There is a 220D for sale in Stratford, NJ. Car is parked at Zales funeral home on White Horse Pike, US 30. It has been there for years and has paint and some rust issues. It is an automatic. Owner wants "about a thousand" for it.

$1K sounds a little steep for a car that's been sitting up for a while. It's more like a $500 car to me.

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Post some pics. I hope the owner did not die in the car.

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I agree. If it's an automatic transmission I believe it's value is much less than half that of a 4 speed manual, all other things being equal. If it has relatively severe body problems it would have to be mechanically excellent, which I doubt, for it to be a car to buy. Just going on the description it's a one hundred to three hundred dollar car. If it's an automatic I wouldn't buy it at any price, but that is only my opinion and the car might be worth more to someone else. It might be worth a couple hundred as a parts car if one wanted to buy a second 220D to fix up.