Here is one in Portland
 

http://portland.craigslist.org/car/143341186.html

This guy must have been reading this forum. Everything you have been asking for and required by others on this post in the exact price range.
This might be one of those times when someone asks you to jump you should ask "how high", and scoot on over. I contacted him on your behalf to see whats up with the car as of now. He is about 1.5 hours away from you.

Good luck.

I posted that one too. It's the one that had a tree fall on the hood. Guess that's why no pictures of the front. :rolleyes:

Here are a few more:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/143149721.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/car/141911679.html

Sorry moderator you can get rid of this in a few mins.....brykast get on messanger if you are still arounds. Sorry!

Your link didnt work....when I clicked on it.....But yea looks like a good car

GREEN coolant! Thats got to be worth at least $1800 off the asking price. :D

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That blue one in the Portland Craigslist is the same car that's in the Seattle list posted earlier. The car with the tree strike. I see that the price has been lowered by $100. - not enough to repaint the hood.

Oh, the '84 posted above, also listed in Portland craigs sold in ebay last night for $6200. It surprised me to see that the seller had come off his original ask of $7500. to sell at a reserve of $6000.
I really expected that his reserve would follow his previous price more closely. The car was/is actually in Ashland, OR - some 500 miles south of Portland. Gone now, oh well.

Everything works the way it is supposed to, but in the need of a good cleaning and maybe some touchup paint.

Be patient. 10K is unreasonable for any car that gets driven much. Someone has to do regular maintenance and repair on it because it's old. It could be a terrific car to have but paying a real lot for an old car does not mean that maintenance will consist of oil changes and wax jobs.

I agree if its in excellent condition with records to prove all maintenance etc going all the way back and no rust etc. $10K is in line with what someone would pay who wanted a 300TD
Here's what someone just bought for $10,000 on ebay (hint, it's a W124 diesel turbo) Lets see what kind of feedback they leave. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4617132221&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Perhaps you diesel experts can explain why....
 

How and why are diesel cars going for such high prices? In Europe, diesels do have a good resale value... but a comparable diesel car like the one shown in the auctions would not fetch that sort of money. Is the reason for the high prices that the purchasers will be converting the car to run on old oil? Is it the hype about diesel engines reaching 500,000 miles before needing major servive(meaning people will believe that you simply fill up and drive and do the oiil change until you hit 500k)? For that sort of money one can purchase a pristine gasoline powered car with all the luxury items working. I just don't get how a signal red diesel 124 with cracked dash pad and mb tex seats that have sagging nets in the rear sell for a price that one can buy the gasoline powered version in PERFECT mint shape and have fuel money for 2 years still in the bank.:confused:

A fool and his/her money are soon parted.

No way I'd spend $10K for a twenty year old diesel wagon. Ever.

NADA collector car guide shows average retail and high retail for a 82 300tdt as 7200 and 10300 repectively. Almost as much as my 69 280se coupe.

Well, the buyer liked it leaving this feedback:
"Great Mercedes. As described. I am so happy. Thank you. Will buy from U again. A+"

Still a LOT for a 29 year old car, cool color though.

ginny in denver

Their is no practical reason Snibble. Take a 350SDL vs a 560SEL. Put two mint 60k mile examples side by side and the SDL will fetch probably 50%-100% more. They do get better mileage but not that much better, their is no logic to it.


You can buy nice driver 560's all day long for $6k, hunt all over the country and come up with a 300SDL thats not as nice with 100k more miles on it for the same price.

For that price, you could buy one of the best '91 560SEL's in the country. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

Would you pay $13,900 for a old MB diesel wagon? Someone did on ebay at least for a w124. The winner was newly registered on ebay which would make me leery, but it did receive active bidding from others to $11k. From the pics, its the nicest w124 wagon i've ever seen.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-6-CYL-DIESEL-1987-MERCEDES-300TD-WAGON-TURBO-DIESEL-WAGON_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6330QQitemZ4620307720QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW