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Subject:
??? $14,000 ??? for a 1983 W126 380SEL ???
From: "CaptainW116" <benznut450(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: ??? $14,000 ??? for a 1983 W126 380SEL ???
Date: 22 Jul 2005 19:54:38 -0700
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Well,went hunting for a 560SEC and ran upon this 380SEL with 195,000
miles,weathered interior,cracked taillight(s),chip in windscreen,chips
in paint at all points and sloppy suspension.I have absolutely no
knowledge of the W126 line,but what memo did I miss?The owner has it on
consignment at an used car lot and think part of the inflated price is
due to the dealer but not that much!!What`s a ballpark figure for an
extremely nice example?
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:32:33 -0400
From: Wan-ning Tan <suntan(at)erols.com>
Subject: Re: ??? $14,000 ??? for a 1983 W126 380SEL ???
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Wow, I would buy if it is missing one zero ($1400) :-)
CaptainW116 wrote:
> Well,went hunting for a 560SEC and ran upon this 380SEL with 195,000
> miles,weathered interior,cracked taillight(s),chip in windscreen,chips
> in paint at all points and sloppy suspension.I have absolutely no
> knowledge of the W126 line,but what memo did I miss?The owner has it on
> consignment at an used car lot and think part of the inflated price is
> due to the dealer but not that much!!What`s a ballpark figure for an
> extremely nice example?
>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:28:22 -0700
From: "T.G. Lambach" <tlambach(at)comcast.net>
Subject: Re: ??? $14,000 ??? for a 1983 W126 380SEL ???
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Why would you want this old slug? The 380 V-8 only makes about 155 HP -
at that rate and for all that weight a diesel might just be quicker!
At about 40 HP / liter this vintage of engines is just plain old
obsolete - gas or diesel. The diesel has an economy advantage so we
diesel drivers overlook their lack of power.
By comparison, and to see where the path to progress leads, the new 3.5
L V-6 gas makes about 78 HP / Liter, likewise, at 75 HP / L. the new
224 HP 3.0L V-6 diesel. That`s progress.
To come back to your $ question a runout 380SEL, as you describe this
one, is worth about $2,500 in running condition, IMHO. Even if you fix
it up, it`s still an old dog.
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Title: Not such a bad bitch (Mz Bratt Give It To Them Vol.2 Review)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:09:48 +0000
Author: jwoulf
 In the nineties a series of hiphop bad girls appeared, not afraid to be compared with the men, rapwise or streetwise. These girls where hard as rocks, made just as hard tunes as anyone else, weren’t afraid to celebrate their sexuality, nor afraid to beat up some skank in the beauty parlor (for which Foxy eventually got a year in pen). In New York you had Lil’Kim and Foxy Brown. In the south Master P’s No Limit gave us Mia X and Mercedes, paving the way for artist like Gangsta Boo,”da baddest bitch” Trina and Khia. Since then this unfortunately seems to have disappeared. Now i’m not gonna claim that i’ve been looking that hard, but lately it seems most girls have been dancing and singing softly on the screen, rather than boasting about their gangsta cred.
The hope that this could be the return of the self confident bad bitch, and the excellent production credits, is what made me give a chance to Mz Bratt’s Give It To Them Vol.2. A mistake as it turned out.
First thing that should be noted about this is it’s a free download, which i guess is the reason that it’s a mixed cd with short versions of the originals and a seriously annoying Mz Bratt talking all over it. The idea i guess i to give some previews and get some hype before the real release.
Secondly; unfortunately Mz Bratt is no bad bitch on this release. Instead she seems to have chosen to go the way of Tinchy stryder and Chipmunk, dancey, electro, RnB, aimed i suppose for the charts. Not aimed at me at at least. This formula takes up most of the mixtape. Whether this is good or bad tunes for the genre i couldn’t say. They are not made me for me. They sound kind of crappy, but so does most of that music to my ears.
Three tunes stand out though. “Warning” is ok, but mostly because of Bruza and Tinie Tempah, “This Year” with Griminal is good, at least, it’s grime. And “Best Crawler freestyle” with Bruza is a monster. But this is really Terror Danjah proving he can bang out a great tune when he wants to.
The conclusion must be, Mz Bratt is no grime princess, and no Gangsta Boo. She’s mediocre, middle of the road, hoping for the charts and loosing evertything interesting about herself in the process. I will have to look for my grime elsewhere and i will have to look for the bad bitch somewhere else as well. Except for “Best crawler” one thing about this mixtape make me really happy and that is Mz Bratt letting us now Bruza will have a cd out soon. More on: http://cakedwithdirt.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/not-such-a-bad-bitch-mz-bratt-give-it-to-them-vol-2-review/
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