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What can I get for my 97 E420 sport with upgrades?

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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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What can I get for my 97 E420 sport with upgrades?

Hi,

As the title states, I'm trying to find out how much I can get for my 1997 E420 sport with AMG monos, 80K miles, a custom Brabus exhaust made just for that year, e55 tail lights, 2000+ MY blinking mirrors, xenons, tints, etc.

All services done at the MB dealership. Car has been pampered and cared for. Interior/exterior are in excellent condition.

Will appreciate any input.
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 03:14 PM
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Mods usually don't go well with buyers. You will get around what a normal E430 Sport 1997 would get, maybe a little more. I'm going to guess maybe 14-15k
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 05:41 PM
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10-12 depending where u live maybe 13-15 IE east coast or west coast
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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I'd call it at 13
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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more important question is, what's the lowest price you are willing to accept to sell the car?

a good starting point would be to go to your dealer and ask for a trade in quote. that'll give an idea of wholesale pricing, and then you can adjust your private party asking price
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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part out the extras you rarely make money on modded cars and its much much easier finding a buyer with a stock car...
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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Thanks

This gives me an idea. I will go to a couple places and get a trade in value to see what the difference is.

Thanks for your input everyone.

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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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If you have a carmax nearby, thye'll give a good quote
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80,000 is not bad mileage for a '97 anything. That seems to be one of the primary value determinates on most of the used Benz I've seen for sale. Like some others said, most people want stock MBs, but there are a lot of you modders around, so there must be a fairly sizeable market for those somewhere, maybe California(?)

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"Upgrades" usually aren't.

Make most money by taking them off before selling.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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Yeah. I haven't had a chance to go to carmax yet; but just out of curiosity, I'll go and get an trade-in estimate from them . And I only have 80K miles on it and it's running great. So, I'm thinking about just keeping it.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for their thoughts.
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