[V8] A V8 Avant in my future?

[cobram at juno.com]

Thanks for the link, didn't work, but it's easier to just punch in the
item # 330584058753 on fleabay.  The color is something else, not
"brown", not my favorite color, and that's probably the most horrendous
looking interior seat cloth since Porsche offered psychodelic interiors. 


Mystery solved, it is indeed a "US" model, but it was a euro-delivery
program car.  With Euro-Delivery, you could get options, packages and
delete options not available on lot cars.  No DOT riders though, so no
Webasto heaters etc. allowed, but god awful tacky cloth available to your
hearts content. ;-)

I agree that some of the best cars have been built,  when it comes to
Mercyless Benz it was a corporate vision and attitude change, which means
if you want a "real" post 1990ish Mercedes, you have to buy a Mayback.

I don't know if it's a reflection of current offerings, or what, but I
haven't been excited by any of the new offerings out there for a long,
long time.  I used to see brand new 200TQA's, V8Q's, Ur's running around
back in the day and thinking that "I'm gonna get me one of those when
they're priced right in the used market."  Haven't thought that about a
car in a long time.  Maybe we're just gettin' old?  ;-)

BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.


 "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at fairpoint.net> writes:

> Here's the link to the one that prompted my current
>
rant....http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GARAGE-KEPT-DIESEL-WAGON-RARE-3RD-
ROW
> -LOW-MILES-CLEAN-/330584058753?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item4cf8586b81. 
>  Note
> the interior.
> 
> Now there are probably some stories here...the extra plug on the 
> left rear
> flank was placed there, why?  Early cellular antenna, perhaps?  Also 
> note
> the right side headlight wiper is screwy, and I wonder why the 
> dealer didn't
> fix that before putting the car's pictures up on eBay.  I wonder if 
> the car
> might have been hit and repainted?