Hi Folks,
Circumstances may compel me to sell my beloved 1982 240D auto. It has 205Kmiles, and is mechanically in great condition (new brakes, new front end parts, new CV joints, new tires in front). I adjusted the valves in the Fall and there is virtually no chain stretch. A/C works, as do all instruments etc. Best thing about it is that it has no rust at all (it came from Arizona and has only spent 6-7 years in Canada, and has seen no winters since I bought it 5 years ago - I have had it rustproofed every year). Interior very good, non smoker, PO replaced the dash. Garage stored. So: what do you think I could get for it on the market? I just had it appraised for insurance purposes, and the value assigned was $6500 Cdn. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
--Robert

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1982 240D 205,000miles+
1987 Land-Rover 110 diesel 50,000miles+

Where in canada are you? Possiblly one of my friends may be interested. Automatic transmission hurts value unfortunatly to some extent. Insurance appraisals for value are inflated pretty bad usually in my experience. Unless they are trying to settle a claim. Then their valuations all of a sudden become a little more than half of the true value. The exception is pre arranged policys like silver wheels in canada where they pay pre arranged appraised value of course with no haggling. Checking the ebay site may give you a better ideal of what they are going for. Also strange as it is the colour seems to have some bearing on who might want it. Sounds like a fairly good car.

There is a person in western canada looking for a MB, ill email him to come look at your post, we were trying to figure out travel arrangments, but neither of us can figure it out. (im in colorado).

Kenni
'85 300D turbo - FOR SALE

Thanks for the input.
I live in Ottawa, Ontario.
As far as appraisal value, the appraiser I deal with is not the kind who vastly inflates values. He typically looks at vehicle condition, and consults various pricing sources on the net and elsewhere. I've found the values he's appraised my various vehicles over the years to be pretty close to what they seemed to go for in the marketplace.
The colour of mine is tan.
I know, I would have preferred it to be manual transmission, but I gather those are not very plentiful. Mine actually has decent acceleration (for an automatic). Probably because the later W123's had higher output engines, and it's tuned very well.
Anyway, I paid $6-6500 Cdn for it 5 years ago (forget the exact amount). THe PO had had this vehicle dealer-serviced all the time (he owned 2-3 Benz's).
Cheers.

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1982 240D 205,000miles+
1987 Land-Rover 110 diesel 50,000miles+