What is it with the Mercedes up here in BC??

So far I've been offered a turbo W123 , 400km!, with completely rusted out drivers side floorboards and lots of ugly fender rust for $1500...Completely unsafe vehicle with a @^$@#^$ ejector seat!

And then there was a 80 300D, all the doors completely rusted out, rusted exhaust, drive train sounding like it was full of marbles 300km also for $1500

Both these cars were originally selling for upwards of $2500!!
They were supposed to be deals at $1500!!
I wonder if there's any decent benzes up here for a price that actually reflects their age and condition????

Time to make a trip stateside

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

... I wonder if I could make money loading up my hauler with decent MB's and delivering them up there... if deathtraps are pulling 2K, my babies should be pulling 6!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Like I said in a previous post: Volvos and Benzes are really, really inflated in BC. Good thing you aren't shopping for an SL. You would have heart failure seeing the price differential between anywhere in the US (except maybe Palm Beach or Beverly Hills) and BC.

I buy cars from low-rust areas. I tried to deal with BC sellers several times but gave up. Not only are they overpriced but the vendors are, to put it mildly, unhelpful, evasive and worse. I always end up bringing cars from the US, even though it's much more expensive and the paperwork can be a bit nerve-wracking.

Hell if you want another Benz at that price point you can have my '78 300cd for $2,000. It has rust in the floor but not that bad.

Or if you want a 300sd a friend has my old one, nearly rust free but sruffy (originally brought from California), with a brand new rebuild IP for $1,500.

There will always be rusty old w123 everywhere. Nature of the design. Pics in online ads are usually useless as much of the rot is underneath (though by this point I don't need to tell you that, right?)

You have to be patient, or prepared to buy long-distance like I do. Edit/addition: for reference, I shopped for about eight months before I found my first 300sd. It was an California car that was left to a relative who lived near me. You have to stay in the game an keep looking all the time.

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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

You've just got to hunt for a while. It took me about 2-3 months of going out and seeing 1 or 2 cars every weekend. Some I walked away from before the owner even came out of his house. People crazy over value them. But people pay it, so the cycle continues.... You won't find a nice one find less that $2000 in BC....If I was going to sell mine I'd list it for $4000 and take $3500. Crazy? yes, but I think I could get it up here.... Anyways keep looking, you'll find something, good luck and don't get too discouraged...

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2004 F150 4.6L -My Daily
2007 Volvo XC70 -Wife's Daily
1998 Ford F150 -Rear ended
1989 J-spec 420SEL -passed onto its new keeper
1982 BMW 733i -fixed and traded for the 420SEL
2003 Volvo V70 5 Speed -scrapped
1997 E290 Turbo Diesel Wagon -traded for above
1992 BMW 525i -traded in
1990 Silver 300TE -hated the M103
1985 Grey 380SE Diesel Conversion, 2.47 rear end, ABS -Sold, really should have kept this one
1979 Silver 300D "The Silver Slug" -Sold