1996 Mercedes Benz C200, Surrey. SOLD

[disasterbus]

FOR SALE SOLD - 1996/P Mercedes W202 C200, 2.0 litre, petrol, automatic.


A fairly well known car here on Retro Rides, having previously been owned by Mercdan68.

This was a bit of a 'spur of the moment' purchase by me a last year. Don't get me wrong, this is a great car and I'm really enjoying owning and driving it, but as often happens, something else has caught my attention.

So my W202 model C200 is up for sale. I've got 6 cars but I'm moving in May to a house which only has parking for 3, some some of mine have to go.

It's one of the last of the really well engineered Mercedes models, before the accountants took over from the engineers at MB. The build quality is great and this is a particularly good example without the rust and unreliability issues which affects the later Merc's.

Brief highlights are:
* superb condition for it's age, both inside and out
* Main Dealer Service History upto 80,000 miles, local garages after that
* 135,000 miles
* newly refurbished and powdercoated 'MonoBlock 16" alloys with a set of newly fitted matching tyres.
* new MOT expires Feb 2024
* newly fitted brand new set of OEM standard height springs from Germany.
* modern CD player recently fitted (original radio cassette still works and is included)
* all the usual Mercedes Benz features - central locking, cruise control, sunroof, PAS, electric windows and mirrors, 2 original keys, original owners pack & First Aid Kit, etc

To be honest, the previous owner, Mercdan68 did all the work on the car and describes it better than I do.

His 'build thread' is here - forum.retro-rides.org/thread/221311/mondeo-ghia-arrival-type-jaguar (ignore the title, those are his current cars - the early part of the thread relates to this and his other Mercs).

Danny's 'for sale' thread from when I bought the car is here - forum.retro-rides.org/thread/223527/1996-mercedes-w202-c200-auto


The car hasn't changed much since I've owned it, apart from the set of standard height springs and different alloy wheels fitted. To be honest, it drives much better now than it did with the old wheel / tyre / lowered springs combination. There are loads of photos on Danny's threads which I hope he won't mind me directing you to.


Ultimately the plan is to sell everything in the Spring and just have one retro / classic. It's the wrong time of year to sell my other cars (unless anyone fancies an MGB, VW Beach Buggy or VW T5 camper) which are tucked up for the winter.






Asking Price slashed to just £2100 for the Merc, which is massively less than what it owes me. I'm in Surrey if you want to come and have a look. Not looking for a P/X as I have too many cars already!

Fresh photos to be added later today.

[Mercdan68]

Superb car and yes I miss it already
The new owner will love this car
I’ve owned eight W202 mercs this one is a proper mint car
Absolutely no rot issues and drives like new
Glwts Kerry

[maf260]

Beach buggy details please...

[disasterbus]

Dec 19, 2022 16:29:08 GMT maf260 said:

Beach buggy details please...

sent you a PM

[disasterbus]

BUMP

Price reduced and booked in for a new MOT so will come with 13 months MOT.

[disasterbus]

MOT booked for next Monday, so will come with at least 12 months MOT.

I've also bought a set of brand new OEM standard height springs and these rather nice 16" Merc MonoBlock alloys which are having a nice set of 225/45x16 Uniroyals fitted.

Will post pics next week of the alternative springs and wheels fitted.


a poor, ghetto-photoshop mock up....





of these wheels and tyres fitted....

[disasterbus]

STILL FOR SALE - but the spec has changed a bit, so the ad has been edited......

Nice as the car looked with the lowered springs and Orbit wheels, it was a bit too low for use as a daily driver.

Brand new OEM springs were ordered from Germany and a set of wheels and tyres were sourced locally. I'm told the wheels are 16" x 8" MonoBlock's, and apparently pretty sought after? I didn't know that when I bought them - I just liked the design (and the price!).

The car was booked into my buddy's garage (ADL Motors at Chertsey) to get the springs, shocks and wheels sorted and for an MOT.

The wheels came out nicely in gloss black with the new matching set of tyres...






That was followed by lots of swearing and cursing about Germans over-engineering everything, to fit the new suspension and dial it all in....




