This month, I will mostly be smoking around in possibly the most immaculate Merc 190E in captivity.
I bought it tonight off a bloke who bought it for his daughter back in April, she only drove it once and declared it "too big". He turned out to be a total Mercedes freak - his car being a pristine, black, W124 500E with 40k KM on the clock. He wouldn't sell me the 500E even though I made a spectacularly massive offer for it. [1]
Once he'd moved the 500E out of the way, and his wifes' immaculate W124
320-24 TE, the 190E was extracted from his garage.G reg, 139000 miles, 2 lady owners and blokey, always garaged, always serviced by main agents, metallic red, unbelievably immaculate cream leather with zero wear anywhere inside, never been smoked in, original Merc alloys, original Blaupunkt expensive stereo, full tool roll, unopened first aid kit
- warning triangle, proper oil pressure, brand new genuine M-B battery, perfect arches, never been painted, both keys + valet key, last service by M-B at 136k miles a year ago [3]
As it's 16 years old there are the odd bits that need tlc, the back box is blowing slightly, the alternator is a bit noisy, no alarm fob, the electric aerial sticks, it needs a front tyre soon and the tracking doing [4] - oh and the gear selector bulb has blown - probably.
I'm a rather happy bunny, what's it worth?
[1] A really huge offer, more money than I've ever spent on a car in my life. [2] [2] £15000... [3] It's been sorned since 1st May, so it'll get tax and a service tomorrow [4] See above "two lady owners"