I was browsing on ebay tonight when I came up on this SD I said "hmm, that looks familiar". Sure enough, I check the vin number and it was my 300SD!

I bought this car for $300 in July of 2001. It had not run in 5 years, I got it going with 1 new glow plug, battery and 3 qts of oil. Started right up!

The damn thing ran so well I drove it for a while and the only thing it needed was tires (developed flat spots from sitting). It really ran great, after sitting for 5 years I could hardly belive it!! I also fixed the window switches, door switches and the seat cable drives (PITA!!).

In about a month, the water pump all of a sudden went, I put a new one on along with all new belts.

It had some exterior rust which I sanded, primed and sprayed with some creme colored rustoleum, matched pretty damn good! It looks like he got those rot holes fixed.

I sold it a few months after that to a dealer in PA, he came and got it for $1500.

I sold the car to him with 254,000 miles, I dont know where he's getting 234,000 miles from, I really hope he didn't roll it back.

Here is the pictures I took of it when I owned it:

http://www.zemkowski.com/82300sd/

Here's the eBay ad:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1808144345

BTW: I have no financial interest in this car, I dont even know the guy selling it.

I noticed the line in the auction: CAR SOLD FOR ALMOST $50,000.00 BACK IN 1983. WOW!!
I thought my 1984 was stickered at $37 K or so... maybe the guy isn't very good with numbers. I mean, if you were going to roll back an odo, wouldn't you go for more than from 254K to 234K?
Still, it looks like a nice cheap SD with lots of life in it. Also, it appears that I've been paying way too much for used Benz's... :|

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

The MSRP for that car was $37,970. (I sent him an e-mail about the odo. Let's see if he does anything about it)

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

The description under the car's pic also says its TEAL...

I agree he's off on the price. My 87 300SDL was about $50k and I'm certain that is quite a bit more than what it would have sold for in 1982.

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Lance Allison
Lance@LanceAllison.com

Current:
11 MB S550 4Matic, 55k miles, Designo Black/Black
14 Ford F150 XLT Lariat Crew, 73k miles, 5.0
Coyote V8 4x4. Black/tan.
09 GMC Envoy Denali, 5.3 V8, 4x4 SWB. 38k miles,
Jewel Red/Med Gray.

Gone:
87 MB 300SDL, 320k miles, Astral Silver/Blue.
98 VW Jetta TDI, 488k miles, Classic Green/Gray.
85 Olds 98 Brougham FWD, 4.3 DIESEL V6, 80k
miles, 3x Gray.

MBCA Member, Chicago Region

Maybe the speedo/instrument cluster has been replaced, so the odo reading is incorrect now?

Just a guess...
mike

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1979 300 SD
350,000 miles
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1982 300D-gone---sold to a buddy
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1985 300TD
270,000 miles
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1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

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"We want your experience with us to be incredible and as a result hopefully you will tell all your friends about us."

Well, I guess we're doing that now eh?

Alex

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1983 300D (parked for four years)
2012 VW Sportwagen TDI Manual
2001 Miata SE
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside

The seller sent me an e-mail and wanted to know your name. Perhaps you can contact him:

bautoarts@aol.com

I told him I wasn't going to give him your name but to let me know if he wanted you to contact him. I said that the car when you sold it had 254,000 and the MSRP was $36,830.

He added a note about the correct miles at the bottom of the auction.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Its got to be over 254K miles, I sold it to him with 254,200 or so, and its a 300 mile drive from my house to him in PA and i'm sure he drove it some, but oh well.

How many miles did it have when you bought it? How many did you put on it?

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1994 C280 204k miles

I bought it with 252K or so, sold it with 254,300 or so. I dont know the exact mileages.

This was his response to me:

Fair enough.
I changed the mileage as it was a typo and my thanks for pointing it out.
as far as the car's original price goes, it seems that a 400 series was used instead of a 300 series.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Well looks like he made some money on it at least.

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1985 500SEL 124k miles
2001 Honda Civic EX

Suspicious!

It's back!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1809816067

Tranny never slipped when I owned it..

The trunk was rusted out but the floor pans were solid.