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Nice pictures & nice car; but read the copy on this super rare "300sdtd"; "That cost $40,000 more than a Rolls Royce"

"Museum quality" "Ultra Rare" Rare, rare, rare,.... AND the 'million mile' mark is mentioned.
This ad copy is beyond words.

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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration...
don't Fail Us Now"

It ain't bad.......

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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

What a line of bull! Apparently the Rolls-Royce was free in 1980, ... and the rarity of that car had nothing to do with the cheap fuel in 1980 and our fascination with big cars that had V-8s. Did you see his super rare 1985 300D in another ad? Did he move to AZ from St. Petersburg, FL? LOL

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

3PGY745 is a California alphanumeric plate that would have been issued in 1997.

So where in the hell was the car before that: in the rust belt, or did it have a collision, personal plates or what excuse is there?

The guy has fallen in love with his own prose. Meh.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

This guy was on another MB forum recently asking about the value of this car.

pumpkin colored interior??? wtf

reminds me.. I need some new keys

the ad is a bit verbose, but hey sales is everything.
I would LOVE that car. AZ is THE place to find one of these (as long as it was garage kept) ... were palm trees native to AZ?...
that leather sure does look great. Steering wheel pristine, dash great.
WEIRD angles for the pictures... like a super model photo shoot or something... I predict ending bid in the 6K range.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Appears to have a tear in the driver's seat backrest too, only shows in one photo / obscured in the others. Was 'Tex available in the '80 SD or is this leather?

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

Yes, but that tear, makes the car even MORE one of a kind and rare. After all, it's likely the only with that exact tear, of which is of that exact length/width/depth, in that exact spot, on that exact seat....

I'll offer him 50k, just because of the ultra rare tear in the seat..lol

Nick

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If I get "laser cut keys" for my "D" will it raise the value.
The pics show a very nice looking W116, but there is enough
BS in that ad to steer me away. I would not bid on it.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

Laser cut keys...way back in 1980..?

Those things were ground out on the same machine VW used to make theirs back then. The key making technology wasn't that advanced in 1980.

"Laser" anything, was hard to find, and even out the realm of Mercedes at the time.

The ad is a joke, so is the seller. I wouldn't buy that thing no matter what he told me.

Nick

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He talks about how clean the car is under the hood, but I guess the battery in his camera died before he could take some wierd pictures of the "cleanest diesel I've ever seen".

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Dave
1983 300D Daily Driver

Is "unordinary" even a word?

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'81 300CD - 180K, cannot be killed by any conventional means
'99 Ford Escort - good MPG

Nobody ever called an S-class a "300-series" either.

Mercedes called the W124 that for a bit, prior to settling on E-class.

North America was the ONLY market for ANY version of S-class W116 diesel.

Rather than how pretty it is, something about service records is more useful for a Mercedes this old. Especially how recently the transmission was rebuilt and how recently the HVAC system was repaired.

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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '10 CL550. '01 Porsche Boxster
Two BMW motorcycles

Second ad I've seen today, stating "it is reported that Jay Leno has one in his collection". Jay's probably got over 100 cars, I'm sure he's got one like this in there somewhere.