Looking to get another W123

[jake1222]

I found an 81 240D with "all records", 275,00 miles, "runs great", and a few dents and spots(small, surface) of rust for sale. They are asking $2900 but I'm thinking that is a little high. Does anybody have any input as to what I should ask the ("original")owner about or what I should look for in this model? I already have two 300's one is a 300D and the other a 300SD and I really like the power they have, but there are NO hills around me that are big enough to slow me down even in the 240D's and I really like the idea of having a manual tranny in my MB. Is $2900 too much or does that sound about right? I have looked at NADA.com and they have this model as low retail for $2700 but then my 82 300D was listed for over $3600 but I only paid $1000 for that one.

ANY comments are welcomed.