Purchases that last a lifetime

westernbbq

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

frazzdaddy

westernbbq said:

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

I have a buddy that has one he was making a project of. I'll see if he will part with it. He is a MB master guild so might be better if he finishes it first.
Cut my teeth on w123s special place in my heart for those little tanks.

fishlessman

westernbbq said:

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

my neighbor bought one about 10 years ago, hit "buy it now" on ebay. somewhere around $80k freaked and ran out of the house screaming. she had it delivered cross country, beautiful shiny black. pretty girl, corporate lawyer, zippo with common sense. married an australian with a roofing business but never roofed a day in his life, found a sugar mamma lucky bastard

westernbbq

frazzdaddy said:

westernbbq said:

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

I have a buddy that has one he was making a project of. I'll see if he will part with it. He is a MB master guild so might be better if he finishes it first.
Cut my teeth on w123s special place in my heart for those little tanks.

I was the sponsorship chair for Starfest in 2014.   The cars from around the world that descended upon the AZ Biltmore lawn were breathtaking.    So many tech advancements like the crumple zone in 1951 came from this company

123 is maybe my all-time favorite.   Cheap, safe, dead nuts reliable, timeless and fun to drive...

I've had seven 240Rd and wish I kept all of them.

LmK about your buddy's situation when you can.  I am in no hurry and will wait for the right one...

Its either that or a new Rubicon ....,,

northGAcock

nolaegghead said:

Any quality pot will last for generations. 

On the other hand....quality pot will not last long....at least that’s what I recall from my younger days.

frazzdaddy

@westernbbq, We hosted Starfest in 2005, good Times. 90% of all automobile safety inovations were the result of Benz engineering. MB holds over 180k patents but did not patent any of the safety designs so the auto industry could use them. We got to view many of the old raw crash test videos as part of our early training. Early 80's 

Kupkaked

Some of my cameras and lenses, folding knives, tools, pipes, watches. I'd like to pass them down to my twin boys when they're older.

I have a bottle of scotch and bourbon that was bottled the month they're born, but I don't expect that to make it past their 18th bdays hahaha.  

hondabbq

Rolex. Last for generations.

RRP

Well...since other posters haven't gotten flamed I'll go ahead and post my Bridge City tools. While these are first generation so I can't attest to second gen, but if any wood worker takes care of them then they should last MANY generations!

westernbbq

frazzdaddy said:

@westernbbq, We hosted Starfest in 2005, good Times. 90% of all automobile safety inovations were the result of Benz engineering. MB holds over 180k patents but did not patent any of the safety designs so the auto industry could use them. We got to view many of the old raw crash test videos as part of our early training. Early 80's 

True dat ^^^^^^^

nolaegghead

westernbbq said:

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

@westernbbq Friend of mine has something that I think, not sure, might meet your parameters.  I'll contact her....I know she's thinking about selling, she is an engineer and just got a brand new company truck.

I'll try to dig up a pic.

nolaegghead

I think it might be a late 70s turbo diesel wagon.  I looked through my pics, can't find one.  I know she worked on it at my shop once, fixing some vacuum leak.   Pretty good shape, lots of chrome, roof rack and I think I remember she was thinking about around $6K.

I'll get more info in the next couple days.

Cmyachtie

Jeremiah said:

buzzvol said:

Jeep 4 liter straight 6.  Why the hell did they quit making that engine?

Agreed. Great motor. Right up there with the Cummins 6, the LS motors, the 5.0 fords, and the 350 chevys. 

+1 just like to add the BMW in line sixer......

nolaegghead

Cmyachtie said:

Jeremiah said:

buzzvol said:

Jeep 4 liter straight 6.  Why the hell did they quit making that engine?

Agreed. Great motor. Right up there with the Cummins 6, the LS motors, the 5.0 fords, and the 350 chevys. 

+1 just like to add the BMW in line sixer......

Great motors.  Inherently balanced.

YukonRon

nolaegghead said:

westernbbq said:

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

@westernbbq Friend of mine has something that I think, not sure, might meet your parameters.  I'll contact her....I know she's thinking about selling, she is an engineer and just got a brand new company truck.

I'll try to dig up a pic.

