[stomachmonkey]

Cars are a personal passion subject to the fluctuations of peoples emotional attachments to them.

They don't make particularly good investments.

I have a 190SL that is insured for 6 figures.

You can buy one that looks identical for a fraction of that.

Mine is a two owner car. Documented as the 7th one off the line in the first production year, the first one sold to the public, the first one sold as a coupe, original factory luggage set that the car left the dealer with.

Much like Hughs old car it was originally purchased as a cheap second hand car and was used as a daily driver for a long time.

Sometimes you just get lucky.