http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/770105839.html

I have better looking seats in my 306,000 mile 300D. Of course, I have much worse looking seats in my 224,000 mile 240.

I don't believe the 21,000 mile bit either.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

No way 21K,unless the owner and his/her spouse is a really fat slob.

That's the best color for the R107

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

That was my exact reaction

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'86 300E 5 speed
'71 Triumph TR6
'46 Cushman Scooter
'41 Ford 9N tractor

I think he left off a zero...

Looks more like a 210000 mile car.

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

I saw a Ferrari with 16,000 miles at a used car lots that had torn up seats

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1999 Toyota Corolla VE (Mine)
2006 Honda Odyssey (Wife's)
1979 300CD (sold)

If the guy weighs 450lbs and drove it around the city as a cruiser then it might be possible.....you never know.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

They're homeless obviously. They just parked in it front of someones house to take pics.

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N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Perhaps the seats were sat on a lot, but the car was rarely driven?

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Could be just from age, heat, and sun damage...it could have been left out in the sun for long periods...

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

Notice the center console is turning pink, so its kind of sun baked. Could be legit, you would have to look at the car.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

32 years old and 21k miles. Less than 700 miles a year average. Sure it happens, extremely rare though. Those kind of cars are garaged all their life, sun damage interior doesn't fit the bill, even fat slob owner doesn't cut it.

Odometer swap, prime canidate. Happens all the time, more than likely the case here. Should be easy to determne the truth in 10 minutes.

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i would like to know how you figure that? not everybody has a garage

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Logical reasoning.

#1 - I would reason a 32 year old Mercedes SL with 21k original miles was maintained by the original owner for the vast majority of it's life. I would also reason that someone with the means($$$) to afford such a car and drive it so little probably had a garage or two. I'll go out on a limb and also reason the car is for sale now because the original owner died and the person who has possession of it doesn't cherish it like the original owner did. It's the same repeating story for many cars with that mileage and age.
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#2 - Or, it could be odometer fraud. It's the same repeating story for many cars with that mileage and age.

It would be interesting to email the seller and see what story they'll give. I'm betting on story #1, if it's a true low mileage car. But then again, you'll also get story #1 if it's fraud.

It's up to the prospective buyer to determine what the true story is. Either way, I'd be willing to bet one of the two stories is the truth. Care to prove me wrong?

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