[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by speeder

And you can find that any day of the week.

The actual ownership experience would probably be underwhelming. I've owned many older Mercedes-Benz cars including several nice w126s. Do they drive well? Absolutely. Built like a tank, turning circle like child's tricycle, always nice to look at, etc., etc... The problem is the true cost of ownership plus the additional headache of finding parts going forward. These are not "set it and forget it" cars and they never were. They required an owner dedicated to maintaining the car when they were new. The true cost of ownership is a TON of super unleaded, frequent brake jobs and suspension refreshes, small things like window switches going that virtually never happens on modern cars, all of that. They tend to spring leaks that require a lot of labor to replace a $5 seal on engines and transmissions.

If the guy who bought the OP car plans on using it for a DD and paid $150k+ for it with BaT fees, they're going to find him swinging from a tree when the ether wears off. Unless he really just hates money. Even a nice one for $15k would probably cycle through your hands in less than a year. Trying to preserve an old car requires not driving it much and opening your wallet.

You’re not the first person I’ve heard that from. I think it’s more one that I’d like to admire from afar, while I shop for a nice ‘96-‘98 SL500.