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1985 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon
273,000 miles

My bought new '99 E300TD w/120K miles is in better condition - and I'd let it go for $10K.


That one is waaay overpriced.

Nice, but for that money I'd look for a turbo version, 1998-1999 IIRC, FSH, etc. Of course that's just the asking price so you could possibly knock a few g's off the price.

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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold)
1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles
1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles
2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)

Price is a personal matter. It may be worth it to you.

Paying a little more for a car that is nearly perfect is justifiable if you can foresee not having to invest gobs of money in the near future. However, a 13 year old car is a 13 year old car.

I've seen low mile 211 diesels in the $20's.

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This area is typically used to brag about one's current or former automobiles.

107,000 miles, accident reported on the Carfax and they want $11,750?!?! That's a ripoff. Buy yourself a nice turbo '98 or '99 for less.

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

Yep, keep looking! The headlight lenses look milky, instead of shiny and clear as well.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

That's the first giveaway that it's been in the sun/weather it's whole life. Not good. My '99's lenses are clear as new. Garaged 100%.

If you're really interested, go check it out in person and make an offer. It looks pretty clean from the photos.

I had a one owner '98 that was garaged its whole life. The paint/interior still looked like new. The lenses were fogged over. Got to be something else.

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

My front seats have been covered since new with canvas, BMW style aftermarket covers. My seats aren't like new......they are new. Never ever has had passengers/kids/pets crawling around the interior either.

I actually bought my car new, too.

The car I purchased spent its whole life in northern Virginia. Maybe it has something to do with a poor rubber seal around the lenses? I took mine completely apart and polished them. Helped a little, but not a lot.

Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

I misunderstood you. I thought you bought the car new>??

Unless you bought it new, unfortunately you have no firsthand knowledge of where it was actually parked during daylight hours. Safe bet your's has been parked a lot in direct sunlight. The lenses don't turn milk white sitting in a garage when not being driven. -That's where mine's been since I bought it new July '99 - garaged. No wrecks, hail, or other damage either.

The lenses on our '96 were not nearly that bad at 248,000 miles because the car was garaged most of its life. What yellowing/fogging/pitting there was I easily polished off with a 3M kit; the lenses now look new. That eBay car has had a lot of ungaraged exposure and if it's also got an accident history is worth perhaps $7000 at best.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

NADA says $9400USD Clean Retail. The no turbo is a big disappointment to me.

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Codifex
1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)

Joe and I always agree........

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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