I think the main concensus is a 'well maintianed' car. Mine had a good body. The interior looked bad. It cleaned up though. I went through a lot of the stuff. Still have the front end to do. It was aprtially done by the previous owner. I probably have 5K to 8K into it. 240D. It probably would have been better to get a $5K car or such. Mine probably has $300K on it. I did some engine work, but not a rebuild.
I like my 240D for the short drive to work. It will get up to 70 75 mph farily easy. Its a manual 4spd. If it where a 5 spd, and a bit better seats, then longer trips would be OK. Maybe when I get the front end done, and see about the seats, my opinon might change. It is soothing to drive though. Meditation of 4 wheels. No radio, only rap is the deisel.
Tom