My usual drive to work was abruptly delayed by a marvelous looking 560SEC sitting on a corner lot outside a garage with a "For Sale" sign. Of course, I had to pull over and take a look. It was a 1990 model, Black on Black, with 198,000 miles. The paint had some oxidation on the roof, and the drivers seat was badly torn. Some very cheap after market wheels further detracted from this car, along with some pimptastic DIY window tinting.

Since no details other than "For Sale" and a phone number were offered, I decieded to call the seller for the heck of it.

Surprisingly, the voice on the other line was a woman, who said she wanted to downsize her fleet of 3 Mercedes. She also stated that absolutely everything was working on the car.

Logically, my next question was the asking price. She responded, "Eleven five".

Just to clarify, I asked, "you mean Eleven fifty right?"

Her answer, "Nope, Eleven thousand five hundred dollars."

All I could utter was, "that's all I needed to know" and hung up. The ignorance of some sellers never ceases to astound me.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

That's not ignorance.

That's greed.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

OH but it's a RARE car!!!!! Yeah Right, and so are both of mine.....LOL

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1986 Euro 500SEC "RUF" 9:1CR, "Rose"
1985 Euro 500SEC Cabriolet AMG Widebody
1982 Euro 500SEL "Blue"
2001 Texas Heeler (Aussie/Queensland X) "Sulphie",
2012 Queensland Red Heeler "Squeak"
Best dogs I've ever had.

Thats not greed, thats just plain stupidity

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

....or a combination of greed AND stupidity, mixed together with some audacity.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

that person was throwing around numbers like someone that does nothing but spend thousands on cars and saying "thousand" is pointless..

effing tard.


Well I stopped saying "hundred" once I bought the stupid Irish car. But my Ferrari friends wish they could go back to those days.