08-23-2007, 11:06 AM | #1 |
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MB's I used to like and how little they are worth now
Just taking a stroll on ebay and looked up a few cars I used to lust after when I was young and stupid. They still tug at me for incomprehensible reasons.
R129 '01 SL600 Silver Arrow '98 C43 AMG And the coolest one, '86 190E 2.3-16V |
08-23-2007, 01:41 PM | #2 |
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wow, that SL600 is an '02? It looks so dated now.
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08-23-2007, 02:06 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, they milked that design for WAY too long. It came out in '89 as a '90 model.
Funny, in 1990 the SL500 had an MSRP of $100K. By the late 90's it had MANY improvements and they dropped the price to $80K (but not on the SL600 which continued to sell for $125K). If you want a nice V12, that's the way to go though. You can get a 130K+ car that's onlya few years old for under $40K now. |
08-23-2007, 02:42 PM | #4 |
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08-23-2007, 03:11 PM | #6 |
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Not saying I want one now, just that given that I was an MB fanboi back then, I really, really should have gone for that vs the slushie 2.6. Last edited by FC; 08-23-2007 at 04:12 PM. |
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08-23-2007, 03:55 PM | #8 |
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Wow, that Nardi steering wheel looks really out-of-place. That car is too new to sport that wheel. That would be out of place in my car.
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08-23-2007, 07:10 PM | #10 |
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My gf's father has a 2001 SL500 with the AMG appearance package. It has like 20k miles on it. It's nice, but definitely feels like and early '90s car.
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