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2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
Sorry, but that's just how I see it. But then, I *like* old pickups.
And, like in this case, interpretation of those pics can differ. Seat looks good to me, for example.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
And I thought it turned heads before. I think the tires really catch the eye - I know I was being looked at today.
Running fine, but turn signals are occasionally weird, the don't seem to light up bright enough on the instrument cluster.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Sunny this morning, took a few more pics:
I am not sure if French market cars had the yellow tint. It's definitely a 60s spy movie bad guy car.
I called about this and am intrigued. The car is the product of a father/son project and by the time that this was completed, the son had moved on. The car hasn't been used regularly in about 10 years but it has been on and off the road. The car was stripped to metal and painted and the bumpers dipped 10 years ago. I don't know yet how much bodywork was done. The car has a rebuilt 400 but he didn't offer much details on that while on the phone.
I'm trying to see when I can get to it. The question is what i would be getting into in getting this on the road and used regularly, but only as a weekend car. What does everyone think?
sounds like it must run and drive, so hard to think the work needed to get back on the road will be too onerous or expensive. The bodywork and paint is usually what kills you.
not a valuable car, but also not very expensive. If you just want something fun to cruise around in and enjoy, why not? Still probably makes nice rumbly noises and will light the tires. And real easy to make it faster or louder if you want to.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
matching #s are also not important on a car of this price level and type. (1973 is sort of the falling off point for "purists")
I've had the bobblehead since ~1996, it's a 60s vintage one (a hockey player), found it in some little antique shop and couldn't resist it. I had seen an old car with a nodder on the dash, and wanted one too.
Surprising, worth a bit more than I paid for it
Just north of Stuttgart, apparently a 26 year old mechanic was "testing" the car, and had an unfortunate incident. Damage estimated at 650K Euro.
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Online translators aren't the best, but Google's attempt is the following:
Pleidelsheim: Because he's probably been traveling fast, it has a 26-year-old on Tuesday afternoon on the county road between 1700 and Mundelsheim Pleidelsheim worn (the district of Ludwigsburg) with a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing from the curve. The classic car after the accident only scrap, the damage is around 650,000 euros.
After dpa information an employee of a dealer had taken in Pleidelsheim a test drive with Mercedes. The valuable vintage cars was in the shop for maintenance.
As the police reports, the 26-year-old came to the county road towards Pleidelsheim draw level at the output of Höpfigheim a left curve to the left of the road. The classic car rolled over in the accident and suffered a total loss. The 26-year-old was unharmed.
but no, it is not a total loss. It will be rebuilt.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
They'll probably rebuild it, because the value for those cars is only going UP, but at the moment there's not a penny's profit in it, IMO.
Let's say you could sell it restored for $900,000--is it worth doing?
Maybe the Mercedes museum would like to have another one--they could fix it up real nice. They only made 1400 of them, and I'd guess less than 1,000 are still alive.
"If your classic __________ got totaled, would you use the payoff to buy the same type of car again?"
No need to, I already have a backup! :P
If my DeSoto ever got totaled, I think I would try to seek out another '57-58, as long as it's at least a Firedome or Fireflite, hardtop coupe or convertible.
If the Catalina ever got totaled, maybe use the payoff as an excuse to advance to a Bonneville? Or, if I wanted another big convertible, I wouldn't mind a '72 Impala or '75 LeSabre.
As for my LeMans, if it got totaled, I dunno if I'd seek out another one. As for my New Yorkers, if one got totaled, I'd hold onto the wreckage for parts for the other one, but I think I'd simply bank any payout, rather than add to the fleet.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Now that I think about it, I've always wanted a '61-62 Caddy. So, if something happened to one of my rides, maybe I'd put the settlement towards that.
It is the first time I've tried Google Translate. It really doesn't account for the differences in sentence structure between German and English.
Like I'd even want another ION!
Now, with the wife's Mazda, we'd probably go with another SUV.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
For me, that's a resounding "NO!" Not because I don't like my antiques/classics, but simply because the most valuable part of any of them (to me) is their history. Without that, I wouldn't have a good enough reason to have them to make me seek out another.
Owned the same make 3.5 times. Mustang and Explorer about 8 yrs apart; Tacoma and 4Runner about 6 yrs apart; Accord and TSX (thus the .5) about 4 yrs apart.
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Hmm...I don't know. Fintail has a mere 5K of agreed value coverage with Hagerty - could probably find an OK old MB for that kind of money, but I don't know. Fintails are not expensive, but not easy to find a decent one anymore. I might be stuck. I wonder if they'd let me keep the tires :shades:
Really nice fintails seem to have crept up a little, maybe I should add a grand to that value.
Exactly the same with me with my 28 year old. I would be very hesitant to pick up a replacement car with an unknown history.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Really good question. I wish I had a good answer.
In my case I would be getting a cheque for $18,000. I know I wouldn't want the exact same model/year again. But whether I'd want something close, something very different, or anything at all is really hard to say.
I never use the Cutlass these days and I hold onto it thinking that once I'm retired, I'll do a bunch of things to it and with it. But who can say for sure.
At times I think I'd like to have a Chrysler fuselage car, but I suspect I would drive it even less than the Cutlass. At times I think I'd like to have a modern sporty car, like a Mustang GT - but $18K won't buy one of those.
It is a really difficult thing to figure out.
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