The BaT thread for the cars we won't buy, but kinda wish we would

[robg]

Originally Posted by kognito

My cousin had one of those. He was a programmer for Atari, he was the lead programmer on the arcade video game Pole Position. He bought his 959 with his bonus check from Atari. I don't know if this is true or not, but he was always proud that he got his before someone at Apple got theirs

His brother, who now works for Audi, was a designer for Dodge and worked on the first Viper platform.

Sounds like you have some cool cousins!

[Josh (PA)]

This is a sharp euro E36M
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/1...-m3-euro-spec/

[kognito]

Originally Posted by robg

Sounds like you have some cool cousins!

Yes, but they are the kids if my father's sister. Neither my father or his sister are alive today, and their relationship was never a strong one, so we cousins were never very close.

I did see the one who owned the Porsche about 8 years ago. (he only kept it for about 3 years) He took us out for a day on his boat near Port Townsend WA shortly after we moved to Monroe WA

[SCA]

2022 BMW M5 CS: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2022-bmw-m5-cs-3/

Instantly at $156k. There was recently one on P Car Market with less than 50 miles that did not meet reserve, but somebody hit the buy it now afterwards for $200k.

[John V]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

This is a sharp euro E36M
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/1...-m3-euro-spec/

I love that but the wing ruins it.

[lip277]

There is something that keeps drawing me to the W126's.....

[RMR]

Originally Posted by lip277

There is something that keeps drawing me to the W126's.....

Love the W126. The epitome of the old analog big MB's. My dad had a 1987 560SEL for years. It was solid as a rock and nothing went wrong in 12 years of ownership. I miss those things.

[robg]

Originally Posted by lip277

There is something that keeps drawing me to the W126's.....

Yep whenever I see one of these I kinda want to buy one.


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[wdc330i]

isn’t this FC’s dream car?

I think this represented quality and luxury unobtanium for a lot of us back in the day. I had a friend whose mom had one of those. And I thought, this is a rich people’s car. So different from the vinyl econoboxes my family had. And, yet, we were still privileged by comparison to most.

[JST]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

isn’t this FC’s dream car?

I think this represented quality and luxury unobtanium for a lot of us back in the day. I had a friend whose mom had one of those. And I thought, this is a rich people’s car. So different from the vinyl econoboxes my family had. And, yet, we were still privileged by comparison to most.

It's funny--I drove one of these in HS, and while it always did strike me as a rich person's car, it also cemented a (largely accurate) view in my head of Mercedes as being German Buicks.

The same HS friend also had an E30. That was much more of a revelation, even with a slushbox.

EDIT: Actually, I had another friend with a '66 Riviera and the Buick was more interesting to drive than the Mercedes.