

A well-kept R129-generation Mercedes-Benz SL500 from 2000, offered with a clean history, a dual-roof setup and documented mechanical work, is being sold with several cosmetic flaws openly noted by the seller.

A well-kept R129-generation Mercedes-Benz SL500 from 2000, offered with a clean history, a dual-roof setup and documented mechanical work, is being sold with several cosmetic flaws openly noted by the seller.
Clean history, 51k miles, and the seller still lists the cosmetic flaws up front. Sure, that’s the honest bit, but it’s exactly how these things end: the hardtop bill arrives after the hammer falls, and nobody mentions the R129 wiring gremlins until you’re already bidding.