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They can, and do these days. That just wasn’t a great era for Mercedes-Benz design. Their early 90s airbag steering wheel looked handsome, and continues to do so.

This car could stand to have more dust on the back of the steering wheel too. If you want to sell it at a premium, you have to make it look premium. CP.

I was almost onboard, ready to hit the NP button.. and then I got to the interior pic.. oh gawd

“Yes I’d like my car paint to look like a guy wearing a navy fleece and blue jeans”

Ugh. Mismatched interior, high mileage, homebrew drivetrain swap, marginal cosmetic condition, etc etc.

The uncovered fuse box in the cabin doesn’t bode well. The cosmetic wear is reasonable for the mileage, and the mileage is actually in the plus column for me. A Range Rover that has averaged 9k/year brings a level of optimism.

Why is that guy recording something that in the first few seconds looks completely normal and boring, while driving? This wasn’t dash-cam footage.

I thought this too. Why was that driver shooting a video of nothing... unless he knew something was going to go down? Horrible evil people. I am starting to like quarantine. I don’t want to meet any of these people. Ever.

I was in fear for my life

That video was clearly shot with a cell phone (rather than one of those vehicle video cameras that are always running and pointing in the same direction) by someone who was following. So, whoever that person is, he or she knew something was about to go down even though no one was on camera when it started. So that

I’m thinking they wanted to get a hard on, as is their way, by intimidating a black man at gunpoint. Then shit got REAL.

Look, milk, eggs, toilet paper, whatever.

I never know what to do with these. I guess it is true with a lot of old vehicles, but especially for these domestic 80's-90's rides, who wants them unless it is 100% for nostalgia purposes? They were “bleh” in their day, and today we’re more amazed that someone bothered to keep it in good shape than on the merits of

That was a near 30 year old wagon a decade ago!

Gorgeous car, insane price.

Everything Kinja seems to work better on my iPad, so this might not work as reliably on other platforms, but I’ve had luck lately tapping on the discussion bubble icon at the top of the article to take me to the comments. Seems to circumvent the need to refresh the page multiple times.

If you’re going to commit to a Caprice wagon at least get a bubble butt ‘94.

To make the word “tiny” look tiny. It’s called art.

So true. These things are a marvel at car shows for how tiny they are.

When buying a classic like this it’s always worth to remember that it’s almost impossible to work on a project car and come out ahead when it comes to value. So always try to purchase the best example you can find, as it will retain its value better or even appreciate in price. Hence, this seems like a wonderful deal.