My ex girl is now with her 3rd owner ...

https://www.tsgautohaus.com/2008-mer...k-black-series

 

was it previously traded on BaT? Lovely example, hope it'll stay locally & goto a good home!

 

I sold her last year on BaT. She used to have a silver roll-bar ...

 

Are you okay that she's gone or are you looking to dance with her twin sister?

 

Wow! Collector car at a collector price!

 

I do love unique ... whether it's two legged, or four wheeled. I owned that car .. look at the VIN. I could have put her back together to stock, any time I wanted. I just couldn't. I always thought, that a CLK BS, is a fantastic concept right out of the box! I was always aware, that it was a "throwback" ... I loved that car! Very much! From the looks, all the way it handled in the corners! Something truly unique ... love at first sight

 

I think it’s priced too high for miles vs comps…..and not having stock wheels???

 

Whether the stock wheels, and all the other parts I saved came with it, I don't know. A friend of mine called TSG Autohaus, and was told that the car was already sold. Immaculate cars, it seems, still demand a higher price.

 

that’s weird considering there is a much lower mileage 1 owner silver for sale at $179k that has been sitting….well congrats then

 

Does anyone know what the car actually sold for? It could have sold for much less than asking price.

 

"much less"? highly doubt it, this was the exact car that sold on BaT for $182k after fees just a year ago: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...ack-series-53/

 

Many cars as nice or better have sold for less than what this car brought last year, plus the market has noticeably decreased over the last year. I highly doubt the car sold for asking.

 

Wow these prices are crazy

 

Many? Could you please provide links to said CLK's? I only have limited access to units that sold on BaT. From what went through there, and actually sold, let me pick three. Number 1: The black 3k mile CLK, which sold for $165k. Really nice example! However, it needed 8 to 10 hrs of paint correction, which the guy who sold it for the owner, who also is a professional detailer, mentioned in one of the comments. (Why? With such low mileage? My CLK was neither color sanded, nor polished. Ever). No service records. No undercarriage pictures. Number 2: The red 6k mile CLK, which sold on BaT for $175k: Also a nice car! However, the owner/seller elected to sent the car to a "low rent installer" for a radar detector, and this guy jammed the cable under a glued to the roof headliner, which resulted the headliner to sag. In order to make it "perfect" again, it needed a new headliner. Not to mention the tires that were mounted on it ... which I personally wouldn't use going down the road to get an ice cream cone, let alone into a fast sweeper at speed. No service records. No undercarriage pictures. Number 3: My silver 12k ex car, which sold for $177. Nothing I could add to this conversation of any value. Other than the scrawny wheels and 4x4 suspension set up, she looked exactly the same 14 years later, as the day I bought her off the showroom floor with a handful of delivery miles on the odo. Btw, the silver 5k mile CLK at $175k asking, mentioned by Doctodd33, has a couple of flaws ... one, a cracked windshield, and two, a nasty scratch on the driver side rear fender flare. Whether it has been fixed by now, that I don't know.

Since you asked, I happen to know what my ex CLK sold for the second time around. I'm not going to disclose it here, because it wouldn't add any value to the conversation. Why? Because every USED car is UNIQUE. Never two the same

Anyway, I only created this thread to show she's on her 3rd owner. Instead of focusing on $$ this, and $$$ that, how about celebrating what fantastic driving experiences these CLK's offer?

 

... and she sold the second time around again like "Blitzkrieg"

 

has it though? if an ITR can go for $151k +fees (https://insider.hagerty.com/trends/s...e-week-amelia/), how is a CLK63BS not $30k+ more car than an ITR?

on the opposite spectrum, a SLS BS also sold this past wknd for $941k +fees (https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/a...-coupe/1330727), is the CLK63BS not even a quarter of a car than a SLS BS?

Dip was noticeable, yes, yet seems like that's already over on limited product gems; with fine examples of the C209BS getting lesser and lesser every year, while dollar keeps depreciating, it's only normal to see the number-in-dollars climb (not climb in value, in no way i'm calling this appreciating over time, simply just depreciation/recession proof).

 

i see what you did there ..

 

SLS Black Series was $940k total INCLUDING FEES......not sure why you are comparing them. The SLS only had collectors miles with 620. They only made 132 of them....much less than CLK.

Thx for info on the car with cracked windshield. I didnt know.

 

was $941k not the final bid that won? because if it was, fee was definitely not included according to the fine prints (https://rmsothebys.com/en/home/biddi...alecode=AM22):

"8.2.2. In the event of a final Hammer Price above US$250,000.00 on all motor car lots, RMS will receive a Buyers’ Premium of 12% on the first US$250,000.00 and will receive a Buyers’ Premium of 10% on the Hammer Price above US$250,000.00."

and it wasn't ONLY a comparison to just the SLS BS, it was also to that championship Integra Type R which went for $151k +fees.

not arguing in terms of mileage & production quantity; with all that said and factored- is it, or is it not, that the CLK63BS is a quarter of a car of a SLS BS? not half, not 1/3, but not a 1/4?

and, is it or is it not, $30k more of a car in today's dollar, than that Integra Type R? which is far from delivery miles (6k+) how many ITR were there? just for USA there were 3800+ produced.

vtec just kicked in yo. haha

 

here ya go bro...

 

$850k, nice! thx for the footage, do you have that for the ITR too?

$850k/4 = $212.5k, if that's going by "delivery miles" status, deduct the difference in mileage, this only proofs that OP's car is selling at a legit reasonable rate; given the fact that SLS BS with non-delivery miles would go for less, CLK63BS is at least 1/4 of a car of the SLS BS.

 

No video of ITR. Regarding comparing cars, sorry bro, that’s not how it works.

 

bummer, lots of peers got into the ITR game not long ago, would love to show them the footage of this one.

as for the comparison between those cars, of course that's not how it "works", this is just all subjectively speaking; a yes or no question, that's all.

and IMO, the CLK63BS is just about a quarter of a car to the SLS BS, as well as being a +$20k~$30k of today's dollar on top of an ITR in similar conditions; some may say it's more, based on (original msrp) values, and some say it's less, i have heard both reasonings, but just not of yours.

I'm guess you are leaning towards that it's lesser than a quarter of a car to the SLS BS? and an equivalent (or even lesser than) of an ITR? curious to know your reasons on why that is.

at the end of the day, it'll only go as high or low, of how much the buyer/bidder would pay for, doesn't matter mileage or production number; high doubt anyone here that has this BS like you and I do, not knowing how it "works".

 

just sayin the SLS BS is much more rare than CLK BS.