Took my wife to Wal-Mart and I stayed with my son in the car. (everybody has been there done that) I was cruising looking for a park spot when out of the corner of my eye I caught a familiar color. There was what appeared to be the long lost twin to my old 300D (Colnel Mustard). I pulled around and it was a 240D and the owner was still in the driver's side. I snagged the space next to it and the woman got out. Older woman, well dressed, very neat. I called her over and started to ask about her car. She was reluctant to approach but she realized I was asking about the car.

"How many miles on your car ma'am?"-----"Oh, not many"

She then told me it was her brother's and it came from VA. She was looking to sell it as soon as they did some research on it value. I asked if I could leave my name and number under her wiper and she said absolutley. (it was cold out)
My wife returned so I hopped out to take a look. The paint on the hubcpas were in decent shape but the hubcpas themselves were a little dented up. There looked like a little body work had been done in the past. Very small spots of rust were apparent at the bottom of the wheel wells. Just enough to start to turn the paint red. One small rip in the driver's seat. Dash looked good.

I peeked inside to check the odometer.....(drum roll please).............8,000 miles!!!!!!!!!!!

Being the body is not flawless, and the miles are accurate, what is the realistic worth of this thing?

I hope she calls me.

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'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

8k? wow

i wonder if that is bad in any way. there are still parts that age with time though

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Grey '91 350SDL 214k Dad's car
Beige '81 240D 4 Speed 254k SOLD
Blue '82 300D 225k SOLD
White '95 E300D 46k SOLD
Blue '87 190D 2.5 Turbo 315k SOLD
Brown '80 240D 4 Speed 716k SOLD
Beige '80 300D N/A 119k SOLD
Blue '85 300D Model 186k T-Boned

If they wax it up and paint over the slight rust spots, she'll probably get $10K on e-bay.

Far stranger things have been known to happen...

Maybe they will give you first right of refusal. Never hurts to ask someone , you can find bargains like that at times.

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1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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You ask, "Being the body is not flawless, and the miles are accurate, what is the realistic worth of this thing?" And I would say. Being the body is not flawless, and the miles are inaccurate, what is the realistic worth of this thing?
Better check that 240 out real good, maybe it has 108,000 or just as easily 208,000.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

did you get the vin? carfax it.

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[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

I could very well be wrong but I could have sworn I saw 0083xx on the top odometer.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

I don't think that anyone is questioning the veracity of what your eyes witnessed............

We also don't know when the speedo last worked. Yesterday, or 1985?

Provided the mileage is on, it probably sat a lot in a damp garage or something. The interior should look new though.

See what she wants for it I wouldn't pay more then $4k-$5k. Its an old car and is going to need all of the rubber parts replaced.

If the rust isn't bad and you could get it cheap enough it might be worth having the body work done and flipping it for a profit.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

We can speculate all we want. I swore I saw it but I don't believe it either. I hope she calls me and then I can go over it and report it back here. I told her I'd like first crack at it.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Maybe the odometer has been replaced 8K miles ago?

if the car really does have 8K, going by that 300D that sold for 20K, you should be able to sell that car for around 30K on ebay!

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19 Fusion Hybrid
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300d

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R