All this took a couple of days, but I didn't mind as the Courtesy Car they lent me was a blast to drive around in for a few days




I have to say, the car drives so much better now (and I can get on and off my drive without scraping the exhaust!)




So still for sale, price reduced a lot as I know times are hard for many of us but new wheels / tyres / springs and a fresh MOT

[Peter C]

The new wheels are C208 CLK wheels, which are not particularly special but they do the job.

[disasterbus]

BUMP

New Spec,

New wheels, tyres and suspension,

New MOT,

New Reduced Price!!

£2100 ono £1750ono

New Photos taken yesterday:

[disasterbus]

More photos - taken yesterday.

This really is a great condition Mercedes and drives as well as it looks.

[disasterbus]

and a few more....

[coltgxl]

That's a lovely Mercedes,i need to do an advert for my V70,quickly!

[disasterbus]

now just £1850 £1750 ono

www.carandclassic.com/car/C1553949

[Shadow1]

Hope not to offend. But does not look as nice with those wheels on. It looked just about perfect with the orbit wheels on. I am sure it is still a great car. So no offence intended.

[braaap]

Even with the orbits on, without the lows, it's just not the same car anymore.

[disasterbus]

Feb 26, 2023 11:49:41 GMT Shadow1 said:

Hope not to offend. But does not look as nice with those wheels on. It looked just about perfect with the orbit wheels on. I am sure it is still a great car. So no offence intended.

Feb 26, 2023 15:21:37 GMT braaap said:

Even with the orbits on, without the lows, it's just not the same car anymore.

It looked great but was fairly undriveable on the roads around where I live - way too many pot-holes and speed ramps meant it was scraping the exhaust virtually every time I drove it. With 4 people in, it even scraped the kerb going in or out of my drive!

The orbits looked good, but the tyres fitted were cheapo Chinese 'ditch-finders' & too low profile and not wide enough, so were stretched onto the rims, leaving the polished edges very vulnerable.

Hence the extensive re-write of the advert which makes it very clear what has been done.

No, it's not the same car, but the damage to the exhaust has been repaired, the suspension has been re-set so it drives and handles like it should, it has 4 new tyres, freshly powder-coated wheels, a new MOT....

.... and it's been reduced by £600 £750!

[crossy10]

The new wheels in silver would’ve looked better imo. Looks a clean example though, glwts

[Mercdan68]

It is a good car ……..ditchfinders i drove hundreds of miles to shows In that car and never found a ditch

[braaap]

disasterbus
I was replying to Shadow1 and like him it was not intended to offend You. If You feel that way and Your reaction suggests this, I deeply appologize.

Your C class is surely a good car, probably even better than others - it just doesn't look THAT SPECIAL anymore, even if it is now much more useable for You or others.

btw. isn't keeping it now after all those investments an option? You know best how good it is, it won't scrape anymore, so why not daily it now?

edit: I've re-read Your first post and it reads to me You only want one car on Your next (three car) drive. So not an option.

[disasterbus]

Feb 27, 2023 10:40:08 GMT braaap said:

disasterbus
I was replying to Shadow1 and like him it was not intended to offend You. If You feel that way and Your reaction suggests this, I deeply appologize.

Your C class is surely a good car, probably even better than others - it just doesn't look THAT SPECIAL anymore, even if it is now much more useable for You or others.

btw. isn't keeping it now after all those investments an option? You know best how good it is, it won't scrape anymore, so why not daily it now?

edit: I've re-read Your first post and it reads to me You only want one car on Your next (three car) drive. So not an option.

@braap - don't worry, I wasn't offended at all

I'm the first to admit it isn't such a cool looking ride without the Orbits and lowered springs, but I changed them to make it suit my needs better. Our moving plans suddenly jumped forward by 3 months and taking all 6 cars with me is not an option unfortunately. As you say, the Merc is now a great and reliable daily driver but just isn't needed now.

The Camper, MG and Beach Buggy will all go up for sale when the weather gets a bit better. I'd like to get down to one daily and one 'toy'