OGS

All,

before I picked up my 2005 LS430, I drove a 1998 Benz SLK 230 Kompressor. this was the car that got seriously rear ended back in Nov. I finally got the car back yesterday, and after 18k the car LOOKS BRAND NEW! I was planning on selling it but am thinking of keeping it and making it the "toy" car.

the only thing the car needs right now, are shocks and some nice wheels.


What ya all think? Keep it or sell it off?

jet864

Personally, for a fun car I think you need more power than the SLK can provide. If you disagree and think you can still have that fun with the current engine, by all means. Since you just spent that much to get it repaired I don't think it would make much sense to sell it off and lose money...Keep it.

James

rominl

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it can be a nice fun car, but personally i would get something else as a "fun" car too.

OGS

Well I would agree, the SLK has no power what so ever. Since my bro's EXT got jacked he took my LS430 and I got my mom's SL500....so it seems that I could out run the SLK .

But I did the car for free, and insurance paid the 18k. All I had to pay for was a tip to the body shop that did all the work....

I was also thinking about getting the upgraded pully kit/exhaust/intake/ECU upgrades which would only come out to be around 5k w/ labor. But still ONLY get 240 or so HP to the wheels.

OGS

haha...thought I would post these pics of what it looked like after the accident...

jet864

Ahhh, that makes more sense then. If the insurance picked it up and it's as good as you say it is you should keep it because it probably has a salvage title on it after the accident? That could make it tough to sell or cause you to lose out quite a bit on the resale.

However, if you really want something that's more fun there are multiple choices I would consider "better" than an SLK230 Kompressor.

James

OGS

you would think it would be a salvage title, but I asked the body shop and they tell me that it isn't since there was no frame damage. I bought the car fax report and it also came out clean.

Hum.....something sounds wrong to me....

gs400998

If it is all paid off, keep it as a grocery getter or suntan machine

timoc42

bring it to kleemann ...and then, you'll have a better 'fun' car.

tim

encore888

Any pics of how it looks now after the repairs?

rominl

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damn that's a bad hit, the rear was gone....

OGS

Here are the after repair picks...

rominl

iTrader: (4)

damn, indeed that's a new car

but with the salvage title on the car, how much can you sell it?

OGS

That is the thing, from what I am told the car isn't a salvage title. even the carfax report came back as clean....

Before the accident with the dents on the rear panels, they were offering 15k. Its a 98 with only 70k miles on it.

rominl

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yeah, that's what i find out about carfax too, their information is getting worse and worse.... my friend his car got over 12k repair (on a wrx) and nothing is showing up on the record... it's just amazing...