mint white 300TDT on ebay - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

wunderbar · #31 04-27-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kerry

?????

Not sure what you expected from this thread. It seems pretty tame to me compared to other threads about Ebay vehicles. People are just stating their opinions. Assess them, and take them for what they are worth.

sure, why not? I have gotten a lot of great idea's from this forum to improve ebay-listings in the past..

wunderbar · #32 04-27-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Junkman

Be wary of those who make disparaging marks under the guise of kidding.

They are not kidding - ever.

and you are always right.

babymog · #33 04-27-2011, 02:10 PM

This place always makes me drool over their offerings http://w124.co.uk/carsforsale.php too bad they're RHD of course.

Junkman · #34 04-27-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by wunderbar

and you are always right.

Not always but people don't kid. Anyone that calls you an a** hole but is just kidding means it - the first part, not the kidding part.

Skid Row Joe · #35 04-27-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by vstech

all points agreed.
that #22 head REALLY looks good to me though.
that alone in my opinion sure does make it a tempting buy. but the rest of the car has plenty of warts.
I do wish you luck selling the car, and I have a customer looking for JUST this color combo of this wagon, so hopefully it's in his window of value... that 320K will surely scare him though.

I'm a buyer and it strikes me the same way......"320K for $6,500+?" Not 'mint' either. Pass.

Skid Row Joe · #36 04-27-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by babymog

Like I said: "it does look like a nice car", and it's much nicer than the average 300TD, I looked for two years to find a decent one. We simply have a different definition of "Mint". I probably have a bit of an issue with descriptions on these cars since I travelled around to look at cars that were in "excellent condition" and found myself always staring at someone else's POS that they don't want to pour money into but embellished a bit on the description EVEN WHEN ASKED DIRECT QUESTIONS ON THE PHONE! So I maybe have different standards of accuracy in descriptions (I also do the same buying deep-six-figure motorcoaches all across the country, same problem).

$6,000 for the head? A new one is around 1/4 of that but it would make nice furniture.

When you get back to DE you'll be able to find them with 606s, harder to find a high-spec one and in my experience older cars are not very prevalant due to the costs of passing the TUV, but post some photos when you find one.

True, true, and true......

When I was shopping for the diesel coach I have now, a guy from McAlester, OK. that owned both my brand and a Prevost had what I thought I wanted, until I heard more about it.

He said he only took "one trip in it." I thought - tell me more.....turned out he had done a tour of ALL Communist countries in South America in the coach. He had put only 6K miles on it in 6-months. It had been run on back roads for a lot of the trip. I couldn't get off the phone fast enough.....

Aquaticedge · #37 04-27-2011, 08:31 PM

wow. 3200 already.....

wunderbar · #38 04-28-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

I'm a buyer and it strikes me the same way......"320K for $6,500+?" Not 'mint' either. Pass.

damn I should have done a carfax and rolled back the odometer...
Am I the only one that doesn't care about the miles?? Seriously, my last wagon had approx 600k on it. then a drunk girl totalled it... it ran like new before that. #17.

Zacharias · #39 04-28-2011, 04:15 PM

Well I don't know one way or another. BUT you would have a hard time making my local indy Benz shop believe it.

They would probably not even put your current wagon, with 320, on the hoist before telling a customer not to buy it.

Something must be agreeing with those engines in the air out there in Cali. Around here, based on what he tells me, no one is seeing much more than 250k out of one.

I'm not trying to start a war on this, I wanted a w124 300td and he steered me away. If this is some prejudice he's acquired, this will be very interesting....

wunderbar · #40 04-28-2011, 04:36 PM

Ok ok! I fixed the magazine holders, side pillar cover and vacuumed the floor boards y'all. Happy now? I even found a perfect matching tire to replace the worn one and had the alignment checked.
now, no more crying please.

wunderbar · #41 04-28-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zacharias

Well I don't know one way or another. BUT you would have a hard time making my local indy Benz shop believe it.

They would probably not even put your current wagon, with 320, on the hoist before telling a customer not to buy it.

Something must be agreeing with those engines in the air out there in Cali. Around here, based on what he tells me, no one is seeing much more than 250k out of one.

I'm not trying to start a war on this, I wanted a w124 300td and he steered me away. If this is some prejudice he's acquired, this will be very interesting....

engines don't wear much if they're always started up warm, like in socal...
if I was an engine in canadia I'd commit suicide too.

babymog · #42 04-28-2011, 06:41 PM

250k miles on a 603? Just broken in! I've had five of them apart at that mileage, and the honing marks are still in the bores at 250,000 miles.

If the head doesn't cause a problem (IMO maintenance & use are large factors there) and the vacuum pump is replaced every quarter-million miles, they are every bit as durable as the 61x engines, possibly moreso.

Your indy is a wanker, knows nothing of 603s.

Aquaticedge · #43 04-28-2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Zacharias

I'm not trying to start a war on this, I wanted a w124 300td and he steered me away. If this is some prejudice he's acquired, this will be very interesting....

I'd look long and hard for another indy then. He's steered you Wrong. Dead wrong. I love my TD. and as it sits, 307, 195 miles Strong. My shop does not have a problem with them. Or any merc...

wunderbar · #44 04-28-2011, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by babymog

250k miles on a 603? Just broken in! I've had five of them apart at that mileage, and the honing marks are still in the bores at 250,000 miles.

If the head doesn't cause a problem (IMO maintenance & use are large factors there) and the vacuum pump is replaced every quarter-million miles, they are every bit as durable as the 61x engines, possibly moreso.

Your indy is a wanker, knows nothing of 603s.

truer words were never spoken...

Skid Row Joe · #45 04-28-2011, 11:51 PM

Carfax might help substantiate your miles and give your car some outside credibility. Where is the Carfax, anyway? Rolling back the odometer won't help you sell a car when the tampering is discovered. High miles cars rarely pull the big dollars. Low miles cars almost always do. Buyers do care about miles. 100K is the point where the easy big dollars for almost anything falls way off. - and yes even diesels.

Buddy of mine sold his Mom's 11 year old E300 with 87K miles on it. One guy da#n near broke his neck to get it for full retail inside of 24 hours. My buddy believes he left maybe another easy grand on the table by agreeing to selling it too quickly. Little did the guy know the car had had zip in needed parts replacements done. Same car with 125K miles on it, and you can't get a buyer to bid anywhere near retail on it - even with $5K of parts replacement/procedures done to it, unlike the 87K miled MB. Yes, high miles do kill high dollar sales.

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Originally Posted by wunderbar

damn I should have done a carfax and rolled back the odometer...
Am I the only one that doesn't care about the miles?? Seriously, my last wagon had approx 600k on it. then a drunk girl totalled it... it ran like new before that. #17.