Funny, a friend of ours had a German exchange student over here a while back, she could not believe the fuss we make over Mercedes Benz. She said back home they are "rubbish trucks and taxis."
I travel to Köln regularly, and I kind of see her point.
I saw more Audi, Volkswagon, Porsche, BMW, and others for personal vehicles than we did Mercedes. The cost there, is not like it is here, in most cases, doing the math on the euro to dollar exchange, it was less in Germany.
We have clients that purchased them in Germany and had them shipped back.
We are an OEM supplier to all those I had listed previosly, with an extremely tight relationship, where we do research and development, and keep MBs in our labs for testing.
Crazy. 
I will say this; their SUV, similar to the Land Rover, is much more expensive, but totally badass, and worth it.

fishlessman

YukonRon said:

nolaegghead said:

westernbbq said:

engineered like no other car in the world


I'm looking for an  early 80s 4 door G wagon   diesel only. must be 4 door.  must be a driver with manual trans and must be rust free.   I've got the money for one and will pay for the right truck.  if you guys know of any resources beyondhemmings, club g wagon forum and bring a trailer please PM me as i would be grateful

I also am looking at a 123 diesel wagon to just knock around in.   mb service tech owns it and it is a nice car...

@westernbbq Friend of mine has something that I think, not sure, might meet your parameters.  I'll contact her....I know she's thinking about selling, she is an engineer and just got a brand new company truck.

I'll try to dig up a pic.

Funny, a friend of ours had a German exchange student over here a while back, she could not believe the fuss we make over Mercedes Benz. She said back home they are "rubbish trucks and taxis."
I travel to Köln regularly, and I kind of see her point.
I saw more Audi, Volkswagon, Porsche, BMW, and others for personal vehicles than we did Mercedes. The cost there, is not like it is here, in most cases, doing the math on the euro to dollar exchange, it was less in Germany.
We have clients that purchased them in Germany and had them shipped back.
We are an OEM supplier to all those I had listed previosly, with an extremely tight relationship, where we do research and development, and keep MBs in our labs for testing.
Crazy. 
I will say this; their SUV, similar to the Land Rover, is much more expensive, but totally badass, and worth it.

which series mercedes,  the svautobiography is darn expensive at 270k

TEXASBGE2018

YukonRon said:

Funny, a friend of ours had a German exchange student over here a while back, she could not believe the fuss we make over Mercedes Benz. She said back home they are "rubbish trucks and taxis."
I travel to Köln regularly, and I kind of see her point.
I saw more Audi, Volkswagon, Porsche, BMW, and others for personal vehicles than we did Mercedes. The cost there, is not like it is here, in most cases, doing the math on the euro to dollar exchange, it was less in Germany.
We have clients that purchased them in Germany and had them shipped back.
We are an OEM supplier to all those I had listed previosly, with an extremely tight relationship, where we do research and development, and keep MBs in our labs for testing.
Crazy. 
I will say this; their SUV, similar to the Land Rover, is much more expensive, but totally badass, and worth it.

Ya I can echo this. My brother minored in german in college and spent 6 months over there. He travels back usually annually to visit friends and he told me MB were crazy less expensive over there. He usually always goes and visits their HQ and tours some of the plants. He was telling me he could buy a brand new off the assembly line E-Class for about $15K-20K less than he would pay here. Even factoring in shipping it back it was substantially cheaper. He nearly pulls the trigger every time he goes over there.

nolaegghead

TEXASBGE2018 said:

YukonRon said:

Funny, a friend of ours had a German exchange student over here a while back, she could not believe the fuss we make over Mercedes Benz. She said back home they are "rubbish trucks and taxis."
I travel to Köln regularly, and I kind of see her point.
I saw more Audi, Volkswagon, Porsche, BMW, and others for personal vehicles than we did Mercedes. The cost there, is not like it is here, in most cases, doing the math on the euro to dollar exchange, it was less in Germany.
We have clients that purchased them in Germany and had them shipped back.
We are an OEM supplier to all those I had listed previosly, with an extremely tight relationship, where we do research and development, and keep MBs in our labs for testing.
Crazy. 
I will say this; their SUV, similar to the Land Rover, is much more expensive, but totally badass, and worth it.

