Running A $4500 Mercedes S600 Isn't As Ruinous As You'd Think

Running a 10-year-old V12 Mercedes S-Class - particularly one that’s been bought for $4500 - should be financial hell. But over the course of 20 months, Tyler Hoover’s 2007 example hasn’t been as hard on the wallet as you might expect.

OK, so it’s still thrown out some fairly substantial bills, but a total outlay of $19,068 including the car itself is not bad at all. Particularly as it’s just been sold for $12,000, leaving Hoover ‘only’ $7000 worse off. Many people swallow more than that in depreciation alone over that kind of time frame without even thinking about it. In fact, as Hoover points out, that’s less than it costs to run a new Honda Civic. Not bad.

The car’s been bought by fellow journalist and YouTuber Freddy ‘Tavarish’ Hernandez, who has a similar penchant for ‘brave’ used car choices…