Came across this on Craigslist. I know the guy and have seen the a bunch of times. In the D90 price range.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/cto/1460192006.html
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/cto/1460192006.html
G Wagon - Craigslist
- Thread starter pschuler
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that is an expensive truck...very expensive for a 26yr old truck.. Damn I bet Dan would even argue that was to much for a 26yr old.
if its as clean as it looks and sounds thats really not a bad price at all.
those sell for around 14000-16000 when they are rusty rats with holes in the floors.
the stainless wheel wells go for about 2500 alone as I recall.
they are much like the D90's in real clean shape, you can wait and someone will pay the price. There is a spotless red one driving around my town with the turbo motor allready in it with the stainless wheel wells and a stainless roof rack and the guy paid over 50K for it. His wife is driving a mint AMG version of the G and that one cost 120K. In this town they are as much a status symbol as anything else on the road.
those sell for around 14000-16000 when they are rusty rats with holes in the floors.
the stainless wheel wells go for about 2500 alone as I recall.
they are much like the D90's in real clean shape, you can wait and someone will pay the price. There is a spotless red one driving around my town with the turbo motor allready in it with the stainless wheel wells and a stainless roof rack and the guy paid over 50K for it. His wife is driving a mint AMG version of the G and that one cost 120K. In this town they are as much a status symbol as anything else on the road.
I rode in a G-wagen at Tellico and it was very impressive. In stock kit it did helicopter pad, schoolbus, guardrail, basically the lot. The cost of parts for it are prohibitive though.
ptschram
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My brother in law sold his '93 LWB to buy a newer Gelandewagen. He's paid more in repairs in one year than he did in the entire time he owned his RRC. Think $600 for a window regulator plus install!
When we were in the UK in '03, we stopped for fuel leaving Manchester. There was a 20-something in ripped jeans who got into a Lambo after putting in his earplugs. Next to him was a G-280 (IIRC) with a sheep in the back and the door tied open with a piece of rope while the owner fueled it! What a contradiction! On one side, a Lamborghini, on the other, a beat-up Mercedes (ostensibly a Mercedes).
When we were in the UK in '03, we stopped for fuel leaving Manchester. There was a 20-something in ripped jeans who got into a Lambo after putting in his earplugs. Next to him was a G-280 (IIRC) with a sheep in the back and the door tied open with a piece of rope while the owner fueled it! What a contradiction! On one side, a Lamborghini, on the other, a beat-up Mercedes (ostensibly a Mercedes).
ptschram
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Eliot said:
My sister in law somehow messed up the nav unit of their G-wagen...
$6000 to replace.
So far, every part my brother in law has had to replace on his, the price has been an order of magnitude greater than similar parts for his RRC.
He HAD to have the G-wagen to go with his new job as he had an image to maintain and the Rover just wasn't cool enough.
i missed buying a AMG g55 for 22k once, had 60k miles.... not that i would have bought it anyway. super expensive to maintain.
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landrovered said:
Is this because the G-wagens aren't really M-Bs? Aren't they more Steyr-Puch than Mercedes? I might have them confused with the 'Mog.
They are primarily military vehicles and the passenger versions are somewhat of an afterthought. Prices are high because of more limited production runs and I would suppose it also because militaries are willing to pay more.
I poked around in the EPC a little bit. It looks like the shared components, the parts pulled from the traditional Mercedes parts bin, aren't bad but everything else is ugly.
ptschram said:
That's always the worst part about relying on something with a circuit board or a fixed component like an LCD. If it goes south your replacing the whole thing.
