To my most esteemed LZ Friends...
Having had the night to sleep on it (well I say sleep as I am currently like a kid near Christmas..!!), I feel a little less nervous about it all....
I had a good chat with the Girlfriend last night as my nerves are not based on buying the car, and not so much on the fueling costs, but more the sudden 'Oh, whats that waring light mean??' nerves.....
It is well known that you can replace all 4 EAS Bags for under £300 on the P38 whereas a single bag on the L322 is just as much....
But I greatly appreciate all your very kind messages of applaud and encouragement on my most recent moment of madness....
As many have said, a Vogue on gas for a hair over the £7k mark is amazing value, and I at first didn't believe it, which is why I just had to go and have a look.
All the paperwork stacks up, and I gave a call to a local Main Dealer this morning to check the history, which they confirmed it has been to see a dealer at around the required service intervals, and that yes the engine was replaced at 112k miles, at a cost of £5,600 odd, but they wouldn't tell me why.....no matter, it has only done 25k miles on gas so should be clean and just about run in by now!!
I did ask the chap selling it why he is selling it so cheap, and he said the car doesn't owe him anything, the guy who brought it in part ex'd it fairly cheaply on a 2010 S Class Mercedes which he made a killing on so he can off load the L322 and free up space for a snip....
Once again, many many thanks for your very kind words....once I pick it up later next week - I'll let y'all know how life is - Anyone got a number for a good Butler supplier???
