Originally Posted by texasnative46

folks,

i got up early this morning, drove to northern MD (>180 mile roundtrip!!!) to pick-up a manual trans-equipped '85 MB diesel that i had "made a deal for" last evening.
(i've always wanted a nice, low mileage, "Euro-spec" W123, with manual everything = i.e., no vacumn stuff to fool with.)

when it came time to swap $$$$$ for car/title, i found out that the "owner" is:
a. in fact NOT the actual owner,
b. cannot get the title
&
c. is the "soon to be" ex-husband of "the owner".
(note: the longer i've thought about this, on the way home, the more i've wondered if his wife even owns it. = something FUNNY about his "in person demeanor", that i cannot "put my finger on".)

the MB is evidently "tied up in" the divorce case & it may be MONTHS until it's settled (if it ever is). = PURTY car with just over 100K, too.

my advice: ask LOTS of "really specific" questions BEFORE making "a road trip".
(this one "is on me".)

yours, tn46