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10-26-2015, 06:54 PM
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Thanks for the info and fun over the years
I just (finally) sold the 85SD. For much less than I thought it was worth. Turns out it didn't have a salvage title after all.. long story.
Anyway, I learned a lot and hope I helped at least one person with their car. These are still amazing cars 30 years on. Roberto PS: Read the back of your car... there is no such thing as a 300TDT ....
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1985 300SD 1998 Jetta TDI Previous: lots of diesel VW's, MB's, KW's, Pete, Freightliner Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage. 
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10-27-2015, 12:05 PM
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Robert you need to be around to help others . Hope your not going off.
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10-27-2015, 12:34 PM
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Happy trails
Sorry to see you leave the fold but... more than one soul has found their way back (I did it once already).
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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
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10-27-2015, 12:47 PM
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Strange how these cars are offered at high prices but won't sell at that price.
So....you're out of the game? I'm afraid that I need to buy a newer car. Keeping the older ones going is becoming too time consuming and we're always tempted to rent for a long trip which is also a pita.
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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.
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10-27-2015, 03:27 PM
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I can see getting out. Not because these cars are bad, but because many critical parts are outrageously priced. One would think that with millions of W123's sold around the world, they would be almost as easy as a VW Bug or old Chevy, but nada. But research shows there weren't a lot sold even in the large U.S. market. I don't know if M-B works to keep a floor on parts prices. Owners here who denigrate vendors trying to provide affordable parts doesn't help (read the Uro rants). If M-B is complicit, they aren't helping themselves since I would never consider a new M-B, BMW, Volvo, or most Euro cars. After 10 years, most have negative value due to outrageous parts.
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1984 & 1985 CA 300D's 1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport 1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans
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