WOW Seen on the road!
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WOW Seen on the road!
I was driving through Richmond Park last Thursday lunch time saw this car coming towards me with a really bad Japanese looking grill. When it got a bit closer I realized it was a Maybach. It was a left hand drive car on German registration plates. It was either black and blue or dark blue and blue two tone. Think it was a 62 as the rear doors looked massive as we passed, but the car on the whole didn't look as big as I thought it would. And the road I saw it on is very narrow and I was driving my S at the time. Then on my way back saw a '03 S600 TT. What a day
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Re: WOW Seen on the road!
Originally posted by UK S500L
I was driving through Richmond Park last Thursday lunch time saw this car coming towards me with a really bad Japanese looking grill.
I was driving through Richmond Park last Thursday lunch time saw this car coming towards me with a really bad Japanese looking grill.
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Not too sure as we were driving towards each other at about 30 mph on a very narrrow road (dont forget I'm in the UK as well), so I was trying to stay on the road look at the car and trying not to hit it all at the same time
But as I said the rear doors looked very long. Perhaps the car is well proportioned so it dosen't look as big as it is. I guess it didnt have the hieght and width I expected. Just had a quick look at a couple of sites S500 is 5038mm a lwb is 120mm (4.7inches) more so 5158mm. A Maybach 57 is 5730mm and a Maybach 62 6270mm. So by my math I make a Maybach 62 about 1232mm (4 foot) longer than a S500 swb.
But as I said the rear doors looked very long. Perhaps the car is well proportioned so it dosen't look as big as it is. I guess it didnt have the hieght and width I expected. Just had a quick look at a couple of sites S500 is 5038mm a lwb is 120mm (4.7inches) more so 5158mm. A Maybach 57 is 5730mm and a Maybach 62 6270mm. So by my math I make a Maybach 62 about 1232mm (4 foot) longer than a S500 swb.
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Re: Re: WOW Seen on the road!
Originally posted by Mike T.
You've got that right! Japanese grille! Good one
You've got that right! Japanese grille! Good one
VOLVO - taillights for 2003 CLK and E classes
CADILLAC DEVILLE - grill for the 2003 E
HONDA - taillights for the CL
Planter's MR. PEANUT logo - headlights for the new C Class
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I really wouldnt do this but i think about it: if i saw one on the road, I would swerve and hit it on the side, not to fatally injure me. That would give me an opportunity to come outside and look at it and talk to its driver for an extended period of time. completely crazy i guess. Hey in 20-30 years, when your children are your age, they will see the maybach 62 year 2004, and be able to buy it for like 5,000$. The SL55 2003 will be for sale for like 3,000$, crazy eh?
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I understand how a twenty or thirty year old car would be worth a lot less than a brand new one. Unless we are discussing seriously rare and special models(Ferrari's, Porsche 959, etc..), pretty much every car depreciates. However, based upon M-B's history with their special vehicles, depreciation is very slow, and isn't likely to fall below certain levels.
1992-93 MB 500E's still command 20-25k. What were they brand new? Maybe 70ish? That's still holding about thirty percent after eleven years. 1979 6.9's still go for about 10k or so, after twenty-four years! I don't think you'll ever see a Maybach for $5k unless it was in a very bad fire, and had already been parted out.
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I understand how a twenty or thirty year old car would be worth a lot less than a brand new one. Unless we are discussing seriously rare and special models(Ferrari's, Porsche 959, etc..), pretty much every car depreciates. However, based upon M-B's history with their special vehicles, depreciation is very slow, and isn't likely to fall below certain levels.
1992-93 MB 500E's still command 20-25k. What were they brand new? Maybe 70ish? That's still holding about thirty percent after eleven years. 1979 6.9's still go for about 10k or so, after twenty-four years! I don't think you'll ever see a Maybach for $5k unless it was in a very bad fire, and had already been parted out.
2002 ML500
Everest Green/ Java leather
Xenon, Bose, Sunroof pkg, yada yada yada
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