I have been thinking about adding another Mercedes diesel to my stable, and have been looking around A few weeks back I was at a local used car lot, and was looking at a 1982 300SD. The first thing that I tell the salesman is that I am just looking at this moment, and can’t buy anything for a few weeks. I then began to look the car over and noticed a few things wrong on the vehicle, but it seemed to run and drive fine. I asked what the price was, and they told me I would have to go inside to get it. Before I go in, I again tell him that I am just curios about the price, and can’t buy anything for a few weeks. He then sits me down and he goes and talks to his boss and then comes back with the price. He tells me that they want $4,000 for it. I tell them that they are asking way too much for it, since it had a broken climate control and the electric seat switches were broken. There were also blocked off vacuum lines in the engine compartment. I told him the car is worth maybe $2,000. Then he tells me that it’s worth $4,000 because the body is strait and it has a nice shinny paint job, plus it has all the service records. He then walks off, and a few minutes the sales manager comes and starts yelling at me, because I was not that interested in buying the car right then and now, and I was wasting their time. Then a week later they send me a letter, asking me if there is anything that they could do to get my business. Has anyone else had an experience like this while shopping for a car?

Eric