Leased a 2014 Touareg diesel end of last year, similar reasons. Very nice. Fancy as any Mercedes. She loves it.
I would never want to own a new Mercedes. People who don't have time for repairs only drive them for a few years until they start to become a nightmare, and then lease a new one. Ditto for BMW - been down that road. Gwagen/Steyr is a solid long term choice for DIY types, but it is a truck. US versions probably not the most economical choice at 13mpg for 30k miles a year. Has a long-term DIY cult around it, sort of like this list =:-) It is totally unlike an x5 or GL/M. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I would agree with your observations regarding values, however, the SL > people I know are realists and understand that their cars are, for the most > part, pretty much worthless. > > I paid $5k for a 1997 with 71,000 miles on it a little more than a year > ago. Everything on it was in excellent shape, except for the hydraulics. > I spent $700 to replace all 11 cylinders with rebuilds from the best > rebuilder in the country. For grins I put it on CL here in September or > October for $7,500 just to see what would happen. I got a couple of > serious lowballers that harassed me constantly over it. I think the > highest one wanted to offer me $4500 for it. > > I had to put CL on his ass because he kept emailing me after I took the > listing down. > > There was a guy who showed up on Benzworld one day with a 1991 SL500 that > had something like 3000 miles on it. It was a true garage queen that he > had purchased new and barely drove, only in the summer and in dry weather > (he lived in SE PA somewhere, I believe.) The car developed some sort of > erosion on the block at the head mating surface, causing a head gasket > leak. Only fix based on his mechanic and the MB dealer’s diagnosis was to > pull the engine, strip it down, weld up the defect and machine the surface. > > He wanted to sell it as-is. > > He told us that he was thinking $25k was a fair price, considering the > condition and low miles - it truly looked like it had just rolled off the > showroom floor. He may have even put it on eBay, I don’t recall. > > The majority of us encouraged him to have the repairs made and just drive > it. He thought he could walk away from it with a big payday. We tried to > convince him that in today’s market the car would barely be worth what he > wanted if it was 100% intact. > > Never heard any more. Not sure what he did. > > R129s are fun cars, but you don’t buy one to make money on it. I figure > mine will be around long enough for the grandkids to drive, mebbe. > > Dan > > > > > > > On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:25 PM, clay <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > panzerwagon owners are seriously deluded about the value of their > roadsters. Those cars are not going to rise in price for ages. There are > too many beat to crap examples and too few set up like new to get the > prices asked. Nobody will be willing to throw the money needed to restore > them to #1, as you would a w113. I am going out on a limb and say the way > these go up in price is as unrestored/preservation class examples. > > > > clay > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
