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[Kevin Wood]

https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-07-18/cars/ref-168-1989-mercedes-benz-g-wagon-300gd-mrp/

They're having a laugh! Had one of those as a company pool car in a previous life. About as refined as a dumper truck, with the thirst of George Best and the performance of a small post office. The one time anyone tried to take it off road it sunk to its axles and had to be rescued by a land rover.

They are a nightmare to work on too, because the running chassis is all assembled before the body is dropped on, so you can't get to most of the mechanical parts from underneath.

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One of our neighbours has an H registration one in his drive so believe that's a 1989/90 model hasn't moved for years but barely a week goes by without someone knocking on his door to ask if he would sell it, it's a swb in a very faded red colour he just will not let it go as it belonged to his late wife I've looked it over when chatting with him still got MB dealership plates & tax disc holder and has covered only 37,000 miles from new.

That would be about the same era. I don't know why the fashion victims work themselves into such a frenzy over them. They've clearly never driven one.

[456lbft]

https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-07-18/cars/ref-168-1989-mercedes-benz-g-wagon-300gd-mrp/

They're having a laugh! Had one of those as a company pool car in a previous life. About as refined as a dumper truck, with the thirst of George Best and the performance of a small post office. The one time anyone tried to take it off road it sunk to its axles and had to be rescued by a land rover.

They are a nightmare to work on too, because the running chassis is all assembled before the body is dropped on, so you can't get to most of the mechanical parts from underneath.

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One of our neighbours has an H registration one in his drive so believe that's a 1989/90 model hasn't moved for years but barely a week goes by without someone knocking on his door to ask if he would sell it, it's a swb in a very faded red colour he just will not let it go as it belonged to his late wife I've looked it over when chatting with him still got MB dealership plates & tax disc holder and has covered only 37,000 miles from new.

That would be about the same era. I don't know why the fashion victims work themselves into such a frenzy over them. They've clearly never driven one.

I have much the same feelings about "Classic" Land Rovers. My first drive in a Toyota Landcruiser Colorado was a revelation, ride, handling, brakes, refinement, ergonomics...all absent in JLRs WW2 design.

[Kevin Wood]

... and no 2" of play in the steering to wrestle with when all you want to do is drive in a straight line.

[deviator]

£150k for this? Possibly worth it, but no engine bay pictures and they really need to take much better pictures full stop.

[456lbft]

£150k for this? Possibly worth it, but no engine bay pictures and they really need to take much better pictures full stop.

I think that's the one that has been for sale for years, but the price goes up every year, and judging by the pictures, they don't really want or need to sell it.

[deviator]

OK, how about an Omega, not an Omega and v8 too.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-cadillac-catera-2/

[Doctor Gollum]

That could work... 

[biggriffin]

OK, how about an Omega, not an Omega and v8 too.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-cadillac-catera-2/

 

Well it says bring a trailer, I've got one of them, 

 Why GM never did that, O I know the poor polar bears,.. Bloody Vegetablist's..

[joshwyatt]

Prices were all over the place at the Historics auction, the Arnage sold for too much, and the White Silver Cloud 3 only hit £14k and remained unsold. The DB5 wasn’t as strong as I’d have expected.

Traditional auctions however are a different story, pretty much everything is selling for £1k over CAP clean, and its nigh on impossible to find anything at the right price. There is very high demand for used cars currently!

[dave the builder]

There is very high demand for used cars currently!

that will be everyone avoiding public transport 

[deviator]

that will be everyone avoiding public transport 

I've done that since I was 17 

[456lbft]

OK, how about an Omega, not an Omega and v8 too.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-cadillac-catera-2/

Mmm, that looks nice.