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UPDATE : And the winner is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , with the correct exact dollar value of $4700!
Guess how much the burl wood center console in the picture above costs. Bonus points if you can guess the car. Price Is Right rules apply, first to get within $20, or closest within 2 hours wins. Good luck!
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$600
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$630
Fun related fact: The dashboard for a 1st-gen Volvo S80 costs around $3000; as much as the entire car.
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$800
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That is an S-Class Merc, early 90s, and the cost is $1,375.50 plus tax. There, I said it.
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$700 even, Bob.
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That is ... nuts.
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$1500
Mercedes-Benz
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r129?
Thinking it’s just over $200.
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Close. It’s a 500SL, and it’s somehow dearer than $1375.50.
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Yes, it’s an R129.
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Higher.
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More than the total GDP of a dozen small countries.
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Can you give a specific dollar amount?
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Higher.
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$1439
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It's a Merc. Edes, that is. I'm going with $850. Install extra.
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Damn.
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2174.83
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$3500?
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I’ll take $4285, Drew.
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So close.
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A bit higher.
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$1 :P
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$4700 from your local Mercedes-Benz dealer, because the part is not available and would have to be manufactured and shipped from das Vaterland.
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$4500
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A bit higher.
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$4601
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A tiny bit higher.
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FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ONE DOLLARS BOB.
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$4700
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I drove the 6 cylinder version (dated an asst. service manager at a Merc dealership). Heavy, even with the inline 6. It was by no means a sports car, but it would certainly be a good GT on a long trip.
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Probably being some rare part to find new, therefore I estimate it at $9500. Knowing the window switch of a 600 grosser is about double that I should be in the right ballpark.
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Bust.
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Indeed.
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Bust, but since it’s only by $1, it falls under my personal leeway rule. Therefore, you win!
UPDATE: Called too soon. Sorry HondaBro, KusabiSensei won.
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Try $4700 on for size.
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The veneer costs $4700.
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$4700
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DING DING DING!
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If you sew the bills into clothes, sure
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$3876.41 and its some E class convertible.
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$4700.
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$4700.
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$4700, and it’s an R129.
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$4700.
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$4700
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$4700
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Was I at least closest ?
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Right on the money, but KusabiSensei beat you by a few minutes.
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$4700
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$4700.
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KusabiSensei beat you, as he had the exact dollar amount.
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OK - will venture another guess, and it’s the last time I will weigh in. $2,225.57 plus tax. If I’m right, I’ll donate all of my winnings to Wounded Warrior. There is a cash prize, right?
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No cash prize here, and the final answer is $4700. KusabiSensei got it.
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OH FOR FUCKS SAKE.... If I had access to a dealership order form...
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Oh shit - didn’t see this before my last post. So you get the console and all the switchgear for that price? Or just the wood?
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I picked a hell of a day to stop drinking, Drew.
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Just the wood, and not even the little wooden door to the storage compartment, or any backing plates.
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Shut the front door. Whaaaaa...!
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Yup.
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For $4700 is it at least a single piece of solid wood (apart from the compartment bit that opens)? It'd be a real kick in the pants if it was just a veneer.
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Jesus! Is there just 1 left in the entire world?
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It’s a veneer laid overtop of a wooden support.
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No idea.
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:o
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Can you buy an entire SL for that? We live in strange times.
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I could slice up some plywood with a SkilSaw ... and I’d get more than a few laughs with that piece installed in an old Merc.
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Not quite. The one in the pictures cost my friend $8250.
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More likely it’s manufacture to order.
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I went with wild ass guess knowing it was an older SL.
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Witchcraft.
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Still, what were those things new? 50 grand for the top of the line?
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$98k loaded, in 1991 dollars. So about $170k in today’s money.
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Well, at least I didnt go over.