2007 C55 AMG estate - buying advice
Discussion
Hi all, I've viewed this car once, and I'd like to buy it.
It has surface rust in all four wheel-arches, and the current owner and I have discussed this and negotiated a small reduction in price.
The two rear arches:
I've discussed the car (and sent the photographs too) the place which has painted my 911: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8131181@N05/albums/7...
They provided the quote which I then used to negotiate the price.
The concern of the body shop is that there may be more serious rust where it cannot be seen, further round into the wheel-arch - this (in their words) would be "walk away" rust.
What's the best way of making certain that this is just surface rust, which can be buzzed off with a wire-wheel, rather than deep rot?
Also, what else should I look at?
It has surface rust in all four wheel-arches, and the current owner and I have discussed this and negotiated a small reduction in price.
The two rear arches:
I've discussed the car (and sent the photographs too) the place which has painted my 911: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8131181@N05/albums/7...
They provided the quote which I then used to negotiate the price.
The concern of the body shop is that there may be more serious rust where it cannot be seen, further round into the wheel-arch - this (in their words) would be "walk away" rust.
What's the best way of making certain that this is just surface rust, which can be buzzed off with a wire-wheel, rather than deep rot?
Also, what else should I look at?
Dammit said:
Yes, I would think so, but that's not going to be possible before buying the car so I'm hoping that someone else has experience of this and can offer the benefit of it.
There's no way of knowing for sure what lurks under the covers. My present S class had superficial rust on the rear arches, the body shop removed the sill covers before giving a quote, luckily the rest of the car is solid.My previous W210 also had superficial rust on the front and rear arches, the sills were rotten, collapsing when lifting on the factory jack.
Dammit said:
78,000 miles, 11k
As a general rule if there's rust poking its ugly head out in the places you can see there will always be more rust lurking in the places you cannot..Spending 11k and then a chunk on paint and rust repairs on a car that'll be soon passing 80k does'nt really make sense but then again C55 AMG estates are now on the endangered list so maybe worth saving before they become extinct!
Liking it a lot - it's fast and comfortable, has many more toys than the Volvo 850R that it replaced and whilst not, ultimately, as fast, it is significantly more comfortable and the automatic gearbox was a significant reason why I wanted to change.
= I'm no longer willing to drive a manual car through stop-start London traffic.
I think it's a really good partner to my 911, between the two cars I've got a lot of bases covered.
= I'm no longer willing to drive a manual car through stop-start London traffic.
I think it's a really good partner to my 911, between the two cars I've got a lot of bases covered.
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