Thoughts on a potential purchase?

[1977busman]

Well im always surfing craigslist to see what comes up close to me. Recently I found this: 1987 Mercedes 300D Turbo
The kid says it was his fathers for the last 23 years and he recently passed it down to him. He appears to have no clue on any of the questions ive asked him about maintnance and other things like that, but did say his father was a mercedes guru who has always kept up on maintnance. The car now has 356,xxxmiles on it. He says occasionaly the anti lock light goes on and off, and the sunroof is not working. I have tried to get a head number, but he didnt even undertand what an injector was when I was trying to explain where it would be located.

So would you consider this a parts car or another back up car? and what would you pay for it? I was thinking $600-800. Oh and he posted it less than a week ago for 2k then just lowered to 1600.

Thanks,
Zach

1987 Mercedes 300D Turbo - $1600 (Marysville)

Date: 2011-10-13, 4:23PM EDT
Reply to: sale-ymae9-2648177589@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]


Gets 34mpg highway/ 28mpg city. Good reliable car. Runs on diesel. Last year I submitted the car to Mercedes and got an award for 500,000 kilometers+. Thats what is shown in the pic. Car will sell fast. Call/text Josh at 678-520-0042

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