Hello, I’m currently looking at a 14 e63 amg, the car has 86k miles on it and is the only thing holding me back from purchasing the vehicle. Just seeking other opinions. It was traded in at a local Audi dealer, service is up to date, the car was pretty clean, no wear n tear, exterior was pretty much flawless, along with the interior. It’s just the mileage.

 

Hi!

Welcome to MBworld!

Moving your post to the W212 AMG forum. Good luck!

Bob

 

In the best-case scenario where is nothing presently wrong with the vehicle, and the vehicle does not have a hidden impending failure, bear in mind that any vehicle with 86k miles will need increasingly expensive maintenance. This is true for any vehicle, and especially true for a high performance German vehicle like a 2014 E63 AMG.

Please answer the questions below.

How are your:

1. DIY skills?

2. Budget in relation to:
a. an independent repair shop you trust?, or
b. your local Mercedes-Benz dealer?

 

I’d buy it for $1 and pass at $100k. What is the asking price?

Someone on this board mentioned setting aside a couple grand each year for higher mileage cars. You’re going to pay AMG prices for every bolt and gasket. DIY is the key if you are looking for a budget beater, or try and get a 3rd party warranty. There’s a reason these things depreciate so much after the warranty expires.

 

Parts and Labor:
Brakes and rotors with labor will be $1500
oil and LSD oil will be $200
tires will be $1100
Main battery is $300
plugs and coils will be $900

just for starters ....

 

Worth it.

 

So what do they want for it?

 

A 2014 with 86k miles I'm not paying a penny over $35k for. Negotiate negotiate negotiate!

 

$32k otd

 

While I don’t think you will get it for 32otd that’s a good price and I wouldn’t pay much more than that. That’s a lot of miles. I’d rather pay 4o and get one with half the miles.

 

I did this about 14 months ago on a '12. Purchased for $24k with 88k miles, put $1500 in service immediately (intentionally) now have to get new shoes, probably transmission packs, (don't know yet), brakes, blah, blah, blah. Here is the thing- I let her sit in the garage all winter and now I drive it on the highway, mostly about 400 miles at a time until about October. So adding miles is not a big deal for me-- yet. There will come a day when the proverbial "wheels fall off the wagon (sedan in this case-- wish it were a wagon)". Assuming I don't get anyone hurt or hurt myself, I am OK with it. Not happy but OK.
CarFax (on my "personal" page) says the car is worth about $18k and that seems about right- low but hey, she has 105xxxk miles on her and I drive her like an AMG should be driven- fast and hard braking (from say around, eh, never mind- just fast to normal in a line of other cars- carefully as to not have someone behind me shoot me, hit me or call the blue lights on me).

I used the CarFax site just now to search for '14 &'15 E63S's and I found one for about $35k with 80ish miles and I would pay as close to $28 as I could with the high of $30k-- at least I think. Depends on the car and the history. No extended warranty- not with the miles so you will be "self insured" for mechanicals. All in all, I get a great smile on my face when I start the car and am running all the while that devil is sitting on my shoulder saying "today could be the day you moron, you had better total this gogo girl (with no one else to be hurt) or get ready to use some PPP money to write it off because one of these days... All that said, if I found the "right" AWD '14 or '15 S car with the miles, I would do it again. And again, be thrilled and scared *****less at the same time.
Perhaps someone (I used to be able to provide this service but lost my login) here can run the Manh___m Auction numbers for you. It is likely that you will be able to find your target car and see what the Audi dealer paid for it and then figure that number plus at least $2500.00 to make a deal. Again, depending on what the Audi dealer has had to do to get the car "ready" to sell. GLWYP!