A young man who has been working as a Mercedes mechanic, and also does paint and body took the car today. I feel it is in good hands and we made a fair exchange. I won't deny the fact that my wife and I are both feeling a bit of sadness after watching it drive away. Thanks for all the years of advice and camaraderie.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Same melancholy feeling I had watching my 300SD leave the driveway with somebody else at the wheel.

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Greg Schwall

1983 300SD - 465,000 miles

Looks like your guy is already flipping it

https://www.facebook.com/groups/748676735177092/permalink/2309905042387579/?sale_post_id=2309905042387579&rt=11

I'm not sure how you know that, but I am not on Facebook so I can only see 3 nice looking 124s and a guy named Mark Kravitz, none of which matches my car or buyer.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Reading this makes me want to hold onto my SDL and never let it go.

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1998 Ford Escort ZX2 5 speed - 279,000 miles My Daily

1992 Mercedes 300D 2.5 202,000 - Pure junk
2000 Mercedes E320 Black - 136,000 miles - Needs repair

Don't forget to grease the screw and threads on the spring compressor.

What Facebook group is it on?

My intent is to finish the 85SD that has been in the family since new. I'll drive it until the earlier of something happens that totals it, fuel becomes unavailable or I quit driving. It needs paint, AC & drivers seat repair but it steers like new and engine is in good shape. I'll keep enough spare parts to fix most of the expensive things ie engine or trans swap etc.

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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.

Its on W124 Parts/Vehicles classified being sold by a Travis Baker for $2400 in Tucson. Looks like the same car to me.

Damn, trust no one, I would of kept it.

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1998 Ford Escort ZX2 5 speed - 279,000 miles My Daily

1992 Mercedes 300D 2.5 202,000 - Pure junk
2000 Mercedes E320 Black - 136,000 miles - Needs repair

Don't forget to grease the screw and threads on the spring compressor.

Betrayal.



I hope you didn't give him a good deal since you thought it would be well cared for. Send in the release of liability and make sure he actually puts it in his name or has a dealer's licence so you don't get stung by his unknown buyer crashing it while it is registered to you and all the legal fallout that can come of that...

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RenaissanceMan Labs: where the future is being made today.

Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

WARNING: this post may contain dangerous free thinking.

Business is business. The guy who buys the car from you won’t have the same sentiment you had. There’s no betrayal. With the market anyway, he won’t get more than $1300 if he’s lucky. You don’t turn a profit on these cars unless you get them for scrap price and sell them for a grand.

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Yep that's it. His description paints a somewhat rosier picture than reality and I'd be surprised to see it sell for that much...If he's willing to deal with the calls and showings and he makes a little profit that's OK with me.

I just couldn't keep it any longer, no time to work on it and the head room was always an issue, I was constantly trying to find seat positions to compensate for the lack of head room but on extended trips nothing worked.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Sure business is business, but unless you're a dealer it's kinda shady to flip a car...you know he's not registering and paying the sales tax to flip it, just filling out the signed off title from you. Which is illegal in most (all?) jurisdictions and leaves you open to liability for hit and run accidents, tickets, tolls, etc if the next owner is of the "illegal" or irresponsible variety.

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RenaissanceMan Labs: where the future is being made today.

Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

WARNING: this post may contain dangerous free thinking.

The release was entered electronically with his info as buyer before it left the house and followed up with a mailed hard copy, the plate was removed (expired 12/31/18 anyway) and the car was driven off with an electronically generated 3 day ADOT permit in his name.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Well it sure looks nice. I wish I could have got out there and got it from you, I would have loved to add it to my fleet rather than flip it.