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Old 10-23-2015, 11:52 AM
JeffreyNMemphis JeffreyNMemphis is offline
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Another thought after seeing the ad... A car dealer flipping a vehicle is a different proposition for me. My definition of one owner is different than that of original owner seller. If I had a relationship with someone at a Mercedes dealership who let me know about a trade-in I would consider that.

A used car dealer will not know the car he is selling the way the original one owner did. If something is wrong with the car, he honestly would not know to tell you. How much of the price is gross profit? Could you find a similar car and buy it directly for $4,000.00?

When the dealer buys the car from the original owner, then it becomes a two-owner car. Dealer does not state that any maintenance was performed or complete maintenance history is available. Did the car come from auction? Was it a trade-in for a new car sold at auction? How much value does a good car wash and detail add?

The term rare is often abused. I would not curse a used car dealer for using it. However, there were 818,105 W126 chassis cars manufactured of which 105,422 were the 300SE (source; Wikipedia). Not so rare. Between 1951 and 1955 Mercedes Benz built a total of 85 cars on the W187 chassis 220 Coupés; that is rare.

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