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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy
ETA: 190 16vs are hard to find. I haven't seen one of those since 92 or 93. Great car though.
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You are correct. They were rare.
Here is the deal. When the Baby Benz came out in the 16v, there were very few made (will get the website for you on stats when I have a minute). Add that to the fact that it set a speed record in Nardo over 50,000 km averaging some unGodly speed.
Most of the people who bought them, only raced them. The other 50% drove them hard and a large percentage were wrecked while driving too fast.
When I sold mine, it had less than 70,000 miles on it and it was 16 years old (ok, so they were hard miles). The guy that bought it from me had just finished an apprenticeship through MB and trailored it from Cleveland to Denver in a snow storm. He was the perfect individual to buy it because he could do the $$$$$costly repairs $$$$$.
Since it was a cult-car, I knew a lot of the owners. At one time, I dated a guy who had a smoke silver 16v too (isn't that too sweet).
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