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My wife totaled her 750IL BMW on April 4th. So for the last few weeks Ive been searching Craigslist and dealers websites trying to find a way to replace our very nice BMW that was paid off and probably would have run for the next 5-10 years easily.

So after finding every liar on the planet trying to sell a car I found a friend that mentioned he knew someone selling a Mercedes who was not computer saavy and was trying to sell thru his Golf Club newsletter. This guy is extremely wealthy it seems, the man has a brand new Aston Martin!!!! Drool1 Which is why he was selling a Mercedes.

Anyway after trying to figure out a time to meet with this guy around his golf schedule, he lives on a major golf course in a 5 million dollar home.

So I went to look at this car. Keep in mind I have a 15000 budget from the total loss of the BMW. So I hear he'd like to get around 15k.

So to make a super long story short this is the car we ended up with. A Mustang was a second choice but this convertible with 2 tops rocks, and the best part is it was 10k! Love this SL500 it is nearly flawless. Has 2 dings on the entire body and 93k miles. Unbelievable quality 14 year old car.

This 1997 Mercedes is the last year Mercedes was exclusive to there cars after Daimler bought controlling interest in Chrysler, the brand become less reliable for Mercedes, because they introduced changes to a product that had extremely high reliability, it seemed to change after this merger so pre-1998 Mercedes are more sought after.

All I know is I like it. I still like my Mustang better but it looks good in the garage together. Ill add more pictures later.

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Wow - what a find! Very, very nice. The silver lining in a BMW crash. Keep safe and I have no doubt that your wife will enjoy it if she can keep you out of it!

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I bet the SL500 has a nice sounding exhaust note.
Its actually really quiet Im surprised. Its also not the brute force fast, its quick, but it feels like a really heavy car. Its only 315 HP, its a different kind of fast.
I'm digging it, had an offer today for 5k more than I paid. If the guy follows up like he said, maybe Ill be hunting another car.
Sharp looking car! I'm sure your wife is pleased with it! Good luck if the re-sale works out.
Car in the garage is nicer LOL (arent u glad I am back haha)

Nice car.......just would rather have a Stang :)

Although my G/f would probably give up her Caviler for it