1997 Mercedes-Benz SL500

43 CommentsPosted as: ClearPOST COMMENT June 18th, 2026 at 4:32pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 1@MIMAVA congratulations on a great car at an incredibly low price. My loss is your gain and I know you will love this car for many years to come, as I have. June 18th, 2026 at 4:07pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 2Hi everyone. I was able to get online on my flight. The car has now reached the reserve, so it WILL SELL TODAY! It is still at a bargain basement price for this beautiful car and whoever snags it will be very happy. Thanks for all the great comments and questions. Happy bidding and good luck!June 18th, 2026 at 3:58pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0@Jj123vw I can happily assist with getting it picked up and loaded onto a transporter of your choosing, but you would need to responsible for the transport and logistics, customs etc. but there are many companies that do this all day. June 18th, 2026 at 3:52pm ESTJj123vw (0) 0Can you ship to the UK and if so cost ? June 18th, 2026 at 3:49pm ESTMIMAVA (1) 0Sorry to ask Patrick, why are u selling the car??June 18th, 2026 at 3:43pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 1@MIMAVA Hi, yes. One of the last photos shows a log of all the services that the previous owner or I did, or had done. There are not that many factory services because of the very low mileage. June 18th, 2026 at 3:36pm ESTMIMAVA (1) 0Hi According to the Carfax report the las service was done 2017, do you know really when was the last time and what the did to it?June 18th, 2026 at 3:02pm EST$19,999 bid placed by @MIMAVAJune 18th, 2026 at 2:36pm EST$19,263 bid placed by @OgoKnightJune 18th, 2026 at 12:40pm ESTallmack (11) 1Beautiful SL. Good luck.June 18th, 2026 at 11:28am ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0Good morning everyone. Only 5hrs left in this auction. This is truly a beautiful, untouched SL500 with low miles and soft, supple leather seats. There are not many left in this condition. Bids close around 4:20PM ET / 1:20PM PT. I will be on a plane at that time so if you have any last questions to make you comfortable with how truly nice this car is, please ask them now and I will answer as quickly and as well as I can. Hopefully one of you gets to enjoy this Benz as much as I have. Happy bidding! Patrick June 17th, 2026 at 9:54pm EST$19,013 bid placed by @MIMAVAJune 17th, 2026 at 9:24pm EST$17,000 bid placed by @jrviktora1985June 17th, 2026 at 9:22pm ESTjrviktora1985 (0) 0Thanks for your quick reply ,Safe travels June 17th, 2026 at 8:25pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0@jrviktora1985 I apologize that I don't seem to have posted the window sticker. The timing of the auction unfortunately happened while I am traveling this week so I can’t get access to it to post. But it does show the initial price as $109,000 if I recall correctly! These cars really are still incredible value for money given their luxury and features, but well cared for ones are on the rise. June 17th, 2026 at 8:20pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0@jrviktora1985 photo 40 shows the roll bar up. The video shows the roll bar being manually raised and lowered. Since the automatic deployment only triggers when the car rolls over, I decided not to video that! There are no check engine lights. You can see all dash lights in the photos and on the comments below I posted a YouTube link to a cold start video where you will see the dashboard lights after starting. June 17th, 2026 at 7:46pm EST$16,750 bid placed by @MIMAVAJune 17th, 2026 at 7:15pm EST$16,500 bid placed by @jrviktora1985June 17th, 2026 at 7:15pm ESTjrviktora1985 (0) 0Is it possible to post the build sheet or window sticker ThanksJune 17th, 2026 at 6:59pm ESTjrviktora1985 (0) 0am l missing something ,l don’t see the emergency roll bar up ,does the system work properly .l believe it can be raised manually or independently . Do you have any pictures showing its operation ,Also any check engine lights or faults June 17th, 2026 at 6:58pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0@MIMAVA Sorry. Missed the question. The date code of that spare tire is the same as the car. 1997!June 17th, 2026 at 6:57pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0@MIMAVA Hi. The 4x original factory rims that you see in the photos do not have tires. The spare wheel in the trunk (that you also see in the photos) has the factory original tire, still with the factory wax and chalk tread markings on it. This is because I value highly factory-original cars. I’d suggest adding a basic cheap / used tire to one of the empty rims and using that day-to-day as the spare if you wanted to retain the original spare tire, say for concours events. June 17th, 2026 at 6:17pm ESTMIMAVA (1) 0CAN YOU TELL ME PATRICK THOSE PIRELLI P6000 TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE ORIGINAL RIMS THE YEAR OF MANUFACTURE? DO YOU HAVE 2 OR THE SET OF 4?June 17th, 2026 at 6:00pm EST$16,013 bid placed by @MIMAVAJune 17th, 2026 at 5:50pm ESTjrviktora1985 (0) 0That is $1.25 per mile ! June 17th, 2026 at 5:49pm ESTjrviktora1985 (0) 0Shipping costs have gone up aprox $1.25 for an enclosed trailer I wouldn’t take a chance with an open trailer especially this time of year hale damage would destroy this car!June 17th, 2026 at 5:36pm EST$15,400 bid placed by @jrviktora1985June 17th, 2026 at 4:02pm EST$15,013 bid placed by @MIMAVAJune 17th, 2026 at 3:59pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 1@MIMAVA yes, the original wind deflector is still in the trunk. There is a photo of it in the included photo set. When I bought the car I fitted it to test that it worked, but I have never used it and to me it looks like the previous owner never used it either. It is like new. June 17th, 2026 at 3:55pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 1@MIMAVA I’d say 100% left. They’ve done only a handful of miles since new. June 17th, 2026 at 3:52pm ESTMIMAVA (1) 0PATRICK DO U HAVE ANY MEASUREMENT OF THE TIRES % OF LIFE LEFT? AN ESTIMATE?June 17th, 2026 at 2:47pm ESTMIMAVA (1) 0DO YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL WIND DEFLECTOR?June 17th, 2026 at 2:36pm ESTpatrickdotryan (7) Seller 0@MIMAVA Yes. The factory wheels are included,