one/
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1...-restored-one/
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Take note of this gentlemen;
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1...-restored-one/
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1...-restored-one/
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The market for this cars its behaving like the stock market, some see this as a bubble and are jumping on it to make a profit. others see it as a long term investment, hold on and bigger profit with time.
There are some that don't care about either way, we simply love the car because it's unnoticeable uniqueness, reliability, ease to maintain and of course the driving experience, it's a rare car by production numbers
even if you see a few becoming available lately.
I bought the car because ever since Mercedes reveal the car I wanted one, but all these sport cars have a tendency to drop in value with time so decided to wait for the drop, well 9 years later found one at a decent price
my criteria for the right car was a clear tittle, originality and condition, miles and service history was irrelevant to me because I love working on my cars, but I had never driven one and didn't know what to expect, but now after 4 years, I realize how great the car really is,
for me it has been the most reliable and dependable car that I owned, all my previous sport cars were also Germans.
A local gentleman who is a big car collector wants my car because he wants a black, black series, I offered him the 2 silver ones and also a white one that came available, but he is locked on black color, talked to him couple of weeks ago and once again
tried to make a move on my car, this is very indicative that real collectors are looking to add one of this to their collection and are willing and capable of paying above original sticker price.
There are some that don't care about either way, we simply love the car because it's unnoticeable uniqueness, reliability, ease to maintain and of course the driving experience, it's a rare car by production numbers
even if you see a few becoming available lately.
I bought the car because ever since Mercedes reveal the car I wanted one, but all these sport cars have a tendency to drop in value with time so decided to wait for the drop, well 9 years later found one at a decent price
my criteria for the right car was a clear tittle, originality and condition, miles and service history was irrelevant to me because I love working on my cars, but I had never driven one and didn't know what to expect, but now after 4 years, I realize how great the car really is,
for me it has been the most reliable and dependable car that I owned, all my previous sport cars were also Germans.
A local gentleman who is a big car collector wants my car because he wants a black, black series, I offered him the 2 silver ones and also a white one that came available, but he is locked on black color, talked to him couple of weeks ago and once again
tried to make a move on my car, this is very indicative that real collectors are looking to add one of this to their collection and are willing and capable of paying above original sticker price.
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I remember messaging the guys who had this for sale in Oregon when I was hunting. Seemed like an ok deal, but it had a theft recovery earlier in its life. Probably doesn’t mean much now though. Seemed like a clean enough car with 55k miles. Hope the new owner enjoys the car!
keep the videos, and appreciation of the car coming. But really who doesn’t like these cars
keep the videos, and appreciation of the car coming. But really who doesn’t like these cars
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I rather buy a car with high mileage needing a set of original wheels and a few repairs than a low miles tracked car with thousands of dollars on mods.
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You may know this but the MB retail price of an OEM BS wheel, as of Nov. 2018 when I nearly bought the Mars Red BS in Portland, was $3,400 + tax based on my MB dealer parts guy. Ouch, so $14,654 plus shipping in California.
A buyer is better off with original oem wheels on the car or as part of the sale.
Be safe...
Rob
You may know this but the MB retail price of an OEM BS wheel, as of Nov. 2018 when I nearly bought the Mars Red BS in Portland, was $3,400 + tax based on my MB dealer parts guy. Ouch, so $14,654 plus shipping in California.
A buyer is better off with original oem wheels on the car or as part of the sale.
Be safe...
Rob
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Recently had a conversation with a friend about classic cars that he had a chance to acquire many years ago, and one of them was a 1956 300SL gull wing coupe, this were $6,875.00 when new,
In the early seventies the uptrend started, now everyone knows the facts, some of this had been found in horrendous conditions and sold in auction for close to one million, as time progresses value it’s
only going up, 1,400 were built and approximately more than 600 are still around, that is more than CLK63 B.S. production, so sell now regret later, don’t buy now regret later.
In the early seventies the uptrend started, now everyone knows the facts, some of this had been found in horrendous conditions and sold in auction for close to one million, as time progresses value it’s
only going up, 1,400 were built and approximately more than 600 are still around, that is more than CLK63 B.S. production, so sell now regret later, don’t buy now regret later.
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^Understand your sentiment. And yeah those 300SL gull wing coupes are rad. It’s also cool when they go across the auction block aesthetically unrestored/original with patina but still mechanically strong. I was following some of the footage at Pebble this year and a few were there. Too cool.
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