Originally Posted by Skilly

CPO doesn't transfer to the new buyer unfortunately unless its sold from the owner listed on the CPO or an MB dealer.

Originally Posted by Cooter Dip

I am looking at a few different GT's and think I might have found the one. It's a 2018 GTC that appears to have been DD'ed based on mileage.

38K miles
One owner
Was CPO'd by MB when traded in 200 miles ago, but looks like MB didn't find a buyer so it sold at auction

https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistor...784&source=BUP

<30K miles is usually my cutoff for buying a car like this. However, it's extremely clean both inside and out and is a one owner vehicle. The fact that MB was willing to CPO it @ 38K miles also leads me to believe it would be in great condition.
Carfax appears to have a great maintenance track-record, but candidly, I'm not exactly sure what to look for.

What do you guys think? My only concern w/ the carfax is the frequent "tires replaced" line item. I've owned an AMG in the past, so I understand their propensity to wear unevenly due to camber & wear quickly.. but just thinking out loud.

Thanks for any advice

Edit: I understand the CPO won't come with my purchase. I'm just under the impression that a car MB is willing to CPO should be in great condition. Fair logic?

Originally Posted by Runs 10s

I purchased my 2020 GTC from a dealer in Chicago about seven months ago. They are a large dealer and had 25 GT’s in stock, used, when I started looking about a year and a half ago. As winter approached I noticed that the prices finally started to go down a little bit. I waited until spring until the price started going up and I knew that if I wanted that was the time to buy it and I did. I had done as much background on the car and one thing that stood out was that it had a better than average warranty. The car was an early 20 build and was retained in Mercedes custody for the first nine months in its existence. It was the 2019 Paris auto show display car. It then went out on executive lease for about nine months after arriving in the US. The dealer I purchased the car from then acquired the car and CPO‘Ed it. The original warranty didn’t start running until that first “owner “took possession” of the car so I end up with over 4 1/2 years of warranty on a 2020 with 8000 miles. It was the color I wanted, Sunbeam, the model I wanted
, the GTC and had the $ 4800 Burmeister, red calipers, forged wheels, and all the CF packages. fortunately it did not have the fixed rear wing. from what little information I have been able to get from Mercedes, the car is a one of one in regards to its options. Probably the rarest option on the car was that it was ordered with the factory car cover. That along with the 10 K extra color, painted calipers, all the carbon fiber packages, forged wheels, etc. it apparently was the only one configured exactly this way. The reason I bring this dealer up as I noticed when I was looking at my car they also had two or three other cars there were also very low mileage and were in the same warranty situation where the warranties reflected “late“ sales and entering into the warranty program. As far as the CPO program I was a little bit surprised on what little it takes for a car to be CPO. All you’re really getting in reality is an extra year of Mercedes warranty. apparently Mercedes’ has The confidence in its cars to believe that an extra year will not cause any unforeseen problems. The inspection on a car to get into the CPO program is really quite minor. Essentially they check all the fluids, look for any body damage or non-functioning items, and make sure it has new or newer tires and a 4 wheel alignment if needed,. It will get a fairly thorough but not exhausting detail and generally any broken or nonworking items will be repaired. There are no checks as far as compression ratio, suspension wear, etc. as long as the car doesn’t present any problems when driven. Mercedes will CPO cars with as much as 50,000 miles and several years old if there are no reported failures during its warranty history. In most cases you’ll get a 2 to 3 year old car we’ll still have one or two years left on his factory warranty and then get a year of CPO. Some cars don’t get CPO because they can’t meet the basic requirements or have been modified. However I have even seen cars previously involved in accidents that were CPO’ed. The cost of the dealer to get a car CPR usually runs from $2800-$3500 depending on the model. Seldom mentioned however is you can also get a two-year CPO warranty but that second year will really cost you. From what I have seen the cost closely relates to the original MSRP of the car. Now it’s possible that cars that are older than two years make get a different level of CPO exam but I have the sheets on my car use for the CPO certification and there are really just a long list of what I would call maintenance and wear and. tear questions. the fact that the dealer would CPO a car is a relatively low bar for a newer car but, as you have probably seen, can be worth more than it cost to the dealer on resale value. I agree with your statement that being CPO’ed means that the car was in pretty good condition at the time it was CPO’ed but again it was not an exhaustive mechanical inspection that got it there. So while the extra year warranty was very important to me and nothing will replace your own close inspection. However having that extra year of protection in your pocket can be an important factor if you are someone who actually drives the car versus using it as a “statue“ that gets displayed but not used much. Again I am basing this only on my experience but I have by buying and restoring C2 Corvettes and BMW M roasters for the past forty years so I do have a bit of experience in the field. Best of luck to you. to everyone I apologize for such a long post but I was tryng to help the potential buyer by relating what my experience was.

Originally Posted by MalibuScott

Paragraphs are our friends. If you want your post read, it's easier on readers if you use lots of paragraphs.

Originally Posted by Runs 10s

...Sunbeam...

