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the term would be swilling!
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he brought up something that i had never seen before on a w140.he mentioned the 2 little pins on top of the 1/4 panels.that supposedly pop up when backing up.he said they were first used on 95's.well i looked at a 92 300se yesterday that had them.is this actually what they do??
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i saw the car setting in a lot and was loking at it and the guy came out and we both kinda looked at em and had no idea what the hell they were.he thought antennas but there was on right in front of the left side one.
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Not up here. All of them are over 100k miles, but in good condition and mostly working. I was just pointing out that the normal S500 isn't worth much, because they're normally going to have 150,000 miles or more which doesn't sell. At this point the locking pump or HVAC display or ?? has stopped working reliably and the owner has decided to trade/sell it as it's been costing a lot to keep working lately and no longer worth fixing. These cars are on their way to being ghetto-cruisers unless they have exceptionally low miles or are in excellent condition with one-owner documents.
The ebay car is worth $2k. A good engine with those miles maybe $6k. A good engine, under 200k miles, one or two owner with proper documets and maintenance might be closer to $10k but this one is definately in trouble and I'm guessing that the maintenance and documentation on a car that "swills" a quart every 300miles is lacking also.
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It doesn't matter how nice the body might be. The fact that it needs an engine transplant makes it worth almost nothing. How many people want to buy a car knowing the very first thing they have to do is change the engine?
If it could be done cheap the seller would've replaced the motor. It can't be done on the cheap.
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Two years ago I'd have bid $6500 for that car. Ordinarily I don't like black, red or green, but the Russian VIN site says it's 199 metallic blue-black which is unblack enough for me. But I agree, it's not for everyone. Sixto 87 300D |
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Thats a new engine in 6 months, if you win the auction might as well order a long block from Metric at the same time. I called up on a very nice sounding 350SD once with about 150k miles on it, the guy had it listed for $2,500. He was honest about the oil burning though, and realistic with the price. If the price is right...
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Its a damn shame, because the W140 is probably one of the best sedans ever made. Its certianly a better S class than the W220 that followed it, and its more refined in every way than the W126. People are afraid of them because they cannot really afford them, or don't want to. But when running right they are fantastic machines, you would have to pay $100k for a new S class to get a comparable car. It's sad to see such a good car go to hell.
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No, I'm done buying Mercedes for quite awhile, at least the next 5 years. I'm only buying real estate now, no cars.
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Dammit there's a $5k bid. I'm out.
The guy told me that the bolster in the driver's seat is torn, kind of makes me fear for it's care and maintenance also, ... would've made a nice project though for the right price. I guess that if value can be measured by what someone will pay then I was low on this one.
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