First, it would NOT be spent on this car

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6330&item=4529536629&rd=1

Besides being one of my least favorite color combos (yes, I DO understand there are those of you who will LOVE it), there are PLENTY of other superior Mercedes diesels that can be purchased for that price. I think I'd rather by a more used 300SD and have the entire vehicle redone to MY specs and pocket the extra $10,000. Also, unless this car has been maintiained by the book in terms of TIME, and NOT just mileage, I would be concerned, obviously little will have been done if it was only maintained by mileage which is what I rather suspect since he doesn't mention ANYTHING about books or records. Seems like a lot of little rubber and plastics are going to be brittle and fragile.

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Mercedes Fleet:
2004 CL600 Designo Espresso SPORT
2004 S600 Designo Espresso SPORT/Lorinser Pkg.
1999 S320
1988 300TE
1972 280SEL 4.5
Diesel Fleet:
2014 GL350 Blutec
1987 300SDL Blk/Blk 4 place seating #18 head
1987 300SDL Smk Slv/Burgangy #17 head
1986 300SDL Blk Pearl/Palomino #14 head w/ 280K
1984 Lincoln Mark VII Fact BMW Turbo Diesel

That is an ugly car. Seller needs a head check.

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

...and GREEN coolant!

I cant wait to see what sucker put his money down the toilet, I mean buy's this car.

That color combo is so late 70's/early 80's. Nice though.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I believe thats the same guy that had the 240 that had just been driven off the assembly line and parked at his house for 20yrs.

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'85 300 Turbo Diesel- 308K

This same seller seems to find vehicles in pristine condition. Now, how many of them truly have the mileage that he typically presents: 30-75K?

These odometers can be clocked by a moron. And, it does seem to add quite a bit of value for every 10K that comes off at these levels.

Hey! Thats the color of my dad's 1983....300SD.....his his a slightly lighter interior however, and 255k miles on it........

That car in the auction also has the 120Mph speedo.....that car didn't come with that speedo....I bet it came with the 85mph one.....seems fishy.....

My dad's has a 160mph one from a V8.....but the mileage is accurate.

I still have my good o'l 85mph one.....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

As a seller myself, and one who chases these cars like no one else...

I'm a bit skeptical . The seller seems to have a quantity of 20k mile cars from 20 years ago.

I could understand maybe one or two per year, but this guy has 25 year old MB's with less than 50k miles coming out of his ears..

I think that the seller is "building" these cars.

I actually like the color combo, but I'd take the mileage with a BIG grain of salt. Pictures are deceptive. It could be a pristine 35Kmi car... or it could be a Maaco paint job, an odometer rollback, and a really thorough detail.

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AlexTheSeal: hack mechanic, inadvertent drifting champ, builder of infernal devices, professional epistemologist

'87 300D Turbo, roadtrip mileage champ (for sale!)
'92 Isuzu Trooper, mudder extraordinaire (for sale!)
'82 Honda Silverwing, cockroach of motorcycles
And various boring daily drivers...

Sweet looking car.............but NOT at that price..........

I seriously do NOT believe that milage to be accurate.........and if it is I want to know how and why?

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Looks nearly indentical to my 82 300sd, except min has tan interior and 151k miles. Mine is very nearly that nice of condition, glad I paid $3100 instead of $26k!

It should have an 85 MPH speedo..... It seems that all the Mercedes I have driven over the years that all of the 83 models and below models had the 85 starting in 1980.

Anyone have a technical manual with the year that MB switched from 85 to 120?

I know that ALL 1981 cars were required by the government to have a 85mph speedo (you could not show a higher speed). I seem to think that this was still the case in '83 also. Anyone know for sure?

my 85 300D has a 120mph speedo, the 82 300D has a 85mph speedo... I know the 82 is stock because I have all the records from the day it was bought...

My '83 300D has a 120 mph speedo....and the carfax on it showed no milage issues.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche