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Old 03-14-2006, 07:52 PM
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AutoTrader killing my diesel search!

Dang it.

Two weeks ago I was able to search the used diesels going back to 1984 or 85, tonight I can't look any older than 1993. There used to be pages of cars to sort through while window shopping and now I can't hunt an SDL via autotrader.com

Oh well, there are more than one way to skin a cat.

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Old 03-14-2006, 07:57 PM
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You will have to search it out in the old car trader now.
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Old 03-14-2006, 08:51 PM
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wvofuels.com has a page that posts all the hits for diesel mercedes/vw on craigslist.org and ebay.. i like it just searching is endless
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Old 03-14-2006, 09:09 PM
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Dang it.

Two weeks ago I was able to search the used diesels going back to 1984 or 85, tonight I can't look any older than 1993. There used to be pages of cars to sort through while window shopping and now I can't hunt an SDL via autotrader.com

Oh well, there are more than one way to skin a cat.
I don't know if something funny was or is going on with the AutoTrader, but for fun, I just ran a search for "300SDL" within any distance of my zip code. They came up with 25 matches.

Try again, and see if something was temporarily fouled in the AutoTrader system.
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Old 03-14-2006, 09:12 PM
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Maybe I'll try by model only, leaving the year blank. Searching by the collector car link in a pain as all you can do is search by year now, no longer able to parse the serach by using keyword "diesel".
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2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

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Old 03-14-2006, 09:13 PM
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What are you talking about? I can forage through model listings dating back to vintage '81?!

I just did.
There is a silver 300SD with 205,000 miles dating 1981 right now.

Only thing I enter prior to is my zipcode.
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Old 03-14-2006, 09:42 PM
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I just went back in and now can pull models back to '81 again. Must have been some sort of internet time warp! Earlier I couldn't search older than 1993.

Somebody hum the Twilight Zone theme, please.

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