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Up for auction, a well-running but tired 1980 Mercedes Benz 300SD. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION
This car has been resurrected. It was left to rot in a field, but then I came along and foolishly took it home. First, let me list the good stuff:
It fires inmmediately and runs fine. It was recently driven from Michigan to California nonstop. It'll cruise at 80 mph no problem but takes a LONG time to get there. New stuff includes new front brake rotors, calipers, and pads, new rear shocks, new filters (fuel and air)and belts, new starter, new oil line, and a new battery. Once this thing gets up and moving, it floats down the highway like it's on cotton candy. It was featured in a a story in Car and Driver (April 2006) magazine and that's why you see those stickers on it. Perhaps there's some fame to be enjoyed with this car, but I'll leave that up to you.
Now for THE BAD (this will take a while): It has a power window as only one of the four works and it's real slow. The seat cushions are collpased, but I survived a 37-hour run in the car just fine. The automatic heater control does not work. Our solution was to install a manual valve in the engine-bay heater hose. If you're dextrous, you can operate the valve via a wire that runs into the glovebox. Otherwise we had to get out the car to adjust it. It works out pretty well since there's only two fan speeds, off and full blast and the ducting is stuck in the defroster mode. It does not have A/C. The tires deflate if the car is left sitting for a month and there are major cheapo tires. The AMG body kit looks like it was installed by a four-year old and likewise the paint job could have been applied with a brush. Don't ask about a radio as there is none, the power locks don't work and to open the hood you have to attach a set of pliers to the end of the cable (pliers are included). The speedo works, but the odometer is off and I have no idea how many miles are on it. It shows about 140,000.
As junky as this thing is, it has had two professional mechanics go through it and make it road worthy. Now I'm not saying that this car is anything but a complete beater, but it will probably run for a while (
when idling, by the way, the engine sounds like it's eating itself) and provide cheap transportation.
If you have questions, make sure you ask because once this car is gone I never want to see it again. Also winning bidder has to pay for and pick up the car within 7 days of auction end
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