PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - My miserable Ebay experience with an 82 300DT..

boneheaddoctor · #14 06-15-2005, 08:53 AM

Thats a drag....I bought my 300SD on Ebay...it was basicly as described....

No lies by the seller. My 300D was on ebay...it didn't bring reserve price at te last bid of $2,900 (reserve was $3,200)...I looked at it two weeks after bidding closed...drove it...and was able to buy it for $2,800 cash....problems it had?
tach wasn't working....fix was used tach amp.

Temp guage not working...fix was sending unit.

Stero dead...was advertised and I put a better system in it to suit my tastes.

Damaged peice of dash wood...was in pictures got used piece off ebay to replace it.

Seller was selling becasue it had no power and he didn't like that...he recently bought it and found it didn't suit him.....fix was cleaned out Banjo Bolt and tweeked alda....also adjusted Bowden cable and runs swiftly now...(these will never be truely fast)

Car had all of 142,000 when I bought it and Carfax was clean...zero rust and original but scratched paint....which he never hid.

A/C not working...but I half expected that....will be fixing that myself soon.

Later put a set of AMG Penta rims with Toyo Proxy tires...handles well..is comfortible, quiet, and in all a wonderful driver.

Discoverd the car through ebay but was bought outside of ebay....locally.