Originally Posted by Runs 10s

I purchased my 2020 GTC from a dealer in Chicago about seven months ago. They are a large dealer and had 25 GT’s in stock, used, when I started looking about a year and a half ago. As winter approached I noticed that the prices finally started to go down a little bit. I waited until spring until the price started going up and I knew that if I wanted that was the time to buy it and I did. I had done as much background on the car and one thing that stood out was that it had a better than average warranty.

The car was an early 20 build and was retained in Mercedes custody for the first nine months in its existence. It was the 2019 Paris auto show display car. It then went out on executive lease for about nine months after arriving in the US. The dealer I purchased the car from then acquired the car and CPO‘Ed it. The original warranty didn’t start running until that first “owner “took possession” of the car so I end up with over 4 1/2 years of warranty on a 2020 with 8000 miles. It was the color I wanted, Sunbeam, the model I wanted, the GTC and had the $ 4800 Burmeister, red calipers, forged wheels, and all the CF packages. fortunately it did not have the fixed rear wing. from what little information I have been able to get from Mercedes, the car is a one of one in regards to its options.

Probably the rarest option on the car was that it was ordered with the factory car cover. That along with the 10 K extra color, painted calipers, all the carbon fiber packages, forged wheels, etc. it apparently was the only one configured exactly this way. The reason I bring this dealer up as I noticed when I was looking at my car they also had two or three other cars there were also very low mileage and were in the same warranty situation where the warranties reflected “late“ sales and entering into the warranty program.

As far as the CPO program I was a little bit surprised on what little it takes for a car to be CPO. All you’re really getting in reality is an extra year of Mercedes warranty. apparently Mercedes’ has The confidence in its cars to believe that an extra year will not cause any unforeseen problems. The inspection on a car to get into the CPO program is really quite minor. Essentially they check all the fluids, look for any body damage or non-functioning items, and make sure it has new or newer tires and a 4 wheel alignment if needed,. It will get a fairly thorough but not exhausting detail and generally any broken or nonworking items will be repaired.

There are no checks as far as compression ratio, suspension wear, etc. as long as the car doesn’t present any problems when driven. Mercedes will CPO cars with as much as 50,000 miles and several years old if there are no reported failures during its warranty history. In most cases you’ll get a 2 to 3 year old car we’ll still have one or two years left on his factory warranty and then get a year of CPO. Some cars don’t get CPO because they can’t meet the basic requirements or have been modified. However I have even seen cars previously involved in accidents that were CPO’ed. The cost of the dealer to get a car CPR usually runs from $2800-$3500 depending on the model.

Seldom mentioned however is you can also get a two-year CPO warranty but that second year will really cost you. From what I have seen the cost closely relates to the original MSRP of the car. Now it’s possible that cars that are older than two years make get a different level of CPO exam but I have the sheets on my car use for the CPO certification and there are really just a long list of what I would call maintenance and wear and. tear questions. the fact that the dealer would CPO a car is a relatively low bar for a newer car but, as you have probably seen, can be worth more than it cost to the dealer on resale value. I agree with your statement that being CPO’ed means that the car was in pretty good condition at the time it was CPO’ed but again it was not an exhaustive mechanical inspection that got it there.

So while the extra year warranty was very important to me and nothing will replace your own close inspection. However having that extra year of protection in your pocket can be an important factor if you are someone who actually drives the car versus using it as a “statue“ that gets displayed but not used much. Again I am basing this only on my experience but I have by buying and restoring C2 Corvettes and BMW M roasters for the past forty years so I do have a bit of experience in the field. Best of luck to you. to everyone I apologize for such a long post but I was tryng to help the potential buyer by relating what my experience was.

Originally Posted by UCIMBZ

Really?!!! The most iconic color of the GT line? After all your research?!!!

Originally Posted by Runs 10s

Please point out where I referred to the color as “iconic.”

If you wish to disagree with what I actually did say, that’s fine.

However it is not not truthful to “quote” something that I did not say and attribute it to me. Please “research” my post and point out in my post where I used the word “iconic”. Or do the “right thing,“ and correct your post.

Or to parse words phone number of sentences to construct one it has entirely different meeting.

My “research“ had to do with the occurrence of certain option codes during a production year. And is not based upon something or some stuff that I “created” unlike your question.

Should you have any “research, please let me know whats inaccurate and I will contact my source at MB USA and tell him they are wrong and that you have better data.

Perhaps you need to review what quotation marks actually mean

Originally Posted by Runs 10s

Please point out where I referred to the color as “iconic.”

If you wish to disagree with what I actually did say, that’s fine.

However it is not not truthful to “quote” something that I did not say and attribute it to me. Please “research” my post and point out in my post where I used the word “iconic”. Or do the “right thing,“ and correct your post.

Or to parse words phone number of sentences to construct one it has entirely different meeting.

My “research“ had to do with the occurrence of certain option codes during a production year. And is not based upon something or some stuff that I “created” unlike your question.

Should you have any “research, please let me know whats inaccurate and I will contact my source at MB USA and tell him they are wrong and that you have better data.

Perhaps you need to review what quotation marks actually mean

Originally Posted by UCIMBZ

It's called Solarbeam.