Accident-free, rust-free top-of-the-line Mercedes that exudes class

This wonderful car still has had only 2 owners since new (not completely true, but I'll detail, if you like).

This Mercedes-Benz 560SEL represented the penultimate Mercedes offeredfor model year 1988. The new price for this car was more than$90,000--in 1988 Dollars! The only way to spend more money on a M-B carin that year was to buy the limousine.

If you have seen the movie "Beverly Hills Cop", please watch the scenewhere the villain is being driven away from his mansion in a blackMercedes. This guy is supposed to be richer than Croesus, but you cansee clearly on the trunk that it is a 500SEL! In my opinion, the reasonit was a 500 and not a 560 was the rarity of 560's.

This example has always lived in Phoenix, has no accident history, andno rust. All of the glass is original, including the windshield. Its original owner (an older doctor) drove it mostly from hisgarage to the hospital garage and back. Needless to say there isabsolutely no evidence of smoking having ever been tolerated either inor near this marvelous machine. The sunroof works perfectly and doesn'tleak. The interior is wonderful. It still has its original rear-seatfoot rests, and they are perfect, as is the carpet and the leather.

In fact, the front seats have never been sat in! That's right. Thedoctor ordered sheep skins when the car was new, and he took deliverythat way. They've never been off! I added the dash carpet and changedthe tires, which had plenty of tread left, just because they were so oldthat they were becoming dry-rotted and cracked from sheer age.

The car has done light duty its whole life.

Very few people realize how really quick and fast this top-of-the-lineMercedes is, but it never fails to impress - all the while, gettingbetter than 16 miles per gallon in city driving! Although cruising atthe highest legal speed limit is effortless (this is truly an Autobahnrocket), there is rarely the temptation to exceed. One feels relaxed,(dare I say regal?) traveling in this magnificent machine, and thecares of the world, the pressures of schedules, the oppression ofdemands on your time, seem less urgent. You are already where you wantto be.

Recently; I decided to do a mechanical and cosmetic refresh, since itseemed like I would be driving it for many more years. I bought (andhave receipts for) more than $800 in brand new pieces; including:

New top-of-the-line, cross-drilled and slotted Disc Brake Rotors and Ceramic Pads--all 4 corners
New top-of-the-line, Inner and Outer Wheel Bearings, Races and Seals, Front and Rear--FAG Brand
New rear suspension gas accumulators--the good ones--not the cheap ones that don't live more than a year or two
New blow-proof rebuilt Cruise Control Module--correcting one of the few weaknesses in this model

I had located a painter (a true artist) who could re-spray the top-sidepaint fading (it's a 27-year-old car, after all) for a reasonable price,and was about to have the new mechanical bits (and more installed) bymy Mercedes tech, when I was presented with the opportunity to purchase areally outstanding, newer car for a super price. I bought it.

My 10-year love affair with this S-Class classy classic must now come to an end. I need the room.

My 560 starts and runs beautifully. The climate control functions as itshould. I spent $750+ last year for all-new air conditioning, including a new climate control panel. The pricehas been made such that this car will be irresistible to the rightbuyer. The effective price for the car is less than $1200, once youconsider the $800+ in new parts that come with it. If you have theability to get the repairs made reasonably (I have a very professionalMercedes Tech), or you want to do the work yourself, it will make you areally outstanding deal.

I bought it as a classy real estate car, and it has been that and more; but now it is someone's else turn. I am retiring, too.

Just driving it makes one feel somehow like a better person.
The legal stuff:
This is a 27-year-old car. There is no warranty of any sort (except possibly for the new parts included), either expressed or implied.
This car is as I have described it. However; everybody has a different idea about the meanings of one word or another. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND that the would-be buyer come and inspect the car prior to auction end. It is an old car. The repair costs that it does need will be virtually all on the labor side of the equation, since I am including most of the (brand new - top of the line) parts that will be needed to complete the renewing. However; someone might think that I didn't do a good enough job of describing some specific thing or other that they find isn't to their liking. Fair enough. I will hold nobody to their offer, if after a belated inspection before delivery they decide that they either cannot or will not complete the transaction based upon my claimed misrepresentation. However; I will require that person to pay my eBay fees, in order to withdraw their offer. Otherwise; everyone reading this knows the drill your offer is a legally binding contract, and you should expect to be required to perform.
I will help with loading for those who want the car shipped. All arrangements are the Buyer's responsibility.
It seems silly to state that scammers are not welcome, for obvious reasons. Please see my eBay record. I have been on eBay since the 1990's. We can work out whatever complaint you might have, if you are negotiating in good faith.

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