This could be interesting to watch.

 

Went from Florida, to Washington State, back to Virginia?

 

Fire opal red ?

any car out of Florida I’m suspicious. It’s a title wash state.

 

And Texas

 

One interesting comment on that thread - you can buy a CPO warranty from MBUSA on a car you buy elsewhere? How do they certify all the particulars on the vehicle, and what does it cost?

 

I was just told tonight at my local dealer they will not CPO AMG vehicles.

 

You mean as a purchase by a secondary owner? There are 40 CPO GTs on the mbusa website, so they do sell these as CPOs. But yes, I was surprised that a commenter on that thread said he bought a warranty.

Actually, as I have been researching this car, I wonder now how valuable the CPO warranty is on a car like this. You get a 4/50K factory warranty, and most of these cars are not daily drivers and hence at 3 years old - are way below the mileage limits. So the unlimited mileage part of the CPO is really not worth much on a car like this. You really are only getting just an extra years warranty on this car when buying it as a CPO. What am I missing?

 

I was quoted by my dealer the pricing for the warranty extension which is equivalent to CPO. I had procured my vehicle from a BMW dealer.
I'm still waffling on the cost benefit.

You do have to execute the extension prior to expiration of original warranty.

 

Are you referring to the comment below?

"After giving up on a GT3 touring order slot in any reasonable time frame, I bought a 2016 Certified GTS with 12k miles. Blue on tan with $155k MSRP. Added MB Extended warranty through June 2013 and the AMG wheel/tire for an out the door for a little over 63% of original MSRP.

I love it. Its simple and powerful. Handles well. Great exhaust. Great interior and solid build design. Great for date night or a weekend trip. It’s kind of an updated 928. Surprised I don’t see more running around."



That was me. And I bought a certified car at my local dealer and extended the certified warranty through MB for an additional 2 years. Its the third AMG I've done this with. An E55, my wife's current E63S and our new (to us at least) GTS.

 

I added 2 additional years of CPO warranty on my recently purchased 2016 GTS. Its my daily driver.

I think about the extension as a warranty put option. If I trade/sell the car before the extension period then I can redeem the unused extension for even money. But perhaps if I sell the car in the aftermarket (and lets say the car is nearly 5 years old at that point) I'm going to do much better (pricewise) vs every other retail 5 year old GTS in the market. The value degradation on 5 year old $155k performance cars is impressive.

I sold my 6.5 year old E55 with a half year of CPO warranty left for $4,500 above the closest car in the market and $7,500 above dealer trade-in. I'll do the same with our 2014 E63S which runs out of CPO in 12/2020. I'll sell summer 2020 and get top dollar vs every other retail E63S in the market.

But if I keep it and still daily drive, then I sleep tight not worrying at all. The cars are well-built and designed but a 6 year old $155k gas still has parts and labor like a $155k new car. It's part of the reason that 348's and 355's aren't expensive to buy, Its the maintenance/repair cost of a much more expensive car.

 

Auction over:

May 22 at 2:00 PM Reserve not met on 5/22/19 at $78,277


No mention of what the reserve was.

 

No trailer.

Just not the place to sell a car like this. Unless of course you need the immediate sale and there’s no reserve.

 

I didn't know you could add years to the CPO warranty from Mercedes, they don't mention that on their website, they just talk about adding 1 year past the factory warranty plus the unlimited mileage. Yes, on a car like this, adding years is worth it. Is it a fixed fee from MBUSA, or do dealers negotiate on the extension cost?

 

Just as an FYI, I was the high bidder on that GT-S at about $78K, or ~$82K with buyers premium... To me seems not far off the mark.

Seller's reserve was evidently $85K, with premium ~$89K, which seems wildly optimistic right now.

Still looking, if anyone has any leads on a nice GT-S, let me know.

(ps, would be first AMG, coming from a string of Porsches, currently a 911 Turbo)

 

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...lerId=64618175

there are plenty of used Gt/ GTS on autotrader for low prices. You have to decide how much to spend and what features you need or want .

Much cheaper than new . Caveat emptor.

 

Branded title on this one. Definitely caveat emptor. Prices are all over the place.

 

They certainly are... Going to check out a semi-local car later in the week. Looks like a nice build, low miles, decent price, but not sure I can deal with Solarbeam Yellow.

 

Seeing it in person might change your mind. I wasn't a fan, until I saw one locally, and now it's my favorite stock color for the GT.

 

This is of course not a hard and fast rule, but on a vehicle where a major drivetrain failure runs into the tens of thousands of $s, I would only purchase a car with lots of remaining factory warranty left; one that has had a complete PPI, and best of all, a CPO vehicle even though you'll end up paying a slight premium for that privilege.

Good hunting!

Bish

 

I gots one of them yella cars!!!!

 

This opal red GTS is now on eBay with a pretty good price as long as the car is straight.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F273861249774

 

Any general thoughts on PPIs for these cars? I know in the Porsche world, there are tons of independent shops that really know what they are doing. Is it pretty much dealer-only for the AMG GT with perhaps an occasional indy that knows enough about these cars to PPI them?

 

Given the costs of a major mechanical issue I’d have a MB dealer with an actual AMG tech do the PPI.

YMMV