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Old 01-03-2006, 06:31 PM
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BTW will MB still do the warranty trap oxidizer repair for free? What all do you get: turbo, exhaust manifold?

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Old 01-03-2006, 07:14 PM
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The steering wheel has no texture left, the seat is beat, the interior overall is beat and the body is beat. Tires are wearing unevenly. Having been around these cars quite a bit, my guess is a realistic 200-250k miles. I would bet my life that car does not have 112,000 original miles. The steering wheel gives it away.

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Old 01-03-2006, 08:30 PM
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Too many issues on the car... I hereby bid a max of $2000 for it.
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Old 01-03-2006, 08:54 PM
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Well city miles do cause lots of wear as shown. In and out of the seat is a big one. Lots of Stop + Go, etc.

Obviously not taken care of well, you'd think it'd at least have new fog light lenses on it! They're not that expensive.
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Old 01-04-2006, 04:24 PM
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BTW will MB still do the warranty trap oxidizer repair for free? What all do you get: turbo, exhaust manifold?

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This was discussed many times in this forum. Mercedes did a "recall" in the early 1990s, to take out the bulbous trap oxidizer in cars that have them. They checked the turbo and the exhaust system, and replaced as needed. Many got new ones. In a recent thread a forum member took his recent purchased 1987 300D with the trap oxidizer to the Mercedes dealership and did get the new turbo and exhaust system. Looks like they still honor the "recall".
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Old 01-04-2006, 04:44 PM
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This was discussed many times in this forum. Mercedes did a "recall" in the early 1990s, to take out the bulbous trap oxidizer in cars that have them. They checked the turbo and the exhaust system, and replaced as needed. Many got new ones. In a recent thread a forum member took his recent purchased 1987 300D with the trap oxidizer to the Mercedes dealership and did get the new turbo and exhaust system. Looks like they still honor the "recall".
I just got my blue '87 300D back from the dealer in December, they only replaced the exhaust line from the down pipe back to the tialpipe when they did the trap-ectomy. It still has the same turbo, I guess it met their performance standards. It ran like crap (actually it didn't run at all!) with the old trap, it was completely plugged! I still have to set the timing properly, just haven't had time. My $400 '87 300D turbo (subject of a thread here on the 'Forum) looks incredibly better than the one in this thread even if it does need paint. My interior was almost great and the body only showns a little bump on the rear panel below the license plate and had a tiny (very little door ding one one door. But it had a dead engine. It needed a head, which is why it went cheap (mechanics lien).

I suggest one find a great looking car that was maintained properly with a bad head (or similar engine problem) as compared to someone that buys a running car like this one on eBay that needs body work and a lot of interior parts. I would pass on this one at any price! OK, if it was $400 I would part it out, its not worth fixing in my estimation.

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The car could have the low mileage, that is possible. Does not look well taken car of, though. The seats are a mess, breaks in the center console, and take a close look a the carpeting - and the spare. This guy really tried to clean the carpeting - you can see the marks - and it still has the rust/dirt marks on it. Take a look at the spare - see that oxidation on the aluminum rim - that is not rust from the aluminum. That rust is from sitting in a pool of rusty water, specifically the spare tire area filled with water long term, at least that is my suspicion.

I do give the guy credit though, at least he didn't spray paint the carpet to cover the marks. I once saw a guy spray painting discolored cloth seats to freshen them up, I was absolutely amazed. They were terrible to begin with and actually didn't look bad when he was done.

I say this may have been a flood car. That may explain it's long layover.
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Old 02-11-2006, 11:55 PM
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Miles, although relavent, aren't the whole story.
As mentioned a worn steering wheel, worn carpet around the pedals, the mats are probably gone because there was a hole worn through it! So many of these odometers don't work, I'd be surprised to see it turn.

If it does have 112k miles, I doubt it, it was a mile at a time. Short-haul driving will wear a car out in 112k miles, suspension, interior, HVAC, steering, you name it, and idling at school waiting for the kids etc., I'd rather have a car with 250k honest highway miles.

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Old 02-12-2006, 12:22 AM
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We had a '74 Dodge pickup from new and in 10 years and about 100k miles, the seats were ragged out and body was all rusted out.

But having said that, I think there;s more to this car than what is advertised. I also noticed the new brake and accelerator pads with the very worn steering wheel. The body is beat up and the seats, carpet, and dash show a lot of wear.

The bidding is already more than it is worth.
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Old 02-12-2006, 05:04 AM
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on the pics, i would be very surprised if the car is mechanically sound. if it were it would be worth maybe 1000 to 1500 to me. based on the pics i would only buy it for parts.

yes, the fender is damaged too.

the body repairs alone are worth more than the car.

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