Thursday, August 28, 2008

Craigslist Trolling


'78 450SL BENZ - $11800 (CITY OF OXNARD)

'78 BEAUTIFUL MERCEDEZ BENZ; BLUE SKY COLOR INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.
V-8 ENGINE
ENGINE WAS REBUILT A YEAR AGO AND IT RUNS EXCELLENT
SOFT AND HARD TOP CONVERTIBLE!
TWO SEATER, BUT HAS BENCH ON THE BACK
MUST SEE IT TO APPRECIATE!

I AM IN FOR ABOUT $15000.00, BUT WILL SACRIFICE BECUASE I NEED THE MONEY TO MAKE MY HOUSE PAYMENTS.

ROSA nnnnnn
CELL 377-xxxx
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What do you want to bet Rosa's $11,800 hasmoreto do with her mortgage than the actualvalueof the car. Call this "wishing price contagion."

10 comments:

Agent #777 said...

FIRST, I am going to have to decline your bet.

Second, I was wondering what this post was doing here, because you usually have a post like that being a deal. This one threw me off, until I got to the punchline.

Rosa might be better off taking the year of free rent and keeping her car anyway.

Akira said...

Murst to say cars suck.

Casey Serin said...

Nice avatar change there... heh.

How many buckets of fish did you have tonight for dinner? ;-)

Akira said...

I did not like their boxy Repo Man Mercedes phase of the era. The overall aesthetics remind me of Monica or Murses or somethin.
The only cars that tempt me to drive are Jags.

Akira said...

Nothing wrong with eating fish (as long as the mercury levels are low and it is fresh).

Akira said...

Need to update the latest KC raps on Tbe Caseypedia.

Rob Dawg said...

Yesterday was wild Coho salmon day. Yum. One of the few upsides to life threatening disease is the new diet. I miss beer but not too bad. Tonight was Panda Express. I don't quite get it. There was hardly any panda in my meal.

450SLs were what the wives of doctors drove to the country club back in 1978. Anachronisms from bygone era and not worth $5k in any condition.

TJandTheBear said...

Rob,

Car & Driver's latest issue has a great editorial on the folly of mass transit. Check it out.

Son of Brock Landers said...

I loved these 2 seater Merc convertibles. I'd prefer one in maroon with a leather interior. Sky blue just seems lame.

H Simpson said...

The Merc is 30 years old. Lord save you if you need parts for it.
They were expensive then. They are insane now.

Edmunds only goes back to 1990 so you cannot get a true value. Mark to market eh?

And if I remember my youth, the 1976 model went for 16 grand.
Rosa is on crack.

Such car are snapped up by retirees at my yacht club. But most buy mid 90s on.

Friend just snapped up a 6 year old bmw 325 convertible for 4500 bucks. Had to replace the top as it was worn. Everything else was perfect. The deals are starting to pop up, but we have a ways to go before these clowns really start throwing in the towel.