A so-called "friend" of mine once asked a favor for me to buy him a set of new 4 Bosch glow plugs for his OM616, for LESS than what the cheapest sources cost. And he lives overseas.

Talk about "unfriend"-ing this guy lol

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Was selling my 1965 Chevy wagon in about 1980. Put two FS signs in the side rear windows; $100.00. Car ran fine, even had good factory AC. No bites for two weeks, so I Upped the price to $400.00 by changing the 1 to a 4. Instant interest and sold in just a couple days for full asking. Buyer was POed because he recalled it had been $100.00. He was miserable to deal with, but handed over the cash in full. By that time I'd of just as soon kept it. FWIW, I paid $100.00 for it several years before putting it up FS. Great little car with 14" chrome reverse wheels and a luggage rack. Straight 6 with 3 on the tree.

Myth busters did that to a 80s Corvette, but they used a pig carcass. One of the few times I had to turn it off...

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2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

Another one to be aware of are the flippers ,theyll usually start with a verble history but with no paper work to backup any of their story .A real winner is one out of Dallas who claims a past history of a babied 300cd whos owner one day decided to install a 5.6 gas motor from a 560sl, the story goes on for another 3 paragraghs of continious fantasy including the 30k invested.I can put a pin in this bubble since I now that another seller had it listed in the CL. Dallas some 4months ago for $3000. and the story was quite different.
http://sur.ly/o/getusedcar.net/AA000014

The out right liars that are just out to make a fast buck are the ones that irritate me the most, followed by the ones that advertise their car off and on for months with out adjusting the price to a reasonable level that the market will bear. There are a couple locally that have been advertised that way for over 2 years. There is an NA 123 wagon advertised like that in So. Oregon for at least that long for $8500. No takers so far I guess, but no adjustment on the price either!

Regards,

W.

If you really want unrealistic, have a look at the 1929 Mercedes Gazelle kit car ads. Some people with VW based cars are trying to get $7 K for a needs work example and some Pinto / Chevette cars are in the $ 15 K asking range.

I would like however to get a sub $ 2,000 Pinto car and mix it with a C class Kompressor engine and full suspension, that could be interesting. ( and dump the fake flex pipe exhaust.)

Drove to NH to see a nicely photographed diesel oldsmobile. Described running and driving, good pics, glowing description by seller about use. Call the guy in the morning and he tells me hes driving it, arrange to come up, drive a couple hours up. Show up and the car is sitting with no batteries, 4 flat tires, and sitting at 45 degrees in a ditch with a big smash in it. The guy come out and says "oh i hit it with the plow accidentally last winter".

So everything he said 2 hours earlier was a lie. Gets irritable when i point that out and tell him he wasted my time.

I wish i could say this was an unusual experience. Pointless liars are endlessy irritating. If you are going to lie, at least make it slightly believable

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I nearly cry when I hear about the $500 MBZ's with solid drivetrains from back east. Here near Portland hippy-land where we don't salt the roads and cars don't fall apart, anything "vintage" or "biodiesel ready" goes for ridiculous money.

"Smells like frenchfries!" BS. If your biodiesel exhaust smells like french fries cooking, you're cooking your fries wrong. Biodiesel exhaust smells no better than dino diesel exhaust. Different, but not better.

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I'd not previously seen that one prior to reading this thread. That one is quite entertaining.

I saw a 114 250C with manual transmission listed on CL for $95,000 once. I think it was a typo, but I didn't contact the seller to find out.

Edit: I just found a CL ad for a 450 SEL with no pictures asking $7,000. Also, depending on where in the add you look, the car is described as a 450 SE, a 450 SEL, and a 450 SL. Positive ID is only possible because he included the VIN. http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/4998035321.html

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I just offer to sell them one of mine for that price. So far, no takers.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Here is a prime example... To the seller's credit he has lowered the asking price by $2000

Mercedes Benz E Class 7 Passenger | eBay

Oh I'm totally that guy sometimes. Only because I don't know what's it's worth. Lol. Better to go high. But I come down quick.

Unless there is interest. In which case, looking at these high priced vehicles is enabling their problem. And the only thing worse than an unrealistic seller, is a tire kicker. Lol.

But sometimes people help me out. Just be honest and say it. I've done that on the buyer end. And it doesn't always go well.

The worst for me was a toyota truck. The cab was pretty much gone with rust. Completely unrepairable. I just lost it. Had drove 60 miles. "Dude, this is a total, zero value."

I recently looked at a used Rav4 to add to the fleet. Drove an hour to the dealership, didn't even test drive it. I stuck my head in the cab and got slapped in the face with the overpowering smell of cigarette smoke and wet dog. I was pretty pissed and let them know about it. I work 60+ hours per week and have significant personal commitments beyond that, a two hour round trip is not something I do on a whim. Salesman swore up and down he had no clue it was like that and that they had a guy who could get the smell out, just come back in a couple days.

I told him that if his guy can get the smell out, then call me when it's been done and this time HE can bring the car to ME. If the smell is out I'll hand him a check right there and give him a ride back to the dealership. Unsurprisingly, I never heard back.

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Very similar experience happened to me some years back. Made me realize that I have to assume every seller is a lying dumbass until I see it in person and might be pleasantly surprised, though I don't hold my breath.

- Peter.

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Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Interesting to read his lengthy justification of the high price. Sounds sincere enough....but market realities are ruthless.

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06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife