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01-19-2008, 08:36 PM
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Met an "original owner" today 85 300D turbo
Any original owners out there?
I met a chap today at the WInn-Dixie parking lot that was driving an 85 300D. He said he bought it new in the fall of 84 and it only had 115,000 miles on it. He said his wife was nagging him recently about "trading" it in for something else, and he said he wanted to keep his benz... Anyone buy their ride new (excluding anything after 1985)
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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000 98 BMW 323is 
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01-19-2008, 08:50 PM
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I hope you gave him your name etc. Never overlook a chance to get a good one if it was and the price might surprise you. Dealers may allow very little on a trade.
Thats how I got my first fintail. The owner felt he was only getting 600.00 in real dollars from the dealer to take it in on trade on his new ford continental. So I got it for that and mercedes dealerships were prying about 5k from buyers for that car at the time.
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01-19-2008, 08:51 PM
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Well, I bought my black Chevy PU brand new in '79 and still have it, but none of the Mercedes are original.......
 
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT  2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China"  Scar engine installed'81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John
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01-20-2008, 12:11 AM
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My wife still has her '69 Beetle, of which she is the first and only owner. It isn't a Benz, of course, but at least it's German.
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 "Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970
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#5
01-20-2008, 12:45 AM
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Orig owner
Yes, I bought mine new in '82 'cept it is a 240D...that turbo dumoflachie was an extra 6400 clams. That was real money back then...
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Bama1  2008 SLK 280, Firemist Red - "Hurricane" 2001 F150 Lariat 4x4, Black on Black - "Badboy" 1982 240D 4 speed survivor -"Pearl" - Donated to Vietnam Veterans 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 -"Gertrude" 1954 model original owner - ~2.5M Gray softtop/solid exterior/modified chassis 
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01-20-2008, 08:08 AM
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original owner..close
Note quite an original owner but close..3 Owners..1 family. My uncle Paul bought it brand new Feb. 1983. I believe he had it until 1991. My grandfather had it from '91-99. Then he passed away and I bought it from my grandmother in 1999. Been going strong since.
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01-20-2008, 08:19 AM
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not the orig owner but..... all are from orig family.....1980TD (110k), 84D (245k), 85D (98k) and 96 C220 (297K)......
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the sooner you start... the sooner you'll get done  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.. Its always simpler to tell the truth... 2007 Honda Accord EX 2007 Honda Accord SE V6 96 C220 97 Explorer - Found Another Home 2000 Honda Accord V6 - Found Another Home 85 300D - Found Another Home 84 300D - Found Another Home 80 300TD - Found Another Home Previous cars: 96 Caravan 87 Camry 84 Cressida 82 Vanagon 80 Fiesta 78 Nova Ford Cortina Opel Kadet 68 Kombi Contessa
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#8
01-20-2008, 08:38 AM
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Owned my 240D since new.
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Len '59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta '83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD '88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home '99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles '03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter '14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles '14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles '15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles 
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#9
01-20-2008, 09:59 AM
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original owner
I'm the original owner of my '01 CLK55 with a whopping 9,500 miles so far.
The 84 300sd was in the family - handed down from mom at 241K miles.
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~shell As of 2/2010: 2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0 13.6 @ 106mph 10K mi 1984 300SD 260K mi and going and going... 97 S600 46K miles 1991 Sentra SE-R (extremely dorked with) www.se-r.net
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#10
01-20-2008, 04:22 PM
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Yea! Thats going to happen.
Original owner with wife who would prefer I update my $39.000 300sd.
 I do not have to tell this group how I feel about that ever happening. 
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_____________________________ In scuba diving and skydiving as in life, if it isn't fun, your doing it wrong. Original owner & daily driver, 1983 300SD 298,000 miles.
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#11
01-20-2008, 04:37 PM
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well not original but the original owner was my aunt. pretty cool story was that is was a euro delivery program. she went out to Germany were her husband was stationed and she bought the car there in Germany and drove it around all over Europe during her stay over there. So I can say that my car has been on the German Autobahn.
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#12
01-20-2008, 06:03 PM
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Sindelfingen for $18,500.
Old Blue, bought new. Great ride, now died. Bangs and strife, how? Ask the wife!!! Old Blue is under the tarp on the right of the Pix. The other two 85's are transplant recipients many times over.
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FRANKNBENZ  1985 300D "Old Blue" 265,000 (parts car  )1985 300D "Gray Ghost" 245,000 1985 300D "Silver Bullet" 160,000 1975 914 VW/Porsche "BC Car" 125,000 2010 Prius "Shocking!" 60,000   Text Message only: 301-728-1115
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#13
01-21-2008, 09:29 AM
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keep it in the family
Very interesting how half of these are kept in the family.
Maybe you guys can give details on how you obtained yours if passed down, or given to someone in the family.
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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000 98 BMW 323is
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#14
01-21-2008, 12:10 PM
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Mine was bought from my grandfather who was the original owner.
He put ~250K on it, and had gobs of service records (all blank as the carbonless paper is wont to do). Fortunately the shop he has gone to for the last 15 years still is in business and covers me on jobs I can't handle myself. Good relationship, as they agree with me the car has issues that are quite fixable (and worth it if you do it yourself) but not worth fixing at shop rates. I'll be pulling my rear half axles and driving them in late Feb, where they will inspect and rebuild as appropriate (since they have the tools and such). -nB
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'83 300D Turbo Current: ???K mi - 19.2mpg -> 17.4mpg -> 22.9mpg  ---> ODO Died bought at: 233.8K mi - 10MPG For $1.00  3.5 cylinders work: 320 320 100 340 280 Got insurance? FarmersReallySucks.Com
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01-21-2008, 12:19 PM
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I saw a 300D in Atlanta about a month ago. The light blue color (like China Blue). It looked like it had been completely restored, but when I asked the owner he said that it was his graduation gift in '82. He had over 300K on it, and it was the NICEST W123 I have ever seen. It looked like it was just driven off the showroom floor. Spotless. He had no plans on ever getting rid of it, and I can't blame him.
I wish I could have taken a picture of it. Heck, I didn't ask if he was a member here. Could very well be.
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