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Old 11-02-2020, 04:48 PM   #57
oldel
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Default Re: Owning an old Merc as a cruiser? Other options?

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Originally Posted by Dr Terry View Post
The thing is, most cars of this age are at the wreckers. The more expensive cars of this type are usually better looked after & more regularly serviced. These cars are usually kept & put on club plates.
Dr Terry
This is the biggest problem with old cars, they get ignored until there's none left except the expensive well kept versions. All the rest were flogged hard and then wrecked/stripped.
If you want a well kept old car buy one on the cheap around 15-20 years old and put it in a shed for 10+ years

Looking for one already old is a 20k question, or settling for one of the examples that people in the know aren't touching with a bargepole.

It's hard to find anything good after 20 years. I noticed heaps of mercs and BMWs from around 1990 that I was interested in 5 years ago are now already mostly gone. Nothing but wrecking ads for them now and even the e39 and e38s are following the same pattern as I write.
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