Realistic private party value of 05 s500 4m
10-16-2012, 10:28 AM
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10-16-2012, 03:14 PM
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I'm not that bothered by depreciation either but it's nice when something like a car that's generally regarded as a horrible investment doesn't lose much value.
Oliverk, have you found any good fora for Bentley owners? I'm curious about doing some forum based research on a Flying Spur myself. I found a very lightly subscribed Bentley/RR forum and it seems that the only thing owners mentioned were very minor things like third brakelights and such. Although at 40,000 miles there's a service that runs to $2500 which the members made it sound like it was the worst thing ever, doesn't seem too bad to me! I guess that's what happens when you read W220 horror story threads!
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10-16-2012, 04:25 PM
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Although at the $80k price point a Bentley will hold its value far better than an S Class.
I'm not that bothered by depreciation either but it's nice when something like a car that's generally regarded as a horrible investment doesn't lose much value.
Oliverk, have you found any good fora for Bentley owners? I'm curious about doing some forum based research on a Flying Spur myself. I found a very lightly subscribed Bentley/RR forum and it seems that the only thing owners mentioned were very minor things like third brakelights and such. Although at 40,000 miles there's a service that runs to $2500 which the members made it sound like it was the worst thing ever, doesn't seem too bad to me! I guess that's what happens when you read W220 horror story threads!
I'm not that bothered by depreciation either but it's nice when something like a car that's generally regarded as a horrible investment doesn't lose much value.
Oliverk, have you found any good fora for Bentley owners? I'm curious about doing some forum based research on a Flying Spur myself. I found a very lightly subscribed Bentley/RR forum and it seems that the only thing owners mentioned were very minor things like third brakelights and such. Although at 40,000 miles there's a service that runs to $2500 which the members made it sound like it was the worst thing ever, doesn't seem too bad to me! I guess that's what happens when you read W220 horror story threads!
The "british" forum on ferrarichat ain't bad, but not much activity.
the others I've found seem to deal with the older sleds.
10-31-2012, 04:07 PM
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Good price
I just paid $19,000 for a '06 S500 with less equipment. I think you can easily justify the price difference, especially since so many cars were just destroyed on the east coast creating a shortage of quality pre-owned.
10-31-2012, 08:36 PM
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wow guys, lot of new posts here.
classy, i think its actually eucalyptus or something, either way I like it.
The car linked above is not available any longer and had some trouble making contact with the owner.
There is one blue one with saddle down in philly. I may have a look at that one. The only thing I keep going back to is the size. It is a bit bigger than the 220, but it drives and feels a good bit bigger. Perhaps I need to spend some time in a continental GT.
With the recent storm, i haven't had a chance to clean my car up and take pics either.
I also need to send it to the dealer or an indy for a top to bottom inspection to make sure any buyers get a solid car.
classy, i think its actually eucalyptus or something, either way I like it.
The car linked above is not available any longer and had some trouble making contact with the owner.
There is one blue one with saddle down in philly. I may have a look at that one. The only thing I keep going back to is the size. It is a bit bigger than the 220, but it drives and feels a good bit bigger. Perhaps I need to spend some time in a continental GT.
With the recent storm, i haven't had a chance to clean my car up and take pics either.
I also need to send it to the dealer or an indy for a top to bottom inspection to make sure any buyers get a solid car.
