It can be difficult to come up with the money at your age W123Fanman. Hey, we were all 15 once upon a time and you have a good dream plan there. It is complicated by the transportation problem also. I would work with your parents on this one if I were you. It does look like a good body, though I see all the padding has fallen out of the rear seat cushion - pretty common on those cars. 300D turbo would be nice, but you would need a different exhaust system also. The oil filter problem needs to be addressed, though with a bit of thoughtful machine shop work a plate could be made to shut up the old mount and move the filter system elsewhere and probably mount the nipples for the cooler hoses right off that plate. But money and transportation problems must be resolved before you can proceed. Work on it!

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

Well with money, I have some right now (couple hundred) and I have a paycheck on the way which I expect a good chunk of money and I do have some odd jobs (and more to come) working with other people on their landscaping and basic construction needs. My biggest problem is once school starts back up again I will be limited to weekends for work so I can only do so much work. A plus is I have a mechanic that I can go to for questions and my dad has known him for 20 years so I do have access to discounted work (probably one of the best mechanics in the area, works a ton on these old Mercedes, and my dad is one of his favorite customers and he does go the extra mile to keep our cars running at a cost that sometimes hurts him). So yea true I have little cash so I probably won't be getting anything this time around but I think it is do able. Reason why I wish I could get this particular car is the pristine interior (well a few scratches on the wood), and the fact there is no rust (a problem we all know with these cars). Obviously can't tell much about the paint from the pictures but looks good enough to just be able to shine it up and wax it and make it look nice that way. The bad is the fact it will need an engine so that's some definite $$$$$$ and the fact there is no sunroof (I would fancy a sunroof). I just guess it is best to wait until I have saved up enough then start looking again because I just estimated trip costs round trip to the city it is in, and that was about $800 but yea you were correct I should have a plan that I can actually work within

You know I am a long time school bus driver. I have driven many 15 year old kids to school. And it is rare when one sees a 15 year old boy that shows the really good sense you do. I bet your parents will go out of their way to help you, but maybe you are just a little young for a big complicated transaction like this is, you know, time, distance, a non running car, high cost to travel. But your thinking is so good!

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

thanks... trust me I probably have the most initiative of anyone I know and not surprisingly I have people older than me to come to me for help finding cars... And driving buses? Ohh I would hate that job but at least from what I have seen with my bus drivers in the past, it is not the easiest job and not the best paying either, but I know the people who do it like it usually. Must be certain personality types that like it. And parents... My dad being an owner of Mercedes before (well his 82 or 83, I don't remember which, 240D is in non-working shape, and he did have an early 1960's 220, 220s, or 220SE but he doesn't remember that either, and also a currently running 2003 Sprinter 2500 for the family/work) has liked my idea of getting an older Mercedes vs. my brother's idea to get a 90's Toyota MR2 MKII (not bad vehicles but I'm afraid they have too much power for a beginning driver, most of them are in California, and they are not to great on safety). Unfortunately my parents probably won't help me much because they currently don't make too much (my dad is a small business owner, has already had to close down 3 of his centers in the past couple of years, but it's looking much better in terms of revenue now in the past few months since he closed the 3rd center) and my mom works at one of my dad's most profitable centers (where I work some also, but only when there is a spot in the schedule that someone else can't fill), but I do believe my parents would help if they could. So yea I believe I am heading in the right direction but I really currently don't have the means.