No, it actually received bids of $13,100 from others before the winning bid. At that pricepoint the bid increment looks to be $800.
http://offer.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=4620307720

I guess what I can say is that diesel buyers on ebay are not the smartest bunch. Even 300SDL's that are close to 200k miles and worn interior sell for more than a 560 thats got half the miles and twice as nice interior. This diesel-mania is now simply a fad... just like the beanie babies, pogs and the like were. People will soon find out the hard way that its not diesel that makes a car last, but the car's condition and maintenance. :silly:

Just under $14K for a 20 year old wagon? Ebay is the place to sell that's for sure...

I agree completly, if I were in the market for a W126 today I wouldn't even consider a diesel one. I'd rather just get a much nicer 560SEL with probably 100k+ less miles and pay the difference in fuel costs.

I don't know...I haven't seen a single 123 gasser. Granted there were fewer sold, but still.

there are a few around i have owned two
 

280es one is a euro and i own it again. the other is an 81 us and my brother is driving it still. he just patched the floor today under his rear seat mount with a section that he had cut out of my 82 240 that i parted and took to the junkyard a couple months ago.

the 280s are about as durable as a diesel. they are about bulletproof.

tom w

I think $100 is the largest standard bid increment, and kicks in at a price of $5000. A jump larger than the bid increment can happen because that's the amount needed to meet the reserve price.

You're right. The change in the way they display reserves threw me off. Used to be if reserve was met it said so and without that I took it to be a no reserve auction. If it was no reserve there would be no explanation for the difference between the winning bid and the previous bid except for an increment that large. I've never bought in there for more that $6K so thought that maybe at that higher level a higher increment would apply.

Not that any of it matters....:)

Well some people are paying half a million for old american muscle cars that one sold for a fraction of the amount.

Didn't know if you found one or not yet but looks as though you haven't. This guy is a pain in the but to work with but I think he is a good mechanic. Trained in Stutgart in Germany so he says. You never know might be a nice car and a wagon for that price, it is worth taking a look.

http://portland.craigslist.org/car/145716838.html

knack the nack
 

http://home.comcast.net/~mr.diesel.info/MrdieselTreepadSite/index.html

this guy has a nack for finding very nice documented diesels.

I bought a 240D from him (sold recently due to lack of use).

Personaly, I like the lines of the coupe and the sedan more than the wagon but I guess if you are looking for a more practical car, you can't beat a wagon.


But why such a big difference between a wagon and sedan, looks like you could buy 2 sedan for the price of a wagon. Are they that rare ?

1984 300td
 

These wagons are rare, compared to sedans.

I just bought one and am in the process of cleaning it up now. I named
it "Christine", after the Stephen King novel.

Apparently, a teenager thought it would be cool to replace the windshield
washer outlets with chrome skulls. Now when I spritz the windows, blue
washer fluids comes out the eyeholes...

:eek:

Tom Valdriz

bwahahahaha !!!!

How much did you pay ?

Humm, I have around $8000 into my sedan including the price of the vehicle and shipping. I think I need 2 front shocks, fuel injectors to get rid of a idle shake and my seat belt latch is squeaking something fierce. I've gone over then entire car top to bottom and I trust her reliability over any new jap car on the market. Plus if something does go wrong, I know I can fix is cheaply, god forbid I loose something serious like my tach amp! :D