The reason I spent 12K for the thing. Not a lot of rust.

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beautiful rm - I'm sure it drives as nice as it looks.

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glmoy

Doesn't your new 190e have power seats as standard? The ebay ad says so.

Haasman

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'03 E320 Wagon-Sold
'95 E320 Wagon-Went to Ex
'93 190E 2.6-Wrecked
'91 300E-Went to Ex
'65 911 Coupe (#302580)

rmmagow,
Beautiful, beautiful '58. I have a real appreciation for vintage cars in that nice of condition. I would love to own a car like that. A perfect car to drive by the breakers on a crisp fall evening. Enjoy it and let me know if you ever want to sell it.

Yes- that is one reason I passed on it. Originally it was engine shake at idle, but while driving it- it had a very harsh 1-2 shift and a very fast 2-3 shift. I thought something was wrong with the transmission, so I passed on it. It was not easy- as the car was a 2-owner, garaged since new, southern car, with ZERO rust, original shiny paint and nice interior. Also- it was white- which really looks good on these cars and I think it is a fairly rare color. Perhaps I will find another soon.

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2004 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd
1991 Lincoln Town Car Executive
1991 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1988 Mercedes 300SEL
1972 Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 9-passenger wagon
1973 Pontiac Grand Ville
(Prior MB's: 1974 240D, 1985 380SE, 1984 190D, 1993 400SEL)

88 300E Gray/tan back in 98 for $7500 w/128k
97 S320 LWB 4 months ago@ $14,300; dark blue/light tan, 62k miles. Absolutely a showroom car. Bought from original Florida owner. Only prob is passenger side rearview mirror has wiring problem and smokes. Working on getting it fixed.

Have driven it for 4k miles so far. Other than tinting the windows, installing an Alpine MP3/cd 6 disc changer that sounds great btw to the stock stereo and new centercaps for the wheels, the car cost me no money in repairs. Amazing car for the money.

I see references to this book in some threads and I really think this is a low ball book designed for auto dealers to low ball customers coming to them with a trade-in! Their valuations for a premium used car in mint condition are ridiculous!!

The NADA valuations are much more in line with the real value of used Mercedes and should be used by both buyers and sellers for a more fair pricing approach.

Compare the two systems on a known car and look at the difference......

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1999 Mercedes ML320 87K
1992 Mercedes 300CE 89K
1995 Corvette 29K -- Sold Dec 09
1989 Mercedes 420SEL 99K -- (Sold 4/08)
1968 Mercedes 230S (106K) (Sold 9/06))
1976 Mercedes 450SEL 130K (Just sold - 06)
1961 Mercedes 220Sb (sold years ago)

Haasman,
Yes the new one I bought has power seats. My old one the '88 has manual seats and with me being on crutches, I cannot get the leverage to push them back while standing up to get into the car.

rmmagow,
Ah. when life was simple and cars were easy to work on. The great old days. Great looking car.

I bouht my 1997 C230 about 6 months ago and paid $7995.

Seller needed money badly. My luck.

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Not too many MSFT millionaires, just not as many SLs from which to choose in the Northwest. I live in the Palm Springs area during the winter and the 500SLs are called "PS Chevvies" here....not quite a dime a dozen but very cheap compared to the rest of the country. Many are one-owners and very low desert miles as the cars are only driven in the winter season....winter here meaning no rain, snow, sleet, or salt and temps mostly in the 70s and 80s.

Bought my (111k mi) 88 300e on eBay last February for $2200.

Flew into Long Island on Valentines Day, picked it up and outran the President's Day storm down the east coast back to Nashville.

What will keep it from being a great deal is the hood and trunk are oxidized badly enough to require a paint job.

Other than that, most of what I have done to the car has been extended maintainence and would be required on a much newer one with about the same mileage.

for which I paid $14.6k at a non-mercedes used car dealer in NY in May 2003. Turned out to not be a good deal - needed $6k of work right away (rear and front suspension bushings, flex disk, tuneup, timing cover seal, minor body work, motor mounts, cat back exhaust system). I have had it 8 months now and I am afraid it is going to need an evaporator core - funny smell and small loss of freon. It is also still on original head gasket and wiring harness. Drives like a dream, though.

1977 280e** Bought in 1992 5k C$, drove it form 170 miles to 410 mile....the best car I ever owned

1978 300D*** Bought in 1997 3k C$, never really able to get the right mechanic to fix it!!!!!
Gave it away ( for free) to a struggling musician needing to get to Nashville (Christmas 1999)....He has an intimate knowledge of MB's and still drives the car daily.......problem free for those who know how to tinker I guess..

1985 380SE*** Bought in 1999 8K C$ ( 270,00km on odo.), a beautiful big Benz!!!! Great car, now has 430,000km, ready for a newer one...........

I bought a 1994 E 320 with 82,000 miles on it. Paid 8000 for it off of a lot. Michelin's are about 80% tread left. Replaced power mirror switch and antenna mast. Very satisfied so far.

Purchased a 1994 E 320 wagon 2 years ago for 12,500. It had 84000 on it and I've put another 20,000 on it. Only one electrical short connected with stereo wiring in rear. Have current air conditioning problem that may well require evaporator replacement. Very satisfied so far.
So far, no wire harness or head gasket problems.