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Amazing 2003 Mercedes-benz C240 - Clean Title - Low Miles - Socal Black Beauty on 2040-cars

Year:2003 Mileage:126500 Color: cleaning and waxing
Location:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States
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FOR AUCTION: Selling my beautiful, Southern California 2003 Mercedes-Benz C240 sedan. Car is in excellent condition and pristine in many ways. Originally sold out of Laguna Niguel, original sticker price over $35,000. Clean title, not a salvage.

Car is the sought-after and hard-to-find black and tan combination, and a truly timeless body style. Definitely the nicest, most solid and reliable car I’ve ever owned, including several other Mercedes. I would keep it forever if I didn’t need something larger ASAP. Easily holds its own against any other Mercedes; actually better quality than some newer models.


THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE

This car is a pleasure to drive. Incredibly comfortable, power everything, with all the controls at your fingertips. Car is equipped with all you’d expect and more: leather and wood interior, six-CD changer in glove box, power back shade, auto-dimming rearview mirrors, tinted moonroof/sunroof, great air and heater, individual climate controls, full power seats, auto lights, rain-sensing windshield, etc., etc.

The car has low, mostly highway miles. The V6 engine is a perfect combination of power when you need it and GREAT on gas mileage, especially for a luxury car. It is not uncommon to get 30+ MPG HIGHWAY if you’re just a little light on the pedal. Super-smooth five speed automatic transmission. Safety-wise, the car is built like a tank, yet still drives light and responsively. Google it: both critics and people who own this car LOVE it.

Besides being great looking & driving, this car has NO MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL ISSUES outside of normal wear (brake pads, burned-out bulbs), either now or since I’ve owned it. The maintenance and care of this car have been top-notch: always garaged, oil and filters changed at frequent intervals; top-of-the-line tires and alignment; suspension parts maintained/updated as needed; regular multi-step exterior cleaning and waxing; leather deep-cleaned, carpets shampooed, interior wood treated, et cetera. In fact, at its last California smog check the car had ALMOST ZERO EMISSIONS. It should qualify for the carpool lane!

This is a totally solid, very nice car. Has been my daily driver and I couldn’t be happier with its performance and reliability. Between the build quality, engineering and maintenance, I’m confident it should have at least another 100K miles or more in its life span if proper maintenance continues.

Details:

ENGINE / TRANSMISSION / DRIVETRAIN

Great! No issues. Obviously you’re not going to win any drag races with this car, but that’s probably not what you’re looking for anyway. Car is just over 126,500 miles, which is low for the age and low for the projected life span of a Mercedes.


EXTERIOR

Body and trim are in excellent condition. Incredibly straight with clean, flowing lines. Does have several (literally) small surface dings, but nothing super-noticeable, and far fewer than most other eleven-year-old cars. Plus, thanks to the thoughtfulness of a drunk driver in February, the car has a brand new OEM Mercedes rear bumper, courtesy the nicest Mercedes repair shop in Beverly Hills.

All the glass is excellent with original factory tint. Front grille shows some minor pitting/wear. All rubber and seals, excellent.

The gloss black finish is also nice. The car is black, and eleven years old, so it does have the expected wear & tear, minor/shallow surface scratches and/or swirl marks in some areas. There are also a few spots where a former owner (not me) did a black nail polish touch up, only sort of noticeably on front left fender (see picture), and it’s not even bad. Also, the paint on the top of the front bumper is starting to fade in a few spots. But in all candor, none of this really stands out and is hard to spot unless you’re actually looking for it. The car is eleven years old and shows far less wear than other similar vehicles. It looks like its pictures… lovely. ;)

 

INTERIOR

Excellent condition. Very clean. All electronics, everything works fine. Very importantly, the leather seats are supple and show almost no wear; there is no cracking anywhere. As mentioned, the carpets are shampooed and nice; all the door panels and plastic are in great shape; the wood finish is also superb. The steering wheel has some exterior wear and the factory floormats have wear as well.

The single electronic issue (in the entire car) is the trunk release does not work on the keyfob remote.

 

TIRES / BRAKES / SUSPENSION

Great condition. Recently aligned; has three nearly-new top-of-the-line BF Goodrich’s and one Pirelli (thank you, huge nail). Newer brake pads. Spare is a full-size Continental, shows no wear. All original jack, spare lug nuts and tow-hook are here. Aluminum alloy wheels are also in nice shape.


THE BOTTOM LINE

This is a really nice, clean, comfortable, great-looking, running, and driving, reliable car. It is eleven years old, so it’s not perfect and does show some wear. However, this car has been well cared-for, even babied, and is in amazing shape for its age and price point. LOW, FAIR RESERVE, so bid with confidence.

Comes with all original manuals, paperwork, and window sticker. I also have some extra bulbs and the like which I will include.

 

TERMS & DISCLAIMERS:

SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY, PLEASE. Please email any questions prior to bidding. This is an eleven year old, pre-owned car. Any and all known issues have been disclosed in good faith, so the car is being sold AS-IS with no warranty. Auction is seven days. Potential bidders may see the car by scheduling an advance appointment. Winning bidder must make a $500.00 deposit within two days of auction close, and full remaining payment within seven days of auction’s end. Funds (cashier’s check, COD) must clear the bank prior to delivery of vehicle. Winning bidder is responsible for pickup or delivery of vehicle within two weeks of auction’s close. USA only, please. No foreign bids accepted. No zero feedback buyers. Seller reserves right to end auction early due to local sale. These reasonable terms are firm, so please do not bid if you cannot abide by them. Abuse will be reported to eBay.

Thanks for your interest, and good luck!

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