by "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
Published 01/05/2017 at 16:03
by "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
Published 01/05/2017 at 16:03
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First, this almost impossibly clean Baja on way to work with WA tags all the way down in TX. Total sales were under 30,000 and not many people were buying these to preserve them.
Then just after lunch, a wild G-Class appears. No idea how many of these are in the US. Been on sale forever, but they only move 2,000-3,000 per year. Rare to actually see them out and about around here.
A bit later in the afternoon I got a call that my daughter had a minor injury at school and needed to be picked up. Sitting in a visitor spot in the lot was this black on black on black STS-V in its 4.4L Supercharged glory. They sold about 1,600 STS-V’s total. I’m pretty sure 90% are here in TX but they are still very rare to see. These seem like an awesome highway cruiser and I’d love to drive one some day.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/05/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 0
There’s a G65 AMG which likes to park across the handicapped spots at the Target I work at.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
01/05/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 1
Sounds about right.
"Wacko" (wacko--)
01/05/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 0
You sure that’s not a F150 FX4??
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/05/2017 at 16:25, STARS: 0
I never realized the G-wagens were rare. I feel like I see them far too often for them to be rare, even AMG variants are pretty common in my experience.
"BorkBorkBjork" (tbirdlemons)
01/05/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 2
The STS-V is still the coolest.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
01/05/2017 at 17:09, STARS: 0
G-Classes are semi-common in my area, and more so in very rich parts of really big cities. Baja is fairly common-ish in Colorado. STS-V is just rare everywhere.
"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
01/05/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 0
Head to Dallas or Houston and you’ll see a G-Class a day, at least.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
01/05/2017 at 19:21, STARS: 0
I think it must be a regional thing. Like SM70 said, a lot of wealthy people buy them as status symbols. I think they had a bit of a boom when everyone was buying H2's as a way for even richer people to one-up Hummers. But I haven’t seen one on the road in ages.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/05/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 0
There’s an STS-V that parks at the Army Reserve hq across from my work. I saw it at a distance and thought it was modified because I didn’t know they made a V model of the STS.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
01/05/2017 at 21:13, STARS: 1
Considering how few exist it’s easy to forget they made one!