No, a bargain was the '92 500E I sold for $9900. 500's are nice cars, no doubt but sorry.. they are no longer *THAT* nice. Good luck.. mine was for sale for over a year before I sold it.

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How much??

Good luck with the sale, but for that price, it better come with a duffel bag full of cash in the trunk. Wow.

A mercedes will sell for however much someone is willing to pay for it. I know of a nice 93 that reciently sold for about 24k.

Try posting on www.500ecstasy.com/ with more luck and a crowd that is more appreciateive of a fine example of a E500E.

I cant believe everyone came down so hard on him. Hatch and Sons cars routinely go for more than 40K (500Es).

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

Personally I think the later hood grill is ugly compared to the 92-93

Yes, but that is Hatch and Sons vs. a private party sell.....and they are certainly the exception, not the rule.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

I'll give you $20K for it, with PPI to verify condition.
Get in touch if you want to sell this and keep it in the 500E family.

You need another E500E for that 2nd oddments box that you ordered. =)

A 500E in socal on ebay just sold for 7500, but It probably needs a paint job. But for 7500, as a Student, I could almost afford that. 170k miles though.

Sometimes I wonder, is it better to buy a E500E for 10k that eventually needs 10k of work, 3k to start with. Or just buy one for 20K with everything all done up nicely.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

You could go either way, but I've found that it's a harder car to get rid of (should you need to) if you've done the $10k worth of work; the $20k car will always be desired first by most buyers. From experience, I always gravitate to the $20k perfect one.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

As a young man (24), swinging 20k is much more difficult than 10k, and 500-1k of parts once every other month is ok to get it running well again. Plus banks wont loan on a 92-94 car anyway. But yeah, If I had the cash. Id probably lean for a car with low miles where it got to stretch its legs often. So 30k-60k miles range would be what I would look for. With no or one accident, most cars have been in accidnets these days. If the repair was done by a factory authorized place that would be fine. But any car in an accident I wouldnt pay more than 20k (for a 500E that is).

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

Not sure how a 500 can go from "Nice" to "Not Nice" when nothing happens to the chassis

This one is for my brother. He's looking for one seriously (3rd person I've turned on to the 500) and this one looks perfect, except the price. If Bart's was still for sale on 500Ecstasy, it would be sold! Timing is everything...

Sure, but something does happen. Age.

Rubber wears, steel flexes and fatigues. It's not the *same* car it was when it rolled off the assembly line with a nearly $90,000 price tag.

Don't get me wrong, a fun car for sure but my Porsche cost under $30,000 and is a HELL of a lot more fun to own/drive.

I won't even go into the known wiring loom issues with those 500's.

To each, their own desires. That why we have so many purchase options in the automotive world. Heaven forbid we have only one... like a Prius.

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My dad always said, "A thing is worth whatever somebody is willing to pay for it." Technically, that is true. Every now and then somebody has the foresight to see value somewhere that others don't. The people who can do that nd act on it are the folks who make the big bucks.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

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