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Long story short I found a great deal, I picked this S500 up for $20k. Bank values it at $29.

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u/Skeppyberry 9h ago

20k?? Gotta tell me what it needs and how much. That’s a steal I might consider

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u/crwcz 9h ago

So it was at a dealership back in October where it went under their 100 something point inspection, they replaced the lower control arm and a few other things, they were also trying to find the little chrome piece for the grill that's missing. I passed on the deal because they had a no haggle price at 25k and I just wasn't comfortable paying that plus their admin fee. So I last weekend or so I seen the same exact car posted for about the same amount, turns out a salesman there at the dealer bought the car, might have gotten in over his head so I bought it from him and offered 20k which happened to be his payoff. It needs nothing! The wipers might be clogged.. I dunno, still need to investigate it.. not about to tear into repairs yet. I tend to work on my own cars.

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u/Skeppyberry 9h ago

See my rational for a first car is a model 3 long range (not highland) with accel boost (460hp with it). That’s my decision but thats a MUCH nicer car haha. I hope you enjoy it. Do you have Burmester?

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u/crwcz 9h ago

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u/Skeppyberry 8h ago

EXEC REAR SEATING FOR 20k??!!!! Holy steal bro. I’m so jealous genuinely. Ambient lights behind the seats when my model 3 doesn’t even have them at all. I’m just scared of more German maintenance especially with my friends CLS550 being a nightmare. Scared me off at least for my first car. After the 3 I’ll probably pick up some merc

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u/crwcz 7h ago

So what scares you maintenance wise? I've heard that a lot, and as I pick apart the owners manual tonight, it's oil changes.. and watching how they are done on YouTube look fairly easy, I called my local oil change place that does synthetic oil changes for $49, they confirmed they work on Mercedes. Need to rotate tires. Do not add fuel additives per this manual. I am thinking though that I will change my insurance to have the zero dollar window deductible, since this window is heated. Lemme know what you know? I wanna look it up.

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u/Skeppyberry 7h ago

I have no ability to do any of the maintenance myself. I still live at home with my parents and I’m not allowed to do anything. Neither do I have the tools to do anything. So it would all be Mercedes dealer maintenance for me because there’s also no shops around me that work on Mercedes. And just seeing all the different things that go wrong with his car whether it be air suspension or something electronic or some other little motor gadget or valve or pulley or pump it’s just one thing after the other with his car. His car also is super high miles at 180,000 miles right now.

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u/crwcz 7h ago

I gotcha, I understand. Yeah, well, I'm gonna drive this thing like I drive my Ford F150. It's gonna get used to country life or it's gonna go. Lol

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u/crwcz 7h ago

I actually needed a commuter car to get me 30 miles down the interstate every day for work. I got tired of driving my truck.

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u/Skeppyberry 7h ago

Probably the most comfy thing to get. I like the model 3 cause it’s the right size, price, and speed. And I have home charging

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u/crwcz 7h ago

I am registered with mercedes me and downloaded the app. Every time I try to log in it glitches and does not log in, goes back to the login screen.

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u/Skeppyberry 7h ago

Try restarting your phone. Then try deleting and reinstalling the app if the restart doesn’t work

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u/Skeppyberry 7h ago

Hahaha