Seriously though if someone sees these start popping up at wholesale or auction places someone should make a thread. Curious what they’ll dump them for or if they’ll just get sold off to rental agencies
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Seriously though if someone sees these start popping up at wholesale or auction places someone should make a thread. Curious what they’ll dump them for or if they’ll just get sold off to rental agencies
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I don't think you could pay me to own an ex-Car2go car off warranty haha. The abuse those things take....Originally Posted by pheoxs
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Rental agencies probably won't want them either as to my knowledge they don't hang onto anything without warranty.
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Weird... I loved Car2Go in Calgary. I wonder if it was cannibalizing Mercedes' lower end sales? I always wondered who was paying Mercedes money just to look like they're driving a Car2Go
That being said, really sucks that they're pulling out of Calgary.
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That was my first thought. These are probably one of the worst cars a person could buy second hand. (unless they were only like $2k and completely disposable)This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Not just Calgary.
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/car2go-to...ties-1.4613823
Car2go will pull out of Calgary, Austin, Denver and Portland by Halloween 2019 and will vacate Chicago effective New Year's Eve 2019. Members in these cities will not receive refunds as credits will remain active and can be used in the cities where Car2Go will continue to operate.
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The smart cars yeah, but a bunch of the Mercedes I’ve driven are barley around 10k Kms and would still be under warranty.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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10,000 KM as a Car2Go is probably like 200,000 KM of normal usage haha. All super short trips, abusive use in the winter (people bounce off the rev limiter to warm them up), etc. The CLA is pretty old, way more than 4 years old which I believe is the warranty period, but I don't know the average age of the particular Car2Go fleet.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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This car looks like an old car2go.. Check the carfax.. 2 years as a daily rental with 17k worth of driving..This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.goauto.ca/inventory/list...onton/17052646
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I've seen the older FourTwos at Adesa Auctions before, not sure if they've only been offered to dealers or if they allowed private bidders.
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The car2go fleet is remarketed by Daimler. Their direct sales usually require someone to buy in large numbers (hundreds, if not thousands at a time). Any left overs through Adesa in Canada and Manheim in the US. It's not uncommon to still see a run list of a few hundred cars at a single auction site.
The last deal I saw was for nearly 1,200 cars. They were about a year old, averaged about 6,500 miles (~10k km) and were sold for ~55% of MSRP...
Edit - scratch that... the last deal was for 700 cars, all with under 200 miles for ~40% of MSRP... This was back in 2017. Someone at Car2Go fucked up big time, because orders had been made to replace some of the fleet, except this was just as the new style of Smart car was coming to market... Can't have your in-house care sharing service using your old merchandise... I think in total, there were a few thousand first gen cars sold off with under 200 miles in the 7k range (MSRP was ~$17,600).
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I can’t count how many benz I was in there were 10k past service due
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Tbh I’m glad
The amount of people who shouldn’t be driving yet have the opportunity with this service was terrible, people acting like they owned the cars and putting them in their garage or parking spot, grr, and parking downtown was a damn nightmare as these were everywhere...
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Back on the bus you plebs.
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Yeah I wouldn't buy a used car2go just based on personal experiences.
Found them more fun than a rental after they got rid of the eco rating setup.
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Did they have any electric smarts in Calgary? That might be something worth picking up if they're cheap enough, eh?
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Electric smarts were brutal. Had a friend that had one. Slow and no range. Barely able to do a busy day of driving in city.
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Damn, I didn't realize they were THAT shitty. Yeah, pass.
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That range was worse in winter lol. Barely get to work and back haha.
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