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12-23-2010, 02:09 PM
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Wherein I blow my mind with a 300d
I just made the greatest buy of my life in a long-distance deal (about a year after I swore never again, after the worst buy of my life landed in my driveway from Cali).
It's so fine, it's sublime. The rear springs haven't even begun to flatten out, let alone sag. The trunk looks unused. There isn't even grit under the carpet sections. Man I feel great. Unfortunately it now has to wait until spring to get the fender/door/etc. done and put it on the road.
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 Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22 
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#2
12-23-2010, 02:59 PM
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Wow, nice! Once thats fixed up you will have one heck of a nice 300D!
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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)
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#3
12-23-2010, 03:11 PM
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Have you got it on your drive now? That looks like a fun project and well worth the effort. Congratulations. Why wait until the spring? Rent a garage!
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior  Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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#4
12-23-2010, 03:30 PM
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Yes it arrived last Saturday, with great anticipation on my part as my decision to purchase was based more on my gut response to my private messages with the eBay vendor, than the pics (though he had sent me some additional, they were all done with an iPhone so the quality was not what I might have liked).
It was owned by an older gentleman, then willed to the family that accidented it. The damage isn't that serious. The tub does have a small gash, and the A pillar will need some work. But other than that it's just a bolt-off, bolt-on repair and I already have a door from my 240d parts car. I WISH I could get a bay but they are pretty much unobtainable here except for dead storage (and those are only large enough for the car, no room to work). I did years ago have a rented work bay but there is now a shortage of commercial buildings for auto work in my area and rents have become prohibitive.
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Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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12-23-2010, 11:08 PM
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Thanks. I'm still pinching myself in disbelief.
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Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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