The title of this thread, and most of my cogent answers to MeltedPanda's (the OP's Q) have been to address the many reasons of;
"why the sale prices for W107 SL's suck."
It's primarily supply and demand at work. As well as many other supporting components in my opinion as I have discussed at length.
Nobody is "out to get" W107 SLs......at least no one that I know of. We all love W107s....heck, I almost bought one (see my post #112) a few years ago.
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Originally Posted by alabbasi
Some people buy cars to enjoy them and others treat cars as pieces of transport.
I'm not sure where this thread is going. The majority of SL owners couldn't give a ***** if a diesel is cheaper to maintain, that's not why they bought it. It's pretty clear that the majority of owners own other cars as well an SL so what's the point in comparing a cart to a carriage?
It's pretty simple:
If you appreciate a Mercedes Benz, like driving with the top down and enjoy a powerful I6 or V8, then the R107 will fill your every need. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, you can maintain one at very little cost.
Now if you're risk averse, don't like cars with v8 engines and don't know one end of a spanner from another, then move along, this isn't the car you.
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