Ya I can echo this. My brother minored in german in college and spent 6 months over there. He travels back usually annually to visit friends and he told me MB were crazy less expensive over there. He usually always goes and visits their HQ and tours some of the plants. He was telling me he could buy a brand new off the assembly line E-Class for about $15K-20K less than he would pay here. Even factoring in shipping it back it was substantially cheaper. He nearly pulls the trigger every time he goes over there.

I would believe the average Mercedes sold in Germany has far fewer options than those sold in the US, but I don't buy they are cheaper there.  There is a huge VAT, for one.   You should ask him for some examples.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Mercedes-in-Germany-cost-so-much-less-than-in-the-US-that-you-can-fly-to-Germany-and-have-your-car-shipped-back-and-still-save-money

SonVolt

I've had this little Leatherman keychain my highschool girlfriend gave me when I was 16. 

nolaegghead

Q: How do you know if it will last a lifetime if you are not dead yet?

SonVolt

In my demise I've arranged for my wife (or mistress) to post here on my behalf with photos of said Leatherman.  It was primarily used to clip my toenails. Will ship for free if anyone wants to inherit it. 

TEXASBGE2018

nolaegghead said:

I would believe the average Mercedes sold in Germany has far fewer options than those sold in the US, but I don't buy they are cheaper there.  There is a huge VAT, for one.   You should ask him for some examples.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Mercedes-in-Germany-cost-so-much-less-than-in-the-US-that-you-can-fly-to-Germany-and-have-your-car-shipped-back-and-still-save-money

Well the most recent example I can give you was from about 6 months ago or so when he showed me where he could buy an E300 with Premium 1 Interior package and panoramic sunroof which has an MSRP of around 65K and they told him the all in cost would be around $48K plus there was a charge of around $2,000 to ship it. Here in the states that car sells for around 62K if you can get a good deal. He could take delivery to his driveway in about 9 weeks. So in that circumstance he saves about 14K. There are a couple other examples he's shown me before also. He was looking into getting a C-Class Cabriolet a couple years ago and I think his all in for that one was around $42K plus $2000 shipping. So ya, you can get them for a lot cheaper. This is why pretty much every single time he visits Germany he get an itch to buy one. But how many people are gonna bother with flying to Germany to buy a car. My guess is very few.

fishlessman

im third generation on a set of 6 of these beer mugs, thats gotta be a record. first thing i grab after greeting the dog after work. 20 years now sitting on the same shelf in my freezer

nolaegghead

TEXASBGE2018 said:

nolaegghead said:

I would believe the average Mercedes sold in Germany has far fewer options than those sold in the US, but I don't buy they are cheaper there.  There is a huge VAT, for one.   You should ask him for some examples.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Mercedes-in-Germany-cost-so-much-less-than-in-the-US-that-you-can-fly-to-Germany-and-have-your-car-shipped-back-and-still-save-money

Well the most recent example I can give you was from about 6 months ago or so when he showed me where he could buy an E300 with Premium 1 Interior package and panoramic sunroof which has an MSRP of around 65K and they told him the all in cost would be around $48K plus there was a charge of around $2,000 to ship it. Here in the states that car sells for around 62K if you can get a good deal. He could take delivery to his driveway in about 9 weeks. So in that circumstance he saves about 14K. There are a couple other examples he's shown me before also. He was looking into getting a C-Class Cabriolet a couple years ago and I think his all in for that one was around $42K plus $2000 shipping. So ya, you can get them for a lot cheaper. This is why pretty much every single time he visits Germany he get an itch to buy one. But how many people are gonna bother with flying to Germany to buy a car. My guess is very few.

Nonsense.  This is super easy to look up.  The cars have less options to start with in Europe, keep that in mind. I just looked up the C300 price in Germany and it starts at 44k euros ($51K), US it starts at $40k.

