Shouldn't an 87 300 D be easy to sell? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

okyoureabeast · #1 03-03-2019, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jake12tech

Nope. No one wants an old car they have to work on. Select few like these projects and no one can afford to shell thousands to a shop to fix a car that’s worth $1000. I’d never pay $15k for one of these cars. Makes no sense. The w124 diesels are getting more rare but they’re out there. Been there done that with the w124s quite a few times.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love those cars but I certainly don’t want these projects anymore. I’ll keep my w210s they’re easy to work on and pretty damn reliable.

Yeah, tell me about it.

The glory days of old diesel benz ownership was the 2000s and early 2010s when NOS after market parts were plentiful and the yards were full of these beauties.

Now, they're as rare as every other old car.

I guess that's what happens when you cross the 30 year old threshold

Mxfrank · #2 03-03-2019, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by okyoureabeast

Yeah, tell me about it.

The glory days of old diesel benz ownership was the 2000s and early 2010s when NOS after market parts were plentiful and the yards were full of these beauties.

Now, they're as rare as every other old car.

I guess that's what happens when you cross the 30 year old threshold

And before there was a glut of cars that get 30+ mpg. The big selling point for my first 123 was the amazing fuel economy...imagine 27 mpg in a luxe car. Today, anything with wheels can do better.

renaissanceman · #3 03-04-2019, 01:53 AM

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/d/1995-mercedes/6832682842.html

for $2200 this one looks pretty clean -- just needs a blower fuse.

Mxfrank · #4 03-04-2019, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by renaissanceman

just needs a blower fuse.

Famous last words. Might mean it just needs a CC head unit. Things I don't like to see in an ad for an old Merc:

- just needs an a/c recharge (needs $2000 of HVAC work)
- recently serviced (was it not serviced before now?)
- minor surface rust (follow the rust)
- transmission could use a vacuum adjustment (needs a new transmission)
- lowered suspension (can't get it aligned)

and the best one

- minor blems as expected on a car of this age (it's an old jalopy)

renaissanceman · #5 03-04-2019, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mxfrank

Famous last words. Might mean it just needs a CC head unit. Things I don't like to see in an ad for an old Merc:

- just needs an a/c recharge (needs $2000 of HVAC work)
- recently serviced (was it not serviced before now?)
- minor surface rust (follow the rust)
- transmission could use a vacuum adjustment (needs a new transmission)
- lowered suspension (can't get it aligned)

and the best one

- minor blems as expected on a car of this age (it's an old jalopy)

I actually deduced that from the posting. Many people don't know about the little strip fuse.

WDBCB20 · #6 03-05-2019, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by okyoureabeast

Yeah, tell me about it.

The glory days of old diesel benz ownership was the 2000s and early 2010s when NOS after market parts were plentiful and the yards were full of these beauties.

Now, they're as rare as every other old car.

I guess that's what happens when you cross the 30 year old threshold

Exactly, sadly. My last notification of a new arrival of any '91 or earlier in my local yards was October November last year. And that whole year they only came trickling in once/twice every 2/3 months.

At least one of the last ones went out with a bit of a bang - a delightful '88 Euro 280se with the short bumpers, manual windows, velour seats, Euro headlights with vacuum level control which I got and the dual climate control which I, very stupidly, left behind.