Now we're getting somewhere!

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

i take it thats an acceptable price granted the pics backup my description?

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1993 2.6 (040) SportLinE 5-speed - Armed to the teeth w. roof rack/2x bike carriers/8x ski carriers/MB towing bumper
1993 2.6 (040) - deceased/reincarnated as a trailer.
1987 16v (702) - Now parting out(9/22/10)!!! - Email me your requests for 16v parts- Engine and full body kit avail!!
1987 300SDL (122)- For sale!

That price would not be acceptable to the masses, but you might find somebody with too much $$$ in their wallet.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

huddled masses yearning for a bargain
excuse me i just played tourist and
visited the statue of liberty
I know Jimmy thinks that is the Alamo
but it is in the Hudson river

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

The following comment is tongue in cheek:

It's not likely that most on this forum would go over 2 grand, even if they came across a minty zero mile W123 diesel. Bragging rights go to those who can pay the least.

Advice:

If you want to get top dollar for an exceptional car, detail it, take quite a few top quality pictures of the car against a nice background, do your research on the history of the car, verify every little accessory works, and do a nice write up of the car. Do some obvious things like fixing the parcel nets (Hint: fabric stores sell black elastic cord.). If the car was in Florida, document it. It's not there now.... And, for God's sake, SPELL CHECK!

Look at completed sales on eBay, you'll see everything from a one sentence (That still manages to encompass multiple grammatical errors.) write up with one fuzzy picture, to a small book's worth of prose and enough pictures to fill a coffee table book.

Timing is another factor. Sales are slow right now, with the holidays, but pick up again towards the end of February.

I've been on the fence about selling my W123, so I've been following the market. I love the car, but I've another daughter entering college, and will soon have two tuition payments to make. Mine is also in exceptional condition, and there are buyers out there who recognize the wisdom in paying a bit more up front for a truly nice car. Not everyone wants a project and is willing to spend hundreds of uncompensated hours to restore a car. Not that there is anything wrong with that..... I've yet to learn my lesson, it's therapeutic for me, and I imagine most of us on this list are of the same mind as I.

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

wowww

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1993 2.6 (040) SportLinE 5-speed - Armed to the teeth w. roof rack/2x bike carriers/8x ski carriers/MB towing bumper
1993 2.6 (040) - deceased/reincarnated as a trailer.
1987 16v (702) - Now parting out(9/22/10)!!! - Email me your requests for 16v parts- Engine and full body kit avail!!
1987 300SDL (122)- For sale!