Crazy Used Car World, Buy a top-line Mercedes for 914 money Options

[lapuwali]

Once upon a time, the M-B 500SEC was considered THE car for high-speed cruising. EVERY F1 driver had one. They were heart-attack expensive in 1985. On Craigslist, there's what looks like a cherry 1985 500SEC for $2999, which is $1 less than I paid for a 1971 914 with dodgey paint and one carb two years ago. A 914 in equal condition to this car would be $8K easy, for a car that's at least 10 years older, a lot less powerful, and with far fewer comfy gadgets.

Clearly, the market prefers Porsche to M-B...

[jasons]

People who can afford to pay for repairs on MB's buy new ones. People who can't afford to pay for repairs on MB's are scared of them.

Regarding Porsches, 911's obviously hold value the best. Everything else is chopped liver. My 944S2 was like $45k in 1989, I paid $6200 for a one owner all mech. records car. Same thing goes for 928's, and regular 944's are even worse. 911sc's are still $13k easy for a nice example. Ironically, I think my S2 has more balls than its 911 big brother in 1989.