Well, I'm disappointed but VERY glad to have your collective input.

I went over this car with a fine-toothed comb because my last diesel, an '84 300D, had some daunting rust issues. It's driver's door underside made this SD's passenger door look nearly pristine. Worse yet were the hinge pockets, which had rusted through to the interior. I don't have a garage and I got tired of bailing water out of the floorboards. I really don't want to pick up another car that needs more Rust-Eze (you know, the Medicated Bumper Ointment) than I can afford.

That add-on-in-line fuel pump bothers me a lot... a band-aid approach to a larger problem. As does the fact that the owner, after spending nearly $4500 on the ac, never took it back to have the compressor/clutch issue sorted out.

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