I can't believe it's got some designo package and a bunch of other nice options but no distronics. Before the pandemic you could get them around 20k-30k, not as loaded though and about the same mileage. It was really the 2014+ with the newer body styling that was 40k+.Someone sent me a listing of a car with many of the same features (but the listing one has more than mine), a NY vehicle, 95k miles. Sold at auction for 38k USD. Of course- clean title...... which the one I have in this thread does not....
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2013-mercedes-benz-s-4/
SO-the question is how does a clean title car that hasn't been flooded compare in value to one that has?
I don't know. Personally-I wouldn't lay down $25,000.00 for a flooded vehicle-regardless of what badge is on the hood, and what it may have been worth given a clean title, but that's just me. I can tell you here in Utah there are many, many vehicles on the road with clouded titles, as there are many dealerships that only sell those type of (branded/clouded) vehicles. However- that's not to say some do a good job of repair-I have seen a few that I wouldn't have purchased, but somebody did.Good question. Clean title $38k, OP has $7,200 in it. What's it worth now that OP has cleaned it up and confirms it's in complete working order? $20-25k?I
That 38k was an extreme example had some rare option packages. You can find a bunch of other run of the mill 2013 S550's for 20-25k. A flooded/salvage title is supposed to knock off about 30-40% off retail price but lots of people tend to overpay so maybe not even that.Good question. Clean title $38k, OP has $7,200 in it. What's it worth now that OP has cleaned it up and confirms it's in complete working order? $20-25k?
OP I'm glad you still have the patience to work with things like this and figure out what's going on. 30 years ago maybe I could have but with age and chronic back pain I've found I hardly even have the patience and nerves to do an oil change any more. I still do lots of my own work but with my pain/anxiety I often find myself wishing I'd have paid someone to do the work. Really gets to me when it's something I know should have taken 1-2 hours and I spend all day on it.
I don't know about MB but I've been told that flooded/rebuilt title should decrease the value by 20-40% on most cars. I bought my '16 Nissan Versa with a rebuilt title and 10K miles in Feb. 2019. As I recall the clean title book price on it was something like $9800 when I bought it. I bought it for $5300 which was about 46% below clean title book price. It now has 31,xxx miles and has been absolutely trouble free. When I bought it at that price I figured if I could get it to around 100K miles with no major problems I'd be money ahead.
I'm just not a fan of rebuilt/salvage vehicles because any factory warranty on it no longer applies. On the W211, they had a couple of extended warranties, one for 25 years on the SBC brakes and 15 years on the fuel tank. Haven't really heard of anything on his car but those extended warranties can pop up years later when a common problem crops up.I don't know about MB but I've been told that flooded/rebuilt title should decrease the value by 20-40% on most cars. I bought my '16 Nissan Versa with a rebuilt title and 10K miles in Feb. 2019. As I recall the clean title book price on it was something like $9800 when I bought it. I bought it for $5300 which was about 46% below clean title book price. It now has 31,xxx miles and has been absolutely trouble free. When I bought it at that price I figured if I could get it to around 100K miles with no major problems I'd be money ahead.
My Versa wasn't a flood damage car. It was totaled by the insurance as a result of a rear end collision then I assume sold at auction and repaired by a local independent dealer. I may be missing out on some good deals but I've always been afraid of repaired flood damaged vehicles not knowing what might come up in later years.I wouldn’t mind locating specific rust free old flood damaged cars from down south could do a motor swap and replace the seats
No flood totaled car is every worth more than a few thousand unless it wasn’t actually flooded.
I was surprised when I received a letter from Nissan stating the extended warranty from 5/60 to 7/84 associated with the class action law suit WOULD APPLY to the CVT in my Versa. I made a point to keep the letter with my VIN on it as proof to a dealer in the event I ever need it.I'm just not a fan of rebuilt/salvage vehicles because any factory warranty on it no longer applies. On the W211, they had a couple of extended warranties, one for 25 years on the SBC brakes and 15 years on the fuel tank. Haven't really heard of anything on his car but those extended warranties can pop up years later when a common problem crops up.
Beats me.... guess marketing plays a role. Clean her up super good (which she will), take pictures of the undercarriage being corrosion free and spotless. Post the extensive MB maintenance history, to include it was under a MB extended warranty for most of its life....Good question. Clean title $38k, OP has $7,200 in it. What's it worth now that OP has cleaned it up and confirms it's in complete working order? $20-25k?
This car has almost every option package that car has except 19" rims and rear entertainment center. I was not looking to purchase another MB S-class so soon, but when I saw what this had, maintenance history, Florida car.... could not pass on it.That 38k was an extreme example had some rare option packages. You can find a bunch of other run of the mill 2013 S550's for 20-25k. A flooded/salvage title is supposed to knock off about 30-40% off retail price but lots of people tend to overpay so maybe not even that.
Rmay,I wouldn’t mind locating specific rust free old flood damaged cars from down south could do a motor swap and replace the seats
No flood totaled car is every worth more than a few thousand unless it wasn’t actually flooded.
FM59,OP I'm glad you still have the patience to work with things like this and figure out what's going on. 30 years ago maybe I could have but with age and chronic back pain I've found I hardly even have the patience and nerves to do an oil change any more. I still do lots of my own work but with my pain/anxiety I often find myself wishing I'd have paid someone to do the work. Really gets to me when it's something I know should have taken 1-2 hours and I spend all day on it.
I don't know about MB but I've been told that flooded/rebuilt title should decrease the value by 20-40% on most cars. I bought my '16 Nissan Versa with a rebuilt title and 10K miles in Feb. 2019. As I recall the clean title book price on it was something like $9800 when I bought it. I bought it for $5300 which was about 46% below clean title book price. It now has 31,xxx miles and has been absolutely trouble free. When I bought it at that price I figured if I could get it to around 100K miles with no major problems I'd be money ahead.
I'm the same way I'll lay a tool down somewhere then have to spend 15 minutes looking for it. Sometimes it's right in front of me other times I find it stuck in my pocket.In my case, my memory does not seem as tight as it once was.