Diesel enthusiast looking for MB's for sale!!!!
please reply

Craigslist, classifieds, ebay, side of the road (preferably not on the side of the highway dead), this forum. Where do you live?

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior

at a mercedes benz store. i think they call it a dealership?

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

I live in Porter TX, its about 20 miles north of Houston TX...
and i refuse to go to a dealership b/c i do not want to get rattled up by those stupid salesmen that want me to drop 100K on a 09 S-CLass... happened to me last time i went....

I am only interested in old reliable diesels...
maybe someone who has a lot full of them for sale, or anything else.

Thats probably not a real common occurrence....... Maybe 1 or 2....but not a lot full.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Craigslist always has a lot of them where I live (sf bay area). Enough that I can be picky when looking for one. I am sure Houston is the same deal.

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Looking for a pristine one or one you can work on and drive at the same time?

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

I bought both of mine from private individuals in Houston off of Craigslist
(one actually IS a BMW dealer, but had bought the 300TD for his teenage son - who didn't think it was 'cool' enough. I did )

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Craigslist.com, and every where else is a distant second. You might also want to check the Austin and Dallas versions too. I'm in the DFW area and I always check Houston and Austin. Bought one from Austin..........

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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

How many do you want? I've got 4 old diesel lined up right now......

OF COURSE, none of them are 300TDs --- JimmyL grabs all of those.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

You should try to narrow down your search. Do you want a 240D, 300D, 300SD? Turbo vs non turbo. Something newer? If you are not sure, you should read this forum for a while to get an idea about the differences between the different models and eras. If you get a car that presents a lot of problems that you do not understand, you will get discouraged quickly.

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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale**
84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

We have a 1984 300SD TurboDiesel. THE BAD: interior isn't "datenight" worthy, but it's ok as a daily driver. MY hunny also tried to wax the car a few months ago to try to bring some shine to it. Well, the paint was just to worn and the diesel, which was formerly a nice powder blue, i not a swirl mark of bule/white on the top . Has an slow, oil leak somewhere underneath, I don't know wxcatly where its coming from and haven't even looked. No working radio, but stuill has the original Becker in it. No A/C, no heat. Electric seat passenger site doen't work. Motor works, but seat doesn't move, probably off track or something. THE GOOD: All power windows work (passenger side rear is off track, won't roll up/down, but you can hear the motor turning). Gets really really great gas mileage, she clocks about 35-38 mpg highway. STRONG engine. Starts everyday, in cold weather, hot weather, rainiy weather, always cranks up.

Check out this thread...
These folks have a nifty diesel flipping operation, for hippies.

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

For the right price there's one in my driveway

Sixto
87 300D

I'd be Very,Very,Very careful,in your area, about ANY used Vehicle...
"Submarine Captains Abound"

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'84 300SD sold
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