Why cant my Merc Diesel look like this!? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

rg2098 · #16 01-13-2010, 09:49 AM

Mine looked about 98% of that when i bought it at 200k miles. I had a few small door dings.

Shawn T. W. · #17 01-13-2010, 10:06 AM

And the leather still smells like new!

Yeah OK!

It may be in FL, but there is also a lot of salt mist down there too! Has more rust than mine! (I paid $1800 for mine which has a tad more miles

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Necrosavant · #18 01-13-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by UriahT

If I'm not mistaken, MB did not roll these off the line with Zerex or the like. It's smart owners over time that started putting it in. That and coolant chemistry changed. So it may have rolled off the line with green colored antifreeze. I may be totally off base here, though. Be good to see an original underhood brochure pic.

Great looking car, but the shiny rocker panels give me a little pause. If I'm going to lay down serious bucks, I don't want to see evidence of any repaint, especially on the undercarriage. It's from FL, though, so probably fine. They might have just gone a little hogwild with their buffer and wax.

MB COOLANT PART # Q 1 03 0002 all i ever use

tr1cky · #19 01-13-2010, 03:32 PM

Mine is the same color and nearly identical save for the aftermarket radio and mine was two years new and many, many, many thousands of dollars less.

Jeremy5848 · #20 01-13-2010, 03:58 PM

The problem with all of these low-mileage wonders is that (even if the seller isn't lying through his teeth) you either drive the car and enjoy it at the risk of scrubbing off much of the value, or keep it in the garage as a trophy, retaining the value but losing out on the enjoyment. Personally, I'd like you to own the jewel, keep it in the garage, and let me look at it occasionally, while I have a car in less perfect/valuable condition that I get to drive every day.

WDBCB20 · #21 01-13-2010, 05:03 PM

Another reason yours doesn't look like that is because you're not looking at yours through low res. pics that blur out the imperfections.