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Old 11-04-2003, 10:30 PM
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He has the 1973 300SEL 4.5, but it's not much of a long distance-never-needs-attention kinda car. Actually, Dad's current stable consists of:

1990 190E 2.6
1979 450SL
1973 300SEL
AND a Dodge pick-up.

His insurance bills are killers, but he can't bring himself to sell any of them. The 300SEL gets driven occasionally in the summer. He drives the 450SL the least, as it was kinda Mom's car. It might get sold, and if so I might buy it. It was just too good a buy to pass up, just the same way the 300SEL was. He was thinking that he could sell the 450SL and take the insurance money, and he'd have about $40K, enough for lots of nice cars. However, the SL is a tough sell this time of year. The spring brings rag-top buyers.

The 190E has snow tires already on it. (Lots of snow here now...)
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