Your car came with drilled front, solid rear. A Mercedes aficionado would know that, and be turned off by the drilled rears. The more modified a Mercedes appears, particularly an older S class, the less appealing to an informed buyer.
What tends to happen with older S classes is that they are bought by people who don’t understand the maintenance requirements. They spend their money on accessories instead of tending to the car. It results in huge hidden bills to be brought up to spec, and the dealers will no longer work on a car as old as yours, because the pattern has been repeated so many times:
- Buyer gets a “good deal“ on an S class
- S class breaks down because it wasn’t cared for
- S class gets towed to the dealership (free, thanks Mercedes)
- Dealership gives the owner an estimate that the owner can’t afford
- Owner throws a fit in the dealership, loud, often profane
- Owner abandons car at dealership
- Dealership has to go through process to posses and auction the car
This was the pattern at Mercedes of Virginia Beach. At one point last year, they had 90, not a typo, 90, abandoned cars on their lot. Making their lives difficult by taking up space, and requiring a ton of paperwork to get rid of them.
New policy: They will not touch a car over 15 years old. Like this one.
But this car will be more appealing to the low budget “fronter” who wants to look like they have money by buying an older, cheap, S class.
If you’re trying to separate the latter fool from their money, then perhaps those drilled rotors, along with the aftermarket wheels, will seal the deal.
But a Mercedes aficionado will know that this, with the aftermarket wheels, aftermarket brakes, is really a hooptie that should be avoided.