I am sort of regretting selling my 300CD, It's getting close to a year, since I sold it. I know that thing was falling apart around me, but I miss how she drove, and the sound she made...

Why not find a new one? CD's are nice rides!

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

I'd like to, but I don't need another endless money pit at this time, maybe some time down the road when I am making enough money...

I will probably regret selling mine.

Post Pics of All 123 CARS here

Alex

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2005 E320 CDI 47K (Daily driver)

everything is for sale at the right price...but no I am not looking to sell mine.

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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

Getting back into the saddle of one will be something to look forward to, perhaps as a medium range goal. There's always a few on the market here in CA when you're looking again.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Mine's a 126....but I'll never sell it. Ever. Its with me till rust, colission, or my own death, do us part.

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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)

YES, indeed! I DO regret selling them both!

I miss the solid feel. The clackety-clack of the 5 cyl while I sat at a red light. THe weaving in and out of traffic in the Detroit area (the turbo afforded me this luxury). and YES I do miss the slow pickup it had from a deadstop. I miss having the accelerator floored and still only accelerating somewhat slowly.

I DON'T miss the door locks freezing up on me in the cold Detroit night. I don't miss having to pull out the 200A starter/battery charger to get it to crank up. I don't miss having to go back outside in the middle of winter because I forgot to plug in the block heater.

Weighing the pros and cons, I would definitely like to have at least one of them back. preferably the '85 300D with 306K on the odometer.

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Frank
84 500SEL EURO 101K ( JUST LIKE MY 1ST WIFE. GLAD TO GET RID OF HER! )
85 300D 310K (sold)
90 350SDL 184K sold
83 300D 118K (sold)
88 300E 153k (sold)
93 400E 105K (sold)

My brother regets getting rid of his. I found him an '82 300CD (turbo diesel) with something like 85,000 miles on it, in excellent shape a few years back. He rapidly put an additional 325,000 on it, (425,000+-) countless speeding tickets allover the US and the legal to make those go away. Seems like it was the harmonic balancer? that grenaded and shredded everything on front of the engine. Towed it home, snagged an '92 350SDL, got a new job and he sold it to a neighbor, FOR A DOLLAR, I kid you not, new suspension, new MB Tex on the front seats & foam etc.

Did not see it for a year. Now I see it all the time blasting down the road. Tried to catch up to him the other day. Kids said hey dad, aren't you driving really fast, about 80 and not closing the gap.

Brother was back in town a few weeks ago, filling up. It was there. The neighbor got some junkyard parts etc. new belts and nothing else, cost $75. The look on my brothers face.... Regret does not describe it. His daughter just turned 16, would have been perfect.

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raMBow

1999 E300DT Obsydian Black Metallic, Heated Full Leather Parchment options, E2, K2, 136,000+, best 36.5 mpg - GP's 12-04 & 11-12 Zero Stuck
2010 Honda Odyssey - The BrideMobile - best 26.5
(2) 2005 Honday Accord- (1 -Corporate 1 - Personal) - 110,000 4-cyl 30mpg
2000 VW Golf GLS TDI, Upsolute Chip (sold to Brother, now 300+k on it) 48.5 mpg like clock work
1987 Honda CRX HF - Sold 87,000 always over 50 mpg Max 67 mpg

i love my 300cd and dont plan on selling it anytime soon but thats probably not what you want to hear.

I plan on selling my 85 once I sell the 87. I know I won't regret selling the 87. The 85 OTOH, I wish it had a gasser engine so I wouldn't have to think about selling it. With the mileage the 85 gets, it's just too expensive to drive with the price diesel is nowadays. I haven't driven it since Superbowl Sunday and then I only drove it for about 20 miles.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

My Tacoma is going to make up for my loss now

123c How dare you? NO MB that and saying your Toyota will make up for it that is blasphamy Just kidd'n.

I will never sell. Never Never Never. My wife says one has to go which means the 240 but I'm going to find a way to smuggle/launder the car so I can keep it.

But the 123 will be with me and my kids. One of those classics that stays with the family and tells a story. I'll bring this post back to life in another 50 years as I apprach 1 million on the car

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76 300D 130K "Stella" (Sold )
74 240D 299K (Donated to Highschool For Senior Project WVO)
83 300TDT 290K (My one and only)
Sanford, NC

If you see your former car in a much better shape down the road, you'll regret it endlessly. I would guess that if you saw it in a worse condition, you'd also regret it. Either way you'll regret it.

But, if a car were to be sold to a fellow MB enthusiast who will take care of the car just the same or even more than the previous owner then perhaps that will justify selling it.

Then again, I'm not selling mine.

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I just saw my '79 that I sold on the road the other morning. Did not look right with someone else driving it. It was a one owner European delivery etc....

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
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