Is any life complete until one has had a look at the lynn tassin 380 SL thread?

It's an epic read best enjoyed with one (or several) cold beverages.

An SL will not be cheep to own from what I've read about them, you'll have to become the cars sucker to own it or so it would seem. Then again you could get lucky if you drive it lightly and sell it in 5 years for what you paid.
I think it was on this forum that I read aprox. "A 20 year old Porsche can be the lowest cost of ownership ... if you sell it for what you paid right before the timing job comes due"...or somthing along those lines.
Seems like a fine way to get around town though if you find one that catches your eye.

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1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html

One of the cars I recently sold was a 30 (28 to be exact) year old Porsche and I made almost (subtract $1200 for my niece running it into a ditch)$10K off it.

Not a big fan of the R107, I prefer the R129. They look down right sexy in black and silver!


If not a G what about a Range Rover? I really like the Rovers, and the prices are amazingly attractive on 5 year old examples.

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I had a Range Rover County in 1996 and hated it, although it was great in the muck.

No offense to any R129 owners, but I feel like those are ugly. I liked the W140 counterpart though.

Ugly! Then I guess you are an R107 buyer! As said above the 560's seem to be the most popular.

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There are 3 SL's for sale in the local paper here. Cheapest one (380) has a new top, "many new parts" and ......"needs a headgasket" - I think they wanted $3k ...around 167k miles.

The others were around $12.5k with fewer miles.

There is a shop in Sarasota that had 2 SL's for around $7k each - if you want, I'll get the guy's #

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Actually, I had read that. I forgot it was a 380. Lot of defenders there too, though.

Actually, I wasn't thinking of the lynn tassin thread in a particularly anti-380 frame of mind. I mentioned it in part because the thread has quite some discussion of some of the perceived pros and cons with respect to the various flavors of 107. There's also some discussion of things that are likely to need attention on examples of particular vintage, how much those things might cost, etc.

The other part of it is just the story! The guy was (or at least pretended to be) a real piece of work, and that's a lot of what helps to drive the thread.

I had a 450SL, and I can say that if you are in the market go for a 560SL. They are the last of the series and the most refined. Day to day repairs, fuel, and insurance won't be much more for a 560 than a 380SL. Though, here is a strong caveat, the soft top mechanism is pretty complicated and putting the top up or down takes some effort. Though not nearly as bad as a MGB, thank goodness.

I was going to suggest he review that one. I was looking at a 380 a year or so ago and came across that thread. OMG.

Checked the paper, and didn't see any 560's for sale - just the same 380's.

Want me to check again in a few days?

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Thanks for the kind offer Larry, but one will turn up near hear I am sure. I have been drooling over this link that Jim B put up over on the Vintage Forum: http://www.mirbach.de/main.asp?main=default_neuzugaenge&subnav=1

What I would really like to have is a 190 or 230 Sl, or a 280C cab. I have found a few fixeruppers, but I am just not interested in that.

If only I had known last year. There was a decent 280SL (W113) for sale down the road for around 13k. I'll let you know if I hear of anything. Maybe you should PM me, and let me know what you want to spend, so I don't ask needlessly.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

If you look at a 280(W111) cabrio, make sure it's not a bastardized coupe with the top cut off. In the late '80s boom, a few people got busted for selling converted coupes as the real deal cabrio model. A shady seller can even buy blank data plates to stamp in a cabrio vin prefix. The second three digits of the serial number must be 027 if built by Mercedes as an open car, 026 if a coupe. Just a random thought.