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lrg · #10 01-10-2003, 10:19 PM

I bought my W124 on Ebay a year ago and was very happy. It was a San Diego car with about 105K miles and I paid under $8k for it. Price was on the high side but haven't regretted it and I will keep it for ten years (at least) so it almost doesn't matter if you find the right car. I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with the seller who tried hard to answer all my questions. I got a good feeling about him and he was willing to let me have the car checked out by a local mechanic, in fact encouraged it. I did a yellow pages internet search to find the mechanic who went over to see the car and you probably still have time to do the same. Walk away if seller refuses to make the car available to a mechanic. I spent $250 for the check up, bought the car, flew down and drove it home. By the way, I walked away from bidding on another car earlier due to the "slick used car salesman" feeling I got about the seller. If you like the car and the seller then have it checked out and go for it.