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Old 03-20-2018, 01:28 PM
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My '08 CLK550 cabrio for sale (with pics!)

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You've done a great job maintaining this car! I hope you get every penny of your asking price - you deserve it.
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I think $15K is a VERY fair price. Good luck, Yidney!
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Beautiful car at a "give away price". Some lucky person will surely snap it up.

I don't know of anything else you could buy for $15,000 that comes even close.

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My car has a metal roof. It stores nicely in the trunk, though.
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Really beautiful car! If I just didn't purchase my CLK this past October, I would be on a plane to Denver...
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Very nice car. Good luck with the sale. These 550s are amazing cars for the price. I think its very fair.
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Old 03-23-2018, 02:40 AM
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Uh oh, it's been on Denver Craigslist for an entire hour and no bites yet. I'd better drop the price to $2. My wife always yells at me for dropping prices too fast or taking the first offer.
DO NOT DROP THE PRICE! Your car is in immaculate shape and you've babied it all along. Be patient because this car will only attract someone with a finer taste and those are not as common as other regular buyers.

I don't like the exterior and interior colors, but if I did, and I was in the market for a CLK, I'd definitely jump on it given how much care you've given it. That's like buying the best insurance/headache-free policy.

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FWIW. My advice - don't lower the price. My inclination is just like yours as I always want the first person who looks at my car to buy it, and I am short on patience. But, maybe, the inclination to lower the price is just wrong as it makes it appear that you were asking too much.

My recent experience dealing with car dealers while trying to help my adult daughter (she lives 1600 miles away from me) find a good used car at a reasonable price: looking at an overpriced car - well over book - I offered a reasonable price and was refused even though the car had been sitting on the lot for a long time. Month goes by and daughter finds a similar car she was interested in, so, I reconnected with the dealer and repeated my offer as it now has been sitting on the car lot for way too long - refused again. Similar car my daughter likes is no good - as PPI shows that it needed about $4500 in repairs. Time passes (another 3 weeks) and I go back to the dealer site and find the car price has been changed - INCREASED by $1000. Sold shortly thereafter. Was watching another car on another dealer site and observed the same thing - doesn't sell - they raised the asking price by $1000. My conjecture is that the dealer can offer a better deal - more discount on the car because he has had it awhile - maybe not, but, was surprised to see this in these two instances of cars on the lot for too long.

Any way, your price is more than fair and when the right buyer comes along it won't be a problem. We just need more patience.

My caveat: lowering the price on an off-color car might work as it might color-blind a buyer to overlook the off-color. I don't believe that you have an off-color car.
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Dealers may use the premise that when someone really wants a car they may initially try to negotiate the price down, but then if they feel that this car that "they just love" may get away they give in. And by raising the price it signals that the seller has more opportunities to sell at a higher profit.

Raising the price $500 after a few weeks may be as/more effective as lowering it.......
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Actually, many of us here don't have one yet. We are just here trying to learn about the car. This is actually on my short list as I'm looking for a third car, so not in a rush but always willing to look at anything promising. I do like the color, for some reason HALF of these cars seem to be black and I would take black but only if it was dirt cheap. My only concern is your location. I have lived my life in the south and bought cars online a few times, always went well until my Acura RL from Ohio. It arrives and to my horror was totally rusted underneath and had a few bubbles in the paint. It was a pretty traumatic purchase I was stuck with the car and would still own it today if it were not for the rust. I came to a point where it needed timing belt/water pump/tires and I didn't want to drop $2000 on a car with rust. Wish I could lay eyes on it because I think I really want a CLK550. Also looking at a BMW 335i as I like the tech and more sported nature. The Mercedes we can't even do bluetooth with Android phones, can we?
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The Mercedes we can't even do bluetooth with Android phones, can we?
I Bluetooth when I want in My Beast
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I Bluetooth when I want in My Beast
I thought they only worked with the MB phone for this year. So I can pair my phone for calls? How about streaming audio? I do a lot of streaming audio in my other car.
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I thought they only worked with the MB phone for this year. So I can pair my phone for calls? How about streaming audio? I do a lot of streaming audio in my other car.
I'll repeat it clearer, my W212 MY2016 E63S I can Bluetooth when I want.
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Actually, many of us here don't have one yet. We are just here trying to learn about the car. This is actually on my short list as I'm looking for a third car, so not in a rush but always willing to look at anything promising. I do like the color, for some reason HALF of these cars seem to be black and I would take black but only if it was dirt cheap. My only concern is your location. I have lived my life in the south and bought cars online a few times, always went well until my Acura RL from Ohio. It arrives and to my horror was totally rusted underneath and had a few bubbles in the paint. It was a pretty traumatic purchase I was stuck with the car and would still own it today if it were not for the rust. I came to a point where it needed timing belt/water pump/tires and I didn't want to drop $2000 on a car with rust. Wish I could lay eyes on it because I think I really want a CLK550. Also looking at a BMW 335i as I like the tech and more sported nature. The Mercedes we can't even do bluetooth with Android phones, can we?
I'm in Colorado. We do not have rust here. I can spin any suspension nut off with my fingers. I grew up in Ohio. That is rust. This car is every bit as good as it looks in the the photos. Those photos are like laying eyes on it. But if you are interested, PM me your email and I can them and many more to your email in higher res where you can blow them up. I'll even send you photos from underneath. Trust me, there are zero hidden surprises here.
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It's hard for me to believe that this car is still available.
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Originally Posted by abqhudson
It's hard for me to believe that this car is still available.
I would buy this car, had I not just bought my dad’s ‘05 CLK500 two weeks ago! His (now mine) would be considerably harder to sell quickly as it has 132k mi and while nice, is not nearly as mint or loaded as this beautiful ride. I will be jealous of its new owner...and maybe secretly hopeful they baby it for 1-2yrs and sell it on this forum again! Haha
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It's hard for me to believe that this car is still available.
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Very impressed with the condition of your car.
The headlights are crystal clear with no haze whatsoever.
Best of luck with the sale - someone's going to get a creampuff for a great deal.
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Woohoo! i hope that works out for both of you!
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Congrats! Where are you moving to? I plan on moving to the CLS thread this summer!


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