Wow...

penski · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:12

A mate of mine's just won a Merc 500 SEC on the bay.

Full electric, full leather, 5 litre V8, taxed, ticketed...£1000.

Hahaha...What were they new? £60k?

It'll soon have a set of (uber-rare) polished 16x8 AMG Pentas and be sitting a LOT closer to the ground.

And its not gold btw...It is the same colour as his current W123:

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Stonedofmoo · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:13

Not my cuppa, but that’s undeniably a bargain. You just cannot complain for that price

Luke15 · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:15

I like it. Old skool.

Im sure it has enough horses left

Joe T · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:25

Very cool indeed.

If/when I get a hobby/2nd car it is very likely to be an old Merc. :cool:

penski · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:35

Luke15 said:
I like it. Old skool.

Im sure it has enough horses left

Should have all the ones that it came with

And shortly...a fair few more.

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[TW]Fox · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:11

I like that.

penski · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:20

[TW]Fox said:
I like that.

There's hope for you yet, Danielsan.

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NickXX · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:20

penski said:
It'll soon have a set of (uber-rare) polished 16x8 AMG Pentas and be sitting a LOT closer to the ground.

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Do you have a picture of these Penski?

What sort of condition car will £1,000 get you?

SoliD · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:23

well if it looks anything like that example, an absolute bargain, whats the specs on that engine? its from the era when mercs were amazingly built, so im guessing it will be in a good state.

Lashout_UK · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:29

You CAN pick up a great condition car for that money, any Merc, pre 90's with a oil-refinery-addiction for crude is worth........jack all

However, you could also pick up one absolutely FULL of rust, so it's best to poke around

Plenty of them out there though. Maintainence costs can be extortionate however - simple items like pads & discs will leave your wallet stinging a little.

A Merc 5.0 can produce up to 322BHP, and none of them are heavily stressed, never seeing above 5000RPM and any abuse sitting in front of the autoboxes.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8732745699618837519&q=mercedes+V8&pl=true

(a 560, on Euro headers and no silencers - point made).

Joe T · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:29

£1k is a bit of a bargain for that. Theres a similar one on AutoTrader near me for the same money, but the MOT has just run out....

penski · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:31

NickXX said:
Do you have a picture of these Penski?

What sort of condition car will £1,000 get you?

http://mbca.cartama.net/showthread.php?t=11076

That style

If you know what you're looking for, you can get a bargain for a grand. The one in question is pretty much perfect.

BUT there are a lot of rotten ones out there...So educate yourself before you buy.

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NickXX · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:38

Ah nice, yeah I recognise those. Seems that rust is the biggest problem with them. Some stunners on autotrader though going for near to nothing.

L0rdMike · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:40

Looks a lot better then what he has now.

F355 · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:46

Them mercs were the first of the reasonable looking mercs and I do like them. You definetly get a lot of equipment for your money too, althought the running costs must be quite high.

neil-ste · 2 Apr 2006 at 11:01

Penski, did you ever go and get those pentas from the scrapyard in Sunderland? Last time I was there the Merc was gone.

great advice · 2 Apr 2006 at 11:04

Nice bargain :cool:

penski · 2 Apr 2006 at 11:17

I couldnt make it - they were only the 15x6 ones though; ten a penny

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penski · 2 Apr 2006 at 11:59

F355 said:
Them mercs were the first of the reasonable looking mercs

Odd statement... :/

This seriously does nothing for you?

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Joe T · 2 Apr 2006 at 12:06

^^^^^ gives me a hard on tbh