240D Review

[jcantor]

A friend of mine has the option of taking a 240D from her mother and has asked me to review the car with her and offer some suggestions on what it may need. Being somewhat familiar with M-B but not diesels I wanted to get some thoughts from those who have more experience with these vehicles than I (which means all of you ).

Since no money will be changing hands here, it's a little different than the usual 'is it worth buying?' question. I'm more concerned about what technical issues to look at and how to guage what will need to be done to get the car into good running order. It is my understanding that the car does run but has not been driven much at all during the last several years.

Any thoughts are much appreciated.

jlc

PS - if it turns out that my friend is not interested in the car, I'll make sure that it get's posted here for anyone who may be interested in either a project or parts depending on the car's condition.