My 85 SD was totaled in DEC this year! It was a great car. Now I am looking for another Mercedes diesel. Since I am starting new, I figured to get a slightly newer one, w/airbags. I cant find one! I looked at 126 cars
and even 140 cars, but who wants to put up with bad head gaskets or motors! I cant even find a clean one ! Now I am thinking about going to the E-class ! what year should I look at ?

Depends on what you want to spend really. I really like the 1995 E300D's.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Ditto...with the 1995 you get a car with less electrical complication than the W210, but the 606 engine. Many others must feel the same because every time I see a W124 with a 606 they seem to catch higher prices that a 1996 W210 with a 606.

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Current:
1985 300D aka Miss Margaret
1991 300SE aka Alarice
1995 SL320 aka Samantha
1997 K1500 Silverado
Past:
1999 E300 ex-wife got it and let her son ruin it
1984 190 2.3 ex-wife got it and let her son destroy a great car
1985 300D (CA version) aka Maybelline lost to deer at high speed.
1981 300D aka Madeline (went to salvage at near 400k) rusty, yet best car I ever drove
Wishlist:
McFarlan TV6 (only a few privately owned)
ReVere with Rochester engine
1917 Premier (only one left)

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/car/615443415.html

ooooo that looks like a good one. My wife will be glad it is so far from me

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Thanx,
Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR

If the mileage is correct...depending on the maintenance...a tank.

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'84 300SD sold
124.128

Agreed, that sounds like a new one, but cars that old with such low mileage, problems such as rotted and shrunken rubber issues, from under use apply.

These cars need to be driven and this one must have sat a lot.

But, if the www.mbcoupes.com buyers guide for the W126 is applied where applicable to it, the car should be grabbed.

The buyer probably is ignorant and has no idea what it is worth.

If it is in great condition, with no problems, mechanical, cosmetic or title-wise, of any kind, it is easily worth double or triple its asking price, and would sell INSTANTLY at the asking price, for which he would take even less!!!.

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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)

Boy that paperwork had better be in order, sometimes when it looks to good to be true.....

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Thanx,
Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR