I know. And what I find even more shocking is that this fellow bought the car new, so he's apparently got some sort of decent income and could most likely have afforded the maintenance no problem. Also, you just don't imagine a Mercedes buyer as someone who both appears to have some sort of basic mechanical skills but absolutely neglects the car in an almost totally insane way. Furthermore.. well, there's so many shocking things about that that I won't even try listing them. It just makes me go:

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

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