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Originally posted by langpfeife
BUT the car in question is 20 years old...the paint will not be "concours", the door panels will
be sagging, the carpet/dash/gauges/vinyl will be faded a bit or otherwise show some amount
of wear...
The ONLY thing this car has going for it is it's low mileage, but considering that 20 years
is 20 years, it's going to need the same amount of attention that a well cared for 150ker
would require, in order to bring it up to "show" quality.
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Mine has 256K on it and the palimino leather is not faded, nor is the carpet, the other common flaws in the interior are from a lack of upkeep, not age. It's amazing what not being out in the sun can do for an interior. I'm assuming these low mile high $$ cars are in better shape and don't have these common problems. Ditto the exterior. If mine can look as good as it does with over a quarter million miles and two decades of seldom being washed and the interior being only vacuumed out a few times a year if it was lucky, a low mile car really should not suffer much of these problems. Otherwise you don't know it's a low mile car or not. You can look at the steering wheel and brake pedal wear, but mine don't really look that bad either. I've seen tons of 90's model cars with a heck of a lot more interior and exterior wear.
In principle I agree though. I'm just working under the assumption that these low mile cars don't suffer from the same things every other older Mercedes does. I just can't tell from most of the photos, and I've never seen one in person.
The sun seems to hurt more than time does in these cars apearance wise. Even certain colors wear better.