buying on ebay

[waggy]

Greetings,

Since I expect that this thread is populated with people skilled a sussing out warnign flags in advertisements, I thought that some of you might be able to give me ideas about how to buy a mid-80s 300 D/TD wagon without seeing it in person.

I'm posting a link here for a car selling on ebay in the next couple of days because it is about the most detailed description of a car I've seen. So is there anything more that should be asked about? I've heard that compression is important for diesel engines, and although I can't really expect a seller to have compression data, is there anything that could be used as an indicator of good/bad compression?

It's item no. 4554605455. Link below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4554605455&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Thanks much.

Matt.