1997 Mercedes-Benz E-300 For Sale - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

mkiii88turbo · #1 12-10-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by nhdoc

In my opinion the seller's credibility is shot - he could have phrased it "The car gets up to 36-38 MPG" and nobody would criticize that but to say it "gets 36-38" leads one to conclude the rest of his claims are probably exaggerated too.

His entire credibility is shot because of one poorly worded sentence!? Why not take a look at the car, get it checked out by a mechanic to see if it's a quality vehicle instead of saying, you exaggerated one thing, your car is a piece.

The OP is selling a car. Of course he is going to exaggerate on things. Nobody will sell a car if they say, It's a piece of junk, gimmie 10 Large and it's yours. Everybody in this world lies when they sell a car. Why are you selling it?...It's a great car, just got tired of it. No, there's a ton of work that needs to be done on it and you are washing your hands.

I bet everyone who has bought a used car before has had something on that car exaggerated. Just replaced the tires...15K miles ago. Never seen a winter, really? Driven by an old lady back and forth to church on Sundays.

Everybody exaggerates. No? Walk down the street and ask some guy how well endowed he is. Bet you everything I own he's lying.

Now, I don't know if the car get's 38 MPG or not. There is absolutely no way we can tell the quality of the car or deduce anything without seeing the car. Let's not worry about the MPG. Does it get 38 MPG? I don't know. Does it get good gas mileage? Probably.

What if the OP said it got 34 but has no records of it actually getting 34. It could get 12 because it's a junker. We are buying a used car, we don't know.

We are looking for a mint condition musuem quality straight from the factory 12 YEAR OLD CAR.

That's all I'm saying.

catmandoo62 · #2 12-10-2008, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mkiii88turbo

Driven by an old lady back and forth to church on Sundays.

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i actually bought a car years ago that was driven by a little old lady to church and back on sundays.1965 pontiac catalina 2 door post car.problem was she had bad eyesight and couldn't judge distances.all 4 corners were beat up.and the pass side had scratches the whole length of the car,but other then that it had super low miles and ran like a raped ape.she actually didn't want to sell it but her son who was about 60yrs old at the time made her.god i loved that car.