Miles isn't the only ager of these cars... years, climate, etc. all make a big difference too. 16 years old is young compared to most of the cars on this forum.

Finally, remember that a lot of "pride" simply means "money." For example, I bought my 79 SD with some pretty rough-looking paint oxidation and fading. With a new paint job, it would look awesome. But guess what? I'm not a rich guy who can afford a good paint job, which would probably cost me more than the original price of the car which was purchased as and has been a reliable daily driver (and if you're going to spend $800 at a Cheapo-Painto place, you may as well not paint it at all).

To me, "pride" in ownership does not mean having a show-quality car: it means that your car is clean, the inside isn't trashed, and the engine is regularly maintained. Beyond that "pride" begins more and more to simply = "money."

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'82 Chevy Chevette diesel

That picture, and especially the first picture are horrible. Perhaps the their photographer friend was on vacation, but they can't hold the camera level. The first picture was done with a fisheye lens and then corrected in software. Because they didn't know what they were doing, it ends up looking like the wheelbase has been shortened but the car length stays the same. That, and the car "sagging" in the middle.

According to the EXIF, the camera is a Canon 5D. With that and a fairly wide lens, I don't understand why they'd pick a fisheye and then correct it. Fisheyes are more of a specific purpose lens, not one you'd use for something like this unless you wanted to lead off with an eye-catching shot. But you'd leave the image alone.

I'll take your word for it.....but they look nice to my untrained eye.

They flip gassers too.....I dig that orange SL they sold. I just sent them my resume.

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1981 240d - 135k - Arlene

The 1980 300SD in Silver with Black leather looks mint. I was drooling over that one while it was on ebay.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

I know it doesn't matter to you, but you are unbelievably socially inept, and have insecurities that must be overcome by bragging about pretty much whatever the subject is at the time.
You are flawed.......
{all of us are, just thankfully not all in the same ways....}
Why you are on your knees in front of the Berkshire guy is another mystery. So, you not only brag about your own stuff, but also stuff you are associated with??
I'm sure the psychologists on the website are grinning.......

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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

That's funny, true, but funny. I'm grinning now and I'm not a psychologist. (Sure hope I spelled that correctly, in case Hatie reads this).

On a related subject, if you want to see a nice picture of our "friend" Joe, go to the ************** site. He's standing in front of his car in front of his trailer. He must have spent some of his Berkshire Hathaway frotune with Kent. You have to wait for the various testimonials to cycle through to see him.

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

A repaint ,a few interior swaps from a yard and throw in new parts under the hood to clean things up a bit. Build it and they will come ,as they say. Cant hate what their doing.

I thought he posted that pic just to be a smart a$$.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

I general their guy seems to know what he's doing, but he does like wide angle lenses much more than I do. About the widest lens I every use is a very flat 24, a little of that fisheye stuff goes a long way. Of course, I'm not a big fan of digital photos anyway.

These pics have been used by scammers on craigslist before.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Wow, nice cars, great pictures, and an attractive website. Those guys seem to do things first class.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I see at least two vehicles that state that the title is open, which means they never registered it. Curbstoner. Nothing like avoiding taxes. How come we bash other curbstoners, but not these guys?

It looks like they recondition the car prior to taking the shots, maybe a very good steam cleaning facility, exterior and interior detailing too? Those are still obviously low enough to still gain a huge profit seeing the prices of each one.

They have amazing shots, I love the way they cover most of the details but still being presentable and composed nicely. Seems they always take it to the same spots when taking shots of their cars.

Looks like a team effort to me to say the least

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Even the composition of their photos is good, not just the lighting. If they do as good a job on the car rehabbing as they do on their presentation, they should be pretty nice cars.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Nice car, but its missing its most important european part: euro bumpers! Its also missing the euro side markers and tail lights, but that is a very nice car. I like how he said the 4 speed 300d was a rare option in europe. Funny, his car is the BASE model. I don't see any options on it besides tape deck.

I sold my really nice 300d euro 4 speed for $5750. It had some dings and dents, but could have been made perfect for another grand or so. I'm guessing this one goes for 12-13k.

Oh yea, look at the owners manual. From a turbodiesel!

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1983 300d Turbo (Daily Drive) -- 243,000 miles
1979 280ce AMG (Beginning extreme restoration) -- 141,410 miles
1979 Yamaha Chappy LB50 (Awating new points) -- 1411.6 miles

1981 300d Euro 4 speed -- 188,421 km -- SOLD
1979 300d Euro 4 speed (Sold to Brother) -- 257,000 miles

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