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1. No center roof rack ribs - were they removed for repainting?;
2. Airbag only on the passenger side - was it deployed in an impact?;
3. Driver's power seat switch back button appears to be upside down or from a passenger side switch;
4. Alarm key under driver's door handle and to left of rear license plate;
5. Extra antenna mounted through the center of the roof;
6. Chip in left tail light lense;
7. Missing cargo cover;
8. Driver's door panel has a speaker - not available until 1991 (at least in U.S.);
9. Wood trim on dash and door panel not standard until 1990;
10. Leather seat pattern not used until 1990;
11. Center console missing antenna switch - not deleted until 1991 or 1992; and
12. ???????????

Bottom line, it looks like it got a new paint job and interior. The lack of a driver's steering wheel gives me the greatest concern about potential prior damage, notwithstanding that it is claimed to have an "Undercarriage/Frame's [that is] straight as an arrow."

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I clicked on the link with curiosity because our euro 190 is an 87. I think the antenna in the back s just an aftermarket old-style cell antenna for analog cellular. I think the guages are similar to ours. I'm puzzled by the airbag situation. Is that an airbag on the pass side? Our 190 doesn't have them- and has a similar steering wheel. I wish there were more/better pictures. There is "damage" described to the driver's seat- but no picture of it. There are no pics under the hood. I think this might not be an 87 model because vin isn't provided and title isn't described as non-salvage, etc. Odd.

Its possible the owner(s) have modded/swapped different pieces to the car over time. I've done this on my SD...half of it is genII W126 at this point.

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12. No badges on the rear.
As some one who has a 250TD euro spec. It looks like something is not right with it. Priced over the moon.
The vin is given down at the bottom. It looks about right. Does the Russian decoder still work?

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
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Check the complete VIN against the seller's title. When I bought my '84 Euro TD, Maryland had omitted the WDB prefix from the VIN and I had to get the seller to get Maryland MVA to issue him a corrected title before Virginia DMV would let me register the car.
And a couple years back, I looked at an '85 Euro W124 300D for a friend, and the PO had 'retitled' the car as an '86 300E! This discrepancy was probably not fixable. My friend passed.

If the VIN initially checks out OK, you might want to run it by your insurance carrier. Some insurers don't like grey-market cars.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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It looks to have gotten an interior upgrade at some point...for whatever reason.

It seems to be on the expensive side for what it is and the questions surrounding it.

Nice car though, hope the paintwork was done well.

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92 W140 OM603
97 VW Jetta TDI
90 Passat variant TDI 6 speed MT
94 Chevy K1500 6.5TD
05 E320 CDI
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of the questions listed, only the ones that make the ad look good are posted. I've sent two questions to him about the airbag discrepancy, and the interior update. surprise no answer.
I reported the listing to ebay.

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"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!

Vstech- I think he answered your air bag question now.

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1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

there is an answer to the question of airbag function, but it's not my question.
mine was quite direct about the interior and options...

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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!

Wants big bucks and didn't even bother to clean it? Guy is kook, looks to me to have a front end respray. I'd stay far away from that one.

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Has not answered my questions in any fashion. They were civil ones. Suspicions in general are high enough to start with. Car in my opinion has even too many accumulated miles for the kind on money he seems to be expecting.

Also bids are already past 7k probably from bidders that do not understand it is very unwise to do this without even inspecting the unit in one way or another. If it was repainted from the original black declared as the colour at least they did the door jams. I have this feeling that the ultimate bidder that prevails may not be that happy of a camper down the road.

I found the VIN listed on the posting with the claim that ebay can't take Euro VINs. I ran it through the Russian site (http://mb.ilcats.ru/) just to see what happened and got this:


Данные по модели
VEHICLE TYPE: CarMODEL NAME: 250 TDENGINE: 602912 10 056421TRANSMISSION: 717411 10 659061BODY: 01197ORDER NUMBER: 0622914639LIGHTS: HELLAWIPER: 870218INTERIOR COLOR: 078PAINTS: 172



Комплектация
430 HEADREST IN THE REAR, LEFT AND RIGHT

541 DOUBLE ROLLER BLIND USD.AS LUGG.AND PASSENG. GUARD



Модификация автомобиля
Europe 200-300 9/89-10/92; 200D-300D 9/89-7/93

Europe BIS 09/89

I want it, but not at that price.

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Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light

Give it a little more time and it may escallate to your price. This guy to me is probably like the guy that knocked on my door offering me his 1972 250C for only 14k several years ago.

I am guessing the interior was swapped out with a later model U.S. car, hence the presence of the wood and leather. Leather wasn't very popular in Europe, most basic cars such as a 250TD standard would have cloth, and velour was considered the top option in that market.

Was a drivers airbag standard in Euro cars in that timeframe? I have this vague recollection that airbags were either optional or that there was a delete option. Guessing the car never had a drivers airbag and the passenger airbag came along with the interior swap, but isn't hooked up or functional.

Is that the SLS pump on the front of the engine? Wierd that it's different than the OM603 we got with the tandem pump.

Might be an OK car at about $2.5K...