C300 Builder in Germany

C300 Builder in USA

Maybe buying a used car.  When we lived there, we bought local used cars but ordered new ones from the US.

lousubcap

At my age I pretty much expect any purchase (underware possibly excepted) to last the rest of my lifetime.  Had to put in a new HVAC system in March and when the salesman said it came with a 10 year warranty I replied, "That's life-time for me."

nolaegghead

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/buy-a-car-get-a-trip-how-european-delivery-works

TEXASBGE2018

nolaegghead said:

Nonsense.  This is super easy to look up.  The cars have less options to start with in Europe, keep that in mind. I just looked up the C300 price in Germany and it starts at 44k euros ($51K), US it starts at $40k.

C300 Builder in Germany

C300 Builder in USA

Maybe buying a used car.  When we lived there, we bought local used cars but ordered new ones from the US.

God man give it a rest. Just because you don't think its true doesn't mean its not. Why would I come on here and lie about that? To impress you? I saw the freakin cost breakdown. Quit trying to prove your mental superiority all the time it gets old.

Legume

No idea how long it will last, but so far my forum membership has been worth every penny.

Eoin

nolaegghead said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

nolaegghead said:

I would believe the average Mercedes sold in Germany has far fewer options than those sold in the US, but I don't buy they are cheaper there.  There is a huge VAT, for one.   You should ask him for some examples.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Mercedes-in-Germany-cost-so-much-less-than-in-the-US-that-you-can-fly-to-Germany-and-have-your-car-shipped-back-and-still-save-money

Well the most recent example I can give you was from about 6 months ago or so when he showed me where he could buy an E300 with Premium 1 Interior package and panoramic sunroof which has an MSRP of around 65K and they told him the all in cost would be around $48K plus there was a charge of around $2,000 to ship it. Here in the states that car sells for around 62K if you can get a good deal. He could take delivery to his driveway in about 9 weeks. So in that circumstance he saves about 14K. There are a couple other examples he's shown me before also. He was looking into getting a C-Class Cabriolet a couple years ago and I think his all in for that one was around $42K plus $2000 shipping. So ya, you can get them for a lot cheaper. This is why pretty much every single time he visits Germany he get an itch to buy one. But how many people are gonna bother with flying to Germany to buy a car. My guess is very few.

Nonsense.  This is super easy to look up.  The cars have less options to start with in Europe, keep that in mind. I just looked up the C300 price in Germany and it starts at 44k euros ($51K), US it starts at $40k.

C300 Builder in Germany

C300 Builder in USA

Maybe buying a used car.  When we lived there, we bought local used cars but ordered new ones from the US.

If you export brand new, the VAT (19%) will be refunded. Transatlantic shipping isn't bad if you get someone who consolidates into 40 foot boxes. If you import, do you get done for US sales tax or any duty?

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

nolaegghead said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

nolaegghead said:

I would believe the average Mercedes sold in Germany has far fewer options than those sold in the US, but I don't buy they are cheaper there.  There is a huge VAT, for one.   You should ask him for some examples.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Mercedes-in-Germany-cost-so-much-less-than-in-the-US-that-you-can-fly-to-Germany-and-have-your-car-shipped-back-and-still-save-money

Well the most recent example I can give you was from about 6 months ago or so when he showed me where he could buy an E300 with Premium 1 Interior package and panoramic sunroof which has an MSRP of around 65K and they told him the all in cost would be around $48K plus there was a charge of around $2,000 to ship it. Here in the states that car sells for around 62K if you can get a good deal. He could take delivery to his driveway in about 9 weeks. So in that circumstance he saves about 14K. There are a couple other examples he's shown me before also. He was looking into getting a C-Class Cabriolet a couple years ago and I think his all in for that one was around $42K plus $2000 shipping. So ya, you can get them for a lot cheaper. This is why pretty much every single time he visits Germany he get an itch to buy one. But how many people are gonna bother with flying to Germany to buy a car. My guess is very few.

Nonsense.  This is super easy to look up.  The cars have less options to start with in Europe, keep that in mind. I just looked up the C300 price in Germany and it starts at 44k euros ($51K), US it starts at $40k.

C300 Builder in Germany

C300 Builder in USA

Maybe buying a used car.  When we lived there, we bought local used cars but ordered new ones from the US.

If you export brand new, the VAT (19%) will be refunded. Transatlantic shipping isn't bad if you get someone who consolidates into 40 foot boxes. If you import, do you get done for US sales tax or any duty?

You will pay state sales tax.  No duty at the moment.