I paid $3,200 for my car in early January (note my join date). The exterior looks great and has no rust, most of the electrical things work thanks to some labor on my part(not the AC, though), and it runs great. Best of all, the engine was rebuilt by MB-licensed mechanics just 107K ago (It has 240K total). It seems a quicky oil change place didn't put the cap on tightly enough when the car had 75K, and approx. 50K later the job had to be redone. This car has all its service records, by the way, and has been taken to the dealer regularly for most of its life.

At the time I thought I was paying a little too much for the car, but I really wanted it. Now that I know more about it I think it was well worth it. I did spend slightly over $1,000 on things I wasn't prepared to do myself, like replacing one ball joint, the windshield, a valve adjustment, and a couple of other things, but I knew about these things when I bought it and I still consider the car a good value.

Now that I've tooted my proverbial horn, hopefully I won't break down on the drive home.

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Ralph

1985 300D Turbo, CA model
248,650 miles and counting...