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2015 Porsche Cayman - Elizabeth
2011 Porsche Cayman - Bond,James Bond
Sadly MERCEDESLESS - ALways LOOKING !
99 E320 THE Queen Mary - SOLD
62 220b - Dolly - Finally my Finny! Sadly SOLD
72 450SL, Pearl-SOLD
16 F350 6.7 Diesel -THOR
19 BMW X5 - Heaven on Wheels
14 38HP John Deere 3038E Tractor -Mean Green
84 300SD, Benjamin -SOLD
71 220 - W115-Libby ( my first love) -SOLD
73 280 - W114 "Organspende" Rest in Peace
81 380 SL - Rest in Peace

Unfortunately it was a no-go. He wanted $1000 cash and my W140. It was a nice car, but I feel not $1000 nicer. At least it had cold a/c and no check engine light on. I don't know, maybe since it was a nice '85 W123, it would be worth it, but I don't know.

I really boggles my mind that this car is not worth $2450 to someone needing a good running car. I see junk selling for way more. I rode in the back seat today while that couple test drove it. I had never set on the back seat or rode in it. I was amazed how comfortable this car was... it was like I was in a limo. This car is worth may more than I am asking. I think I will just keep it - may start myself a luxury taxi service.

if you can't provide me a car with A/C it's worth 1200 ..... if i offered you my 1989 300ce that is facelifted... great interior... and 135k miles.... for 2600 you would laugh once i told you the A/c was shot.... i've got new tires, radiator , starter, ignition parts... it runs great.... but it's worth 1200.

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Your car isn't in perfect running/mechanical or operating condition. The "CHECK ENGINE" light is on as well. That's a non-starter to me when I'm buying a used car. In Texas, we can't get a defective car to pass annual State inspection to even be licensed - that's a major problem right there. The sale price of $2,450 could easily be what the fixes on your car run. That's $5,000.00 in essence for your car.

Sounds to me like the guy with the older car was being generous in his offer.

No AC in your car in the month of August in Georgia, as a luxury taxi? I'm not so sure about that one...

What are all the issues with your car?

Around here, $1,200 won't get you out-the-door of the AC shop with complete AC parts replacements. Not in 2014 it won't.....

Agreed. Fix the ac and check engine, raise the price to $3995. The phone will ring. It's either perfect or you' give it away. Only a few fools like us buy cars with problems, and we're cheap sobs.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Is that a Pontiac wagon in the background? Or a Woodsman Estate or something like that?

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93 500E, 92 500E, 86 190E 16V, 62 220SEb
Music City Chapter MBCA

safari

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"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Well I think the car is sold. A guy from Georgia is supposed to buy it this week. I came down to a lousy $2300. Makes me sick considering I paid $3300 for it and spent over $500 on it over the past year general maintenance. $1500 is change to some rich folk on here, but it is a lot of money to me, lol. I feel it is worth more, but oh well. Lesson learned. My last W140. Never again.

IF something happens and he backs out, I am taking it next week to get the A/C repaired and have the CEL issue addressed and raise the price accordingly, but I am sure someone out there will still expect to get it for $2500.

Oh wow. A/C isn't important to me. Find me a nice 85 300D or 300SD without A/C and I will give you $2000 for it.

CEL light, non working A/C and squirrely radio. All else addressed - owner spent over $12000 repairs on this car over the past 5 years. I had a friend say she cannot believe it has not sold. I mean it isn't a new car, but it does not have a $20,000 price on it either. People want a perfect car for $2500.

Yeah, it is a shame that the A/C went out only two weeks after I decided to sell, but to be honest, even before then when I first listed it here when the A/C was working there wasn't people ringing the phone off of the hook. lol. I never was a fan of A/C. It has been really hot here and I do use the A/C in my cars that have working A/C and it usually results in sinus problems. Cold air does not agree with me. $1200 around here would buy about about 4 A/C systems, lol.

I guess it depends on where you live. I guess if I were up north it wouldn't be a big deal. You know back in the 80s and years before that, many cars didn't even come with A/C. It was optional and many from the northern USA and Canada didn't even order it - even on luxury cars.

