Beware of BOTH kinds of sales...

As much as I hate working with used car salesmen, it'll be a long time before I do any more private sales.

A few weeks ago I sold my 300CD to a fellow board member for a decent price. He flew down, jumped in, and drove it 1,200 miles home. A week later I start getting repair estimates and "formal" requests to pay for pulling the head! After 20 years it was still getting fine performance and 25 mpg, so I had no reason for caution. Apparently he didn't either - never even checked the oil, transmission, radiator fluid, nothing! Just drove off. Now he's quite unhappy - and it's my fault?!

The 300D 2.5 I bought to replace it has some mystery surprises as well. It's going to take some hefty cash to get it right, but at least I know those problems are my own to deal with.

Ya never know...

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