I'm over 50 and I've never owned a fast or expensive car. I always buy really nice luxury cars like S class mercedes, but I buy them 10 years old with 100k miles on them. Its actually a very economical way to own nice cars.
So my 1990 560 SEL mercedes, while it looks great and I feel like an ambassador in it, was starting to burn a quart of oil a week or more. No big deal but at 250k miles, thats looking like an endgame soon.
So Im searching ebay for an eclass diesel with 100k miles in the 10k dollar range as I usually do, and up pops this E class AMG with 15000 miles on it for less than 30k. something must be wrong. I call them and it was a totaled and rebuilt car for sale by owner. Apparently he bought the car from his insurance agency after they totaled it and he fixed it up.
I had a mechanic check it out, everything was super great and fixed correctly, no warranty however.
So now I have a car that usually would have sold used with 15k miles on it for in the 80k range, quite out of my emotional range if not my financial range, for less than half the price.
0-60 in 4.1 and 1/4 mile in 12.4 509 hp 465 torque
Now I need a special chip that lets it go 200 mph, the current chip limits you to 165.
So my 1990 560 SEL mercedes, while it looks great and I feel like an ambassador in it, was starting to burn a quart of oil a week or more. No big deal but at 250k miles, thats looking like an endgame soon.
So Im searching ebay for an eclass diesel with 100k miles in the 10k dollar range as I usually do, and up pops this E class AMG with 15000 miles on it for less than 30k. something must be wrong. I call them and it was a totaled and rebuilt car for sale by owner. Apparently he bought the car from his insurance agency after they totaled it and he fixed it up.
I had a mechanic check it out, everything was super great and fixed correctly, no warranty however.
So now I have a car that usually would have sold used with 15k miles on it for in the 80k range, quite out of my emotional range if not my financial range, for less than half the price.
0-60 in 4.1 and 1/4 mile in 12.4 509 hp 465 torque
Now I need a special chip that lets it go 200 mph, the current chip limits you to 165.