DarkStar

2 cheap SL65's on eBay right now (85k and 89k).

Anyone know the history of these cars? Silver one (85k) has been in an accident, per the carfax report. Black carfax looks clean.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...QQcmdZViewItem

michal12

I was gonna ask the same question.
But I do not necessary think there need to be issues.. 2007 is at the end and psychologically in January the cars will be 1 more year older..
Otherwise both offers are VERY tempting.

Fantasm

the black one is most likely a buy-back (lemon law'ed)

rbtronnie5

how about this for insane....the silver one had unibody damage. i saw it at the auction. you wanna hear insane??? it went for 66k to that dealer....

i think that other one was a lemon law buy back car.....

DarkStar

Wow 66k! Was that a MBWorld member's (ex-)car?

rbtronnie5

no clue...i would of bought the car if it didn't have such a horrid past... no clue if it was someones car who is on here....all i know is at 66k it was damn tempting...

michal12

I assume it went for 66k AFTER it was repared, right? I still think it is a tempting offer, though.

michal12

Does CARFAX provide details regarding accidents? Can you tell how serious was it just by checking that report?

DarkStar

Lemon should show up on the carfax, unless it has been recently lemoned and does not show yet.

Wasn't there a board member here who was tboned in their SL65 last year? the silver one could possibly be that car.

Fantasm

Straight Line has a lot of lemon-lawed cars. give the guy a call, and i guarantee it will be buy-back

maxabo

Excuse my english, or lack of, but what does "lemon-lawed" mean..?
How would you explain it to a 5 year old..?

DarkStar

Funny because while owning a "lemoned" or "buyback" car can be tricky, the actual designation is merely just a label. In the case of Mercedes-Benz owners, the label could be designated due to many possibilities:

1. Horrible car with lots of problems
2. overly frustrated owner
3. overly fussy owner
4. overly fussy owner with lots of pull who buys lots of benzes from their dealer
5. overly fussy owner who is a lawyer
6. easy way to make a customer happy on a trade in

But I agree, they are tricky to buy and re-sell.

IngenereAMG

Both cars have plenty of warranty left......but the SL65 is becoming a huge performance car bargain. Very tempting.

DarkStar

guys I think one of the cars may have previously belonged to someone here...I've sent them a PM to check

phonetics

unbelievable.... 85k here can only get you a new E280...

AndersAMG

The price for SL65 -08 in Sweden: 323k$ !!!! and the cheapest -05 203k$!!!