It's a luxury car and these are not luxury times. You'll get your price, but you will have to hang in there for maybe months until the right buyer comes along.

There is a strong market for diesels because there is a perception that they last forever and get good gas mileage which makes them good work horses. I think that the diesel rep is like the Toyota rep. They are perceived to be reliable so many people beat the living snot out of them and perform very little maintenance on them, then expect to sell them for way more then they are worth.

I'm very weary of used diesels for that reason. Most of the time that I see one for sale, the first thing that comes to my mind is "you want how much?". The same applies for those $3000 90 something Honda accords that have peeling clear coats and intergalactic mileage. There is only so much abuse that a car can take.

Your SL is almost an exotic car, but unlike other exotics, it has held together much better then any other car that it competed with during it's day.

There are lots of them around for sale which muddies the water as you'll be advertising your car next to the $1500 non runner.

A good one requires very little to keep going well. The v8's are work horses and the suspension and brakes are basically the same as what you have in a W114 or W124 so there is no surprises there.

If you're trying to sell it for $10k, then you need to be patient as 99.9% of people looking to spend $10k on a convertible would rather buy a 5 year old Mustang or Miata then a 30 year old MB. They are perceived to be a safer bet when it comes to running costs.. This is probably true, but the person looking for a nice R107 will see the value in your car.

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Al