Check engine light - well to be honest if it weren't for me no one would evne know it was on. lol. I had just noticed one day that it wasn't coming on when the ignition was turned on so I had my mechanic pull the cluster and check it - turns out the wrong bulb was in there - he replaced it - reset codes and light popped on a week later. Most people wouldn't have even noticed and since the car runs perfect, no one would have suspected a thing. If I was dishonest, I could take the bulb back out, or reset it just before I sold it, but I don't work like that and an honest person, so I would never do that... I wouldn't want someone doing it to me - though I am sure many out there would. Honesty usually gets you somewhere - in this case it has my giving my car away. lol.

You know I had thought about doing just that until yesterday. Taking it and getting the A/C repaired and the CEL - then I had a call from the guy in GA - he offered me $2300 and I accepted. Until I get the cash in hand though, it is still here. One local guy offered me an acre of land for it tonight. lol.

Close - depends on which pic. The Pontiac you see is actually a sedan - a 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville (they did make a wagon version though like Hog said, called Safari). In another pic you can see the back of a station wagon in front of my moms W126 - that is a 1972 Chevy Caprice Kingswood Estate wagon - both of my classics. "Woodsman Estate" - I like that. You were close, they were called Kingswood Estates (top of the line Chevy wagon with wood-grain - they used that name from 1969-1972). For 1973, they simply became Caprice Estates.

This one is the back of the Chevy wagon...

DSCF0364_zps99c9ab34.jpg Photo by Tennesseestorm | Photobucket

This one is the front of the Pontiac sedan... (most reliable car I have ever owned). No leaks, everything works, starts every time! I have owned since 2002.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/Tennesseestorm/1993%20Mercedes%20400SEL/DSCF0275_zps4d09467d.jpg

Mom and Dad had a 1960 Pontiac Safari wagon. Big V8 in it. Great car to pull our 14' runabout boat on vacation in. Room for our family of 6 and our dog Augie!

would that then be "augie doggie"?

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Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Augie doggie, and doggie Daddy. Doggie Daddy was always instructing his son Augie by saying; "my son my son......"

Late '50s to early '60s ?Warner Bros./Hanna Barberra? cartoon on TV that's the one.

Our Pontiac Safari was either a 389 c.i. 2bbl carb, or a 400 c.i. It was the base model. Dad was into Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs through the '50s-'60s until he discovered the MB 220D in 1969.

FWIW re the Code 26, it is a common and well known problem, not worth fixing. I've had one in my wagon for several years. Does not/not affect driveability in any way, other than improving it. Ask someone who was a dealer tech in the mid to late 90s how many came back because the transmission "isn't shifting correctly".
No knowledgeable buyer will be turned off by that. Suggest any concerns be vetted with a shop specializing in older Benzes.
Now that other code might be a deal breaker for buyers in states w strict emission regs.

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94 E320 Wagon
"Money can't replace it, no memory can erase it
and I know I'm never gonna find another one to compare"-LW
85 TDT project (stay tuned)
W201, W202, W126 and lotsa VWs

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94 E320 Wagon
"Money can't replace it, no memory can erase it
and I know I'm never gonna find another one to compare"-LW
85 TDT project (stay tuned)
W201, W202, W126 and lotsa VWs

Thanks for that info. Yeah, the car runs perfect. It is just trying to convince people that. I mean people hear check engine light and panic. I mean the wrong bulb was in before and the light was not even coming on at all... Lord knows for how long. It was me that wanted it to work. I shouldn't have told my mechanic to change the bulb. I don't remember what that code 26 was... that may be the one you are referring to. I know one code was EGR vacuum leak and the other one was cold upshift delay or something like that, but I cannot tell anything is wrong and when cold the car does wait a little longer to shift which seems like it is normal to me. On these older cars, I think these CEL lights are a waste for the most part and comes on for things that make no difference. I wonder if the light didn't come on at all if states with the regulation would make them fix the light, had it not been working?

The A/C seems to be the big deal breaker for most, but you know back when the A/C was working when I first had it for sale, still wasn't much interest in it when I had it priced for $3000. People want everything working and get it for nothing... want their cake and eat it too so to speak. It is not a new car, needs some TLC and priced as such. If it was mint and everything was working, it would be $10500, not $2500.

At any rate, the guy definitely wants it since I priced it for $2300, but had to wait until he got the money for something he sold and said it may be two weeks. I don't know, getting a little frustrated over it. Oh well.