All, My parents have a Mercedes ML 350, year 2007 with 46,000 miles on it only. Dad's retiring and they're leaving the States, so I'm looking to help them sell the car. I don't want to keep it as it takes Premium fuel and my budget as a student doesn't allow for that. The car history as far as I know: 2013 Feb - bought the car from a family friend 2012 June-ish - family friend bought the car from a seller in California Prior history not known but the car was in great condition with perfect service records when the family friend, then we, bought it. It's in great condition: - We've owned it for a little over a year and a half - All services done as necessary - Oil changes and tire work has been done at Costco since it came to Houston in 2012 June - Our driving habits: only driven ~8 miles daily for work, 4-5 trips to Austin, and grocery shopping - garage parked - dad is meticulous and particular about keeping his car clean and no food inside the car - brake pads need to be changed; we will probably take care of that before selling - obviously accident free! The Kelley Blue Book value that I come up with is ~$20,000, and I would like to sell it soon. http://www.kbb.com/mercedes-benz/m-class/2007-mercedes-benz-m-class/ml350-sport-utility-4d/?condition=very-good&vehicleid=84085&intent=trade-in-sell&mileage=46000&options=5282309%7ctrue%7c5282308%7ctrue%7c1767936%7ctrue%7c2882487%7ctrue%7c1767982%7ctrue%7c1767950%7ctrue%7c1767949%7ctrue%7c1767951%7ctrue%7c1767949%7ctrue%7c1767979%7ctrue%7c1767965%7ctrue%7c1767956%7ctrue%7c1767963%7ctrue%7c1767998%7ctrue%7c1767988%7ctrue%7c5375993%7ctrue&pricetype=private-party&persistedcondition=very-good Here's one image of it from 2012 - I'll post more when I get a chance to take pictures. I'll check in here every few hours or so; else PM's will work too. Thanks!
I still don't understand why you had to sell it. Your budget doesn't allow for a $0.30 surcharge for premium fuel? You can't even get a civic these days for $17,000. Unless you already had a car and you sold the ML just to have extra cash, I'm curious to know what your mindset was on a financial standpoint.
In order of priority: 1) Yes I have another car that's also in good condition with low miles and much less expensive to service when I take it back to the dealer. I don't want this ML because in the event of any emergency service required, I wouldn't be able to take care of it myself - would have to run home to parents asking for money and I'm certainly not doing that. 2) I have too many things on my plate and wanted to get rid of this thing as soon as possible to focus on my other tasks again. I'm ok with a loss at the moment for this luxury. 3) Apart from the money issue, I'm a grad student and have this 'status' feel in my mind - I'll earn the Merc when I get to working instead of being gifted it. 4) I live in Austin and there's another headache in moving the car there and again going through the process of finding a local buyer. I just don't have enough time to work through all these things. Pretty cool effect right? I've found a buyer and it's in the process of being sold, but not off my hands just yet. Hopefully by Wednesday it should get done.
