Yipeee, I just bought my first Mercedes. I found almost exactly what I was looking for, a 300TD wagon. It doesn't have the 3rd seat we wanted but if it's as good as the seller said it was I can live with that. Bought it from Gerry Goodman in Ft. Worth, sure hope he is reliable. It's the first car I ever bought sight unseen, going down on Greyhound and drive it home.

good luck.

Congrats! We'll see you around.

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Ralph

1985 300D Turbo, CA model
248,650 miles and counting...

We just got home from Ft. Worth with our 84 300 TD wagon. Wow, am I impressed, hard to believe a vehicle this old can look and run so well. The 15 hour bus ride was worth it. The car was sold new in the Ft. Worth/Dallas area and has been there ever since. It has a clean Carfax report, and all of the service records seem to confirm the Carfax 143,000 mileage figure. It's very clean inside and out, the best I can tell it is rust free, starts and runs very smooth with no smoke, and drives great. On the 800 mile trip home we experienced no rattles, shakes or shimmies, no road or wind noise, even the few minutes I ran it up to 90 on the turnpike. I loved the 25 + MPG we averaged on the way home. Other than some very minor cosmetic things the only apparent flaw is the cruise control, every thing else on the car works. All in all, at the moment, I am very satisfied with my first MB.

Nice to hear of a deal that goes well! Enjoy your wagon, and update that signature.
Pics please........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Glad that worked out. Should be a great car.

Pix here, at least until the website gets updated:

http://europeanmotorcars-ltd.com/showroom/84_300td_blue.html

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Boy, are they ever proud of their cars.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John