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Coming Down From Heavenly Perch: Exotic “Bargains” on eBay
- ‘Tis the season to be inventive with your car purchases
- Bargains by the Bentley-full
- Maserati Spyder for $38K? SL55 AMG for $34K?
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG via eBay
BARGAINS to be had! Bargains to be had!
It would seem that with a little money, poseurs and the thrifty rich alike have options this Christmas season.
The exclusive toys of the last decade are about to avail themselves to a new clientele at clearance prices. But caveat emptor! These are entry prices – maintenance, insurance, taxes, and even petrol will take their pound of flesh, to be sure.
Let’s do a little window shopping shall we?
2000 Bentley Arnage R with 36K miles on eBay. White on Tan. Buy-it-now price: $49,888.
Not keen on chrome matrix grilles for newer generation Bentleys, but this Texan example has an interior that’s been well loved – which sadly isn’t common among older Arnages.
2004 Maserati Spyder with 24K miles on eBay. Blue on tan. Buy-It-Now Price: $38,990.
Let’s see. A droptop equipped with a modern Ferrari V8 plus exotic Italian cache to be had for less money than a new Boxster? Si, grazie!
2003 Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG with 65K miles on eBay. Black on ash. Buy-It-Now price: $34,988.
For the price of a stripped, year-end C-Class, you could have a drop top that’s faster then everything else on the road. Sexier than most everything else, too. This particular car’s had couple of fender benders, though… Used means used.
2003 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage with 10K miles on eBay. Silver on gray.
Pluses: It’s an Aston. Droptop. Only 10K miles. 5.9 liter V12. Minuses: Silver on gray? It’s got an Automatic. Summary: Did I mention it’s a V12 Aston for $57K?
eBay Watch: Alfa Romeo 8C
The greatest Alfa Romeo.
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG via eBay
CAN we place a figure on an object of such breathtaking beauty?
Is it possible to quantify rolling art so stunningly perfect?
Or consider that with the heart of a Ferrari, this car is so instantly classic as to render all other exotics trite?
Yes, such considerations can be quantified and, indeed, they have been.
From the Show-Me state, St. Louis Motorsports has posted this garage principessa (55 miles on the odometer), a supreme Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione on eBay motors with four days left on the auction.
It’s yours if you’ll show them their buy-it-now price of $264,900.
- sigh –
So far, two bids…
[Linked: eBay]
Buyer’s Market: Benz 300SE SoCal Gem
Too good to be true?
By Gunnar Heinrich
WHAT does $1,600 buy you these days?
- Two roundtrip tickets (economy) from New York to Buenos Aires for a sunny sojourn? Check.
- One leather briefcase from Dunhill plus a box of cigars for the humidor? Check.
- One dozen long stem roses in a crystal rose vase by Steuben for votre amour? Check.
Or how about one 1989 jet black on black Mercedes-Benz 300SE…
