Not So smart Now

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart) 07/08/2020 at 12:59 • Filed to: smart

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I listed the 450 cabrio for sale last night. Within a couple hours I had 112 messages. By the time I went to bed, that number jumped to 150. I was getting so many messages that I couldn’t keep up.

I woke up to a total of 200 messages. I listed the car as running but not driving and that it was a gray market import. I thought people hated smarts and wouldn’t even give mine the time of day. But nope, the messages just kept coming. I thought I had overpriced the car, but I guess I should have charged more!

In the end I got more than I wanted to sell it for. Bye bye little car, hope you enjoy your new home.

mazda616 > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:04

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I’m glad you sold it easily! That’s always a relief. Selling stuff and dealing with buyers can be a pain.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:10

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That sure was a pleasant surprise. Frankly, I'm surprised. Selling a car within a day sure is a relief.

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:11

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That's awesome!

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:14

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Always nice when selling a car goes so smoothly.

Mercedes Streeter > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/08/2020 at 13:25

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I’m most surprised at how much interest there was for a smart that couldn’t even move under its own power. You could buy a newer driving one for what I sold this for.

A YouTube friend  has been trying to sell his forever, so I thought no way was I going to offload this quickly or for how much I wanted to get for it.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:27

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Wow, 200?

If you don’t mind me asking, how much did you get for it? I didn’t know there was a big market for gray market import smarts.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:29

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200 replies is just insane. What was the final selling price?

sony1492 > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:37

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Why is it grey market?

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 13:49

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Congrats!  I’m sad to see your Smart fleet shrinking, but also love what it is making room for.  Good job on a quick and easy sale!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > sony1492 07/08/2020 at 13:56

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The first generation Smart wasn’t sold here officially. This one was modified and homologated by another company to be sold in the states.

Pickup_man > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 14:01

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Meanwhile I’m trying to sell a perfectly functioning, but a bit rusty, truck for $2,200 and I haven’t gotten a single hit. 

Tareim - V8 powered > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 14:07

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a smart car that can’t move under it’s own power for cheap enough is the perfect excuse for an engine swap, maybe a lot of them has been watching fasterproms and want to copy it

Mercedes Streeter > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 07/08/2020 at 14:35

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I got $1700 for it. Bought it for $3k a couple years ago and I thought  I paid too much for it lol. Back then the roof didn’t work and the headlights weren’t on speaking terms with the taillights.

Mercedes Streeter > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/08/2020 at 14:38

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$1700. It was a car that had a completely shot battery, a seized alternator, and a transmission that should work fine but may also need service. I paid $3k for it a couple years ago. Back then it had electrical gremlins and a roof that didn't work.

AestheticsInMotion > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 14:39

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That's what happened to my non-running Stella scooter. I was shocked. Market seems to be in a really strange place right now

Mercedes Streeter > Pickup_man 07/08/2020 at 14:40

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That's what I expected to happen to me. Maybe smarts have newfound popularity after the fasterproms build. lol

Mercedes Streeter > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 07/08/2020 at 14:46

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Thanks!

It won’t be shrunken forever. :) I’ll back up to four in the future, but it’ll likely be a diesel or something really special (maybe a roadster???) . But that's likely a far off thing. Right now I'm optimizing the space I have for a dream team of vehicles I've always wanted.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 14:50

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Not bad at all for an inop car. What’s next? Another smart?

Mercedes Streeter > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 07/08/2020 at 15:04

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I actually sold it to make space for the Audi TT Quattro I picked up a few days ago!

Probably won't be the end of my smart collecting, but the next one will probably be a diesel or something really special like a roadster. But first, I'll want to move out of my apartment into a house or something. I'm maxed out on space.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 15:14

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Such a great car. Enjoy!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Mercedes Streeter 07/08/2020 at 15:34

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Sounds like you got your money's worth.

SpeedSix > sony1492 07/08/2020 at 15:45

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The first generation smart wasn’t distributed in the U.S. People import them through Canada, where they were sold (only with the diesel engine), or one that has already been imported by a specialty grey-market-conversion company . All the newer-generation smarts are gas-only or electric.

JMKarstetter > Pickup_man 07/08/2020 at 22:43

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Where are you at and details on said truck?

Pickup_man > JMKarstetter 07/09/2020 at 08:56

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SE South Dakota, ‘99 F-150 extended cab , 5.4, 4wd, 214,000 miles.

Rockers, bed corners, bottom of the driver door are all a bit rusted which is typical, I’d still say it’s better than the average for this area, and the box side on this side is really the worst of it.