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Old 06-15-2010, 10:44 PM
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Who's flying this thing ?
 
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A keeper.

That's a gem of an original car, and ALL the important work has been done.

You could buy it and simply enjoy it for the next 5-10 years and basically do nothing. Just about EVERYthing needed to be done on a TIME basis has been done.

Original right down to the factory floor mats. Looks like euro lights and the ugly US headlight wipers are gone.

A turn key driver, low mileage but everything up to date. Well bought, one to drive and just enjoy.


Even in a ho-hum color, like white, it's a '91, the very last model year of them, and if it's an unrusted, unmolested, original one like this, with no accident repair, you could pay about $12,000 -$13,000 for it, and STILL make the argument you got plenty of value for the price.


New, it would have cost $70,000 or so. The 560SEL was the flagship of the 1991 line, sold (or leased) to multimillionaires, plutocrats, captains of industry, footballers, rock stars, diplomats, people with boatloads of cash who wanted the best.

And they were built to a cost no object standard of German quality, safe, long lasting, durable, reliable and designed to achieve interstellar mileage, and parts are still easily available if you need them.

(Beautiful job of photography, too !!!!! )
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