Bought your w140 NEW or Bought it used? - Benzworld.org

mbnz230 · 12-31-2005, 06:25 AM

of the many w140 owners on this board who bought their's new or used.

1996_S500 · 12-31-2005, 08:53 AM

I have had 3 w140's altogether.
i've bought 2 new 95 and 97, and i bought my 96 used.

Tbilisi79 · 12-31-2005, 11:33 AM

I am the second owner, 1st owner had the car since new with alkl books, and records of service with MB half way through the life. [:D]

I would never buy a new MB unless I have millions of dollars to spare. Its just not worth it, car looses 10 grand week after its out of the dealership.

1996_S500 · 12-31-2005, 11:44 AM

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Tbilisi79 - 12/31/2005 10:33 AM

I would never buy a new MB unless I have millions of dollars to spare. Its just not worth it, car looses 10 grand week after its out of the dealership.

yea. its true that the car loses its value very fast, but there is nothing like owning "your own brand new Mercedes-Benz"[:D]

mbnz230 · 12-31-2005, 07:22 PM

the outcome was predictable, like i thought most of us here bought their w140's used. it is a 5 to 13 year old car to some of us. the one's who bought these new by the time the warranty ran out they are probably driving the new w220. even though i like the w140 better but i would rather drive a w220, *only if i could afford it. why? just because its newer. if you have spent thousands in repairs at the dealership you would understand what i mean by "newer".

1996_S500 · 12-31-2005, 08:18 PM

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mbnz230 - 12/31/2005 6:22 PM

the one's who bought these new by the time the warranty ran out they are probably driving the new w220. even though i like the w140 better but i would rather drive a w220, *only if i could afford it. why? just because its newer. if you have spent thousands in repairs at the dealership you would understand what i mean by "newer".

i agree with you. i would like to drive a 220 as well, but i simply don't have any money. And i couldn't even pay for my w140 S600. i had it for about 2 and a half months and just gave up..[:(] but what a great car it was. i still remember everything about it..

as i was saying. there is nothing like having a new car. if there are problems, you give it to your dealer to fix them. no worries, except making the car payments...

Hans Anders · 01-19-2006, 02:22 PM

Previously sold in 96, 1983 300D, second owner

Mine 94' S Klasse 420, second owner...
will have the S-420 for long time!

andrew TD · 01-19-2006, 03:01 PM

I think I'm the third owner in New Zealand of my 1995 S420. I don't know how many oweners it had in Singapore.

I'm not rich enough to contemplate owning a new MB (yet).
But even if I were, I don't think I would. It's just not worth it (unless of course you are in the plesant position of being very very wealthy).

Last time I was in our local MB service department, I met a nice couple, who were in servicing one of their MBs. The wife have a C class, and the husband had an E class. After chatting to them for a while, they told me that they had bought both those cars new and prior to that had owned second hand MBs. They wouldn't buy new again - just because of the huge depreciation hit.

And of course there is the fact that no other MB sedan looks as good as the W140. I far prefer the look of my W140 to that of the newer S class.

In fact I'm not sure that i like the look of any other sedan more than the W140. A Bentley might come close.

93 BENZ S400SEL · 01-19-2006, 03:06 PM

I am the second owner. I bought car from a semi-wealthy lady that had IRS problems and when I gave her a check for 50K in 1995 she had a brand new 96 waiting for her at the dealer after she handed the check over to the IRS agents.
She had 29K miles of pampered careing driving on it when I got it. I was sold by the fact that I asked her to bring car to Manhattan for me to see it, and she replied quite indignantly, "MY CAR DOES NOT GO TO NEW YORK CITY". Car was in showroom brilliant condition and her husband told me she refused to let him drive it and when she paked in MAll Parking lot she would go to end of MAll lot, and walk 3 blocks to entrance. I have aquired some of her habits.
I told her when I bought the car I was buying it strictly because of her. I now after 10 years have 65k miles on it and am ashamed to say that it is not in showroom condtion any more, although I still get a lot of people who do not believe it is 12 years old.
It still have no major problems although I have replaced 3-4 window regulators, a/c system, asr, and only real problem now is door pump. I hope I never get the famous harness problems as my car is in a heated apartment building garage.
The original sticker price including MB phone was 83,000 plus.
Good Luck to all you new and used MB owners.
I STILL LOVE MY CAR
PGP

NZ Benz · 01-19-2006, 06:05 PM

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Tbilisi79 - 12/31/2005 1:33 PM

I am the second owner, 1st owner had the car since new with alkl books, and records of service with MB half way through the life. [:D]

I would never buy a new MB unless I have millions of dollars to spare. Its just not worth it, car looses 10 grand week after its out of the dealership.

Buying a new car through a business is where its at. Depreciation mmmmm tax writeoff. Ex demos are also a good buy.