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New daily driver,
A frien on benzword trolled Craigslist in Sacramento found it for me.vi found it on CL. He knew I was thinking of going to Az tomorrow to pick up a 240D '84 euro manual thanks David! Saved me hundreds of $$$ on a trip to AZ and a long driveback home with this one.
It's a gem. Only 3 owners, 121k original evgrything stock and unmolested, good crfax clean title, owned by emolyee of a w124 MB repair shop specializing in the W124 as his personal car.
All books along with it, tool kit, unipened first aid kit and jack all there, immaculateinterior, inmy favorrite color.
After gettint it re titled, it had bgreezed through California smog by the seller, I clayed it and waxed it and it looks super!
got it day before yesterday and it is way better than the w123 diesels I was thinking of picking upp as a bgeater.
New coolant, brake flush, thermostate, plugs, LOF, new front brakes and rotors, ice cold AC working original Bejer, actually has real leather seats in perfecvt shap, uncracked dash and is the last year of the uncompromised build quality e class, the w124 one.
I have been given a warning triangle but need a clip for one of them, and the ONLY thing wrong detected wrong was a wet camshaft sensor and seepage that is very light from the valve cover gaskets, but no drips on the driveway.
Sensational to find all books and manuals with the car, which was sold new in Albuquerque then brought to CA with its second owner to the Silicon Valley in the SF bay area and then bought by he guy working at the w124 shop up here.
So lifetime CA/NM car no rust ever.
So basilly carefully selcted by him and it is turn keyl
runs out beautiful, looks almost mint now, and is way beter than I thought I would find.
And best of all, the '93-'95 ones had one bad feature, a poitially corret biodegraeale wiring harne, but the mechanic pointed out that he had specifically replacedt with an updated, proper correct wiring harness so a huge bullet could be dodged, the shop mechanic showd me this work; he was proud of it..
This car with the 420 motor runs really really fast, too, it is the ultimate E cls except for the fabled E 500 the $85k Porsche hybrid one. But this car is on that basi patform and it' very very copetent, a good daily driver and ar for all reasonsBut it s looks unrere,nd the 560SEC still looks stunnig, brilliant.
I think with the '11 Outback for the snow, I am about set for lif.
My w126 now is officially semi-retiured.