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Mercedes S430 W220 Roffle - Car Gone!


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SMS Friedrich der Grosse is for sale.

 

1999 Mercedes S430 in green.

 

The good:

Mechanically sound. Goes like a car with a 4.3 V8 should, and stops well too. Gearbox and driveline are smooth.

Comfort: All the 'comfort' electrics work. Seats, Windows, mirrors, rear sun blind, sunroof, etc. Cream leather upholstery, genuine thick pile overrugs. Heated front and rear seats.

ToM - shitloads of it. Good for wafting along Her Majesty's highways until June or July next year.

Not taxi-engine'd or taxi coloured.

Can achieve 33mpg+ with cruise control on the motorway.

Tyres have loads of tread.

 

The bad:

Bodywork not the best. Grot on the front driver's side arch, and door bottoms. Nothing major however. Paint very flat and tired on front wing tops.

Radio doesn't produce sound, probably needs a new amp (circa £90 on eBay). Head unit already replaced and works.

Battery goes flat after a few days of inactivity. Used every day it isn't a problem.

I still haven't received the V5. I do have the new keepers slip, it's going in the post tomorrow with a V62.

 

In short, it's not without issues (to be expected at this price!) but it'll either break for much more, or with a few quid thrown at it make a nice motor for wafting about in.

 

I do also have a set of the 18" Mercedes 'Difda' alloys with excellent tyres that I was going to fit, available for an extra £200.

 

Pics to follow as and when I can get Flickr to upload them.

 

£750, in Exeter. Delivery possible, roffle possible if 59 people are desperate enough to pay £13 a ticket! Don't all rush at once....

 

Edit - tickets now £10 each! Don't delay, buy today....

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1. BavarianRetro

2. njgleeds

3. SiC

4. Cavcraft

5. Tayne

6. Danterzza

7. WilsonSquared

8. NorfolkNWeigh

9. Timewaster

10. SiC

11. The Moog

12. Danterzza

13. Junkman

14. Dave Q

15. gadgetgricey

16. Nyphur

17. Bavarian Retro

18. cort16

19. Lord Sterling

20. angle

21. Captain Furious

22. captaincalzone

23. Flat4

24. Cheezey

25. aldo135

26. Fat_Pirate

27. Cavcraft

28. Coprolalia

29. omegod

30. BavarianRetro

31. dome

32. Robson3022

33. Kiltox

34. drum

35. 95 quid Peugeot

36. egg

37. Conrad D. Conelrad

38. Danterzza

39. njgleeds

40. Conrad D. Conelrad

41. njgleeds

42. doug

43. NorfolkNWeigh

44. captaincalzone

45. gadgetgricey

46. 320touring

47. Fat_Pirate

48. barefoot

49. carlo

50. doug

51. Kiltox

52. Cavcraft

53. Lord Sterling

54. Flat4

55. Dome

56. WilsonSquared

57. The Moog

58. Fat_Pirate

59. BavarianRetro

 

Well, let's see how this goes! BV & captaincalzone, any preference to numbers?

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I'm going to regret asking, but why does it need a new registration certificate ( v62) If you have the new keeper's slip off the old one?

 

Oh and it seems a bargain and am thinking of getting a ticket :-)

I suspect the previous owner forgot to send the logbook off, so I've had to send off for it myself. According to the Doovla it should be here shortly.

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