Craigslist alert thread:

[cmac2012]

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/1983-mercedes-diesel-300cd/6742979522.html

[sixto]

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/d/1979-mercedes-300sd-diesel/6751714626.html

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon
02 C320 wagon

[tdoublenastywitit]

Yeah I've always thought that about sixto's posts. The NorCal area I assume he lives in is just straight up littered with old diesel benzes from the veggie oil, biodiesel, cheap diesel, recession days.

It's amazing how many he forwards to this thread

We have only been getting about one POS every 2-3 months up her in Seattle.

And then one where they polish up the pant and respray the Bundst and list it for $15 Grand hahaha

[cmac2012]

Originally Posted by tdoublenastywitit

Yeah I've always thought that about sixto's posts. The NorCal area I assume he lives in is just straight up littered with old diesel benzes from the veggie oil, biodiesel, cheap diesel, recession days.

It's amazing how many he forwards to this thread

We have only been getting about one POS every 2-3 months up her in Seattle.

And then one where they polish up the pant and respray the Bundst and list it for $15 Grand hahaha

Have always thought what about sixto's posts?

Wait, he forwards spots about Benzes for sale on Craigslist to the thread about Benzes for sale on Craigslist?

I don't understand, sounds like you're dissing him but maybe I'm stuck in argumentative mode from the Pol and Religion forum

[barry12345]

To me at least. Living in the real genuine rustbelt. Some of these cars on Californias craiglist seem amazing for their lack of rust. I personally appreciate members posting these adds. Just to see them.

We until the last few years had perfect mechanicals and interiors in rusted out hulks for a dime a dozen up here. Many with insignifigant total millage.

Perfect dashboards. Even the blue dash pads where uncracked. Hundreds if not thousands of them went to the wreckers with still perfect interiors. In my region. We had so many very low total milage engines and transmissions just lying around they were worthless.

Sun bleached interiors where totally unknown and rubber seals where almost always pretty much as new. I never remember even one case of palomino locally. Yet the rust was so advanced they were almost always well beyond saving.

It was a very old joke but locally people could lay in bed at night listening to their cars rusting away. The 114 and 123s to a lesser degree where pretty much the top contenders for this.

I am almost certain people in the south could not even visualize how bad it was here. Especially with the 114 and 115 chassis cars.

[cmac2012]

Maybe I'm being rude to the gentleman from Seattle, coincidentally my home from '74 to '94. Great city, still about my favorite. Might move back someday, long story.

What you say about interiors breaks my heart. My 300SDL might have another 100K in it, runs pretty well, it grew up in Redding, CA, later in SW Oregon. The latter somewhat wet but no salted roads in either location.

But the front seats are awful. Here is the OP of a thread I post a while back, got little action, but it's relevant to what you say here:

I was at the Pick and Pull today to get some tires for my Chevy van, can get really good tires for a good price if you pick carefully, you know reuse, re-cycle.

On the way in, near the entrance was a nice looking 420 SEL, at least I think that was the number, it had chalk writing all over the body, just like all the cars out in the yard do. I looked it over thinking it must be on the way out to be picked over, the seats were in excellent shape, front and back, my color, the light tan. Score, I’m thinking.

I asked the lady at the gate, and she said they must’ve just bought it, would be a week or two before it’s out in the yard.

I found two good tires, I was leaving, and I see it’s gone and it suddenly hit me that it would’ve been useful to know the model number. That’s how they list them on theit website, make, year, and model number. No W126 or any other designation
,
I couldn’t see it through the fence, so I go in the front office to see if they have the paperwork and if they’ll tell me the model number so I can save a trip to the yard, just watch the website to see when that year and model number is added.

The guy said oh you mean that long Mercedes, the green one, the one that looks pretty good? I say yeah, he says ‘oh sorry no can-do, that’s on the government buy-back program, we can’t touch it, just ...’ and he made a motion of crushing it.

I suspect they do it in a lot of states, if you fail smog you can get about 1000 bucks from the state to retire it after it’s past a certain age, I forget 30 years, something like that. Holy Shiite, I am not a happy individual at this point in time.

Tires looked great, the body was great, some blistering on the paint.

[if6was9]

https://providence.craigslist.org/cto/d/1972-mercedes-o309/6750922410.html

nice Christmas present

[if6was9]

1978 Mercedes 350SE AMG Euro car - $9500



https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/1978-mercedes-350se-amg-euro/6752887932.html




Sweet 116 are such sweet cars, so beautifully styled and this velour interior looks very nice indeed. Check out the running boards and that tasteful trunk spoiler!


I don't know how truly "AMG" this car is but, it's nice.

[Squiggle Dog]

Originally Posted by if6was9

1978 Mercedes 350SE AMG Euro car - $9500



https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/1978-mercedes-350se-amg-euro/6752887932.html




Sweet 116 are such sweet cars, so beautifully styled and this velour interior looks very nice indeed. Check out the running boards and that tasteful trunk spoiler!


I don't know how truly "AMG" this car is but, it's nice.

Wow, an AMG car with column shift. That's a first for me!

[sixto]

If you’re going to suffer ACC, at least get it with MT - https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ctd/d/1979-mercedes-benz-350se-euro/6732702649.html

So headlight wipers make it an AMG?

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon
02 C320 wagon

[sixto]

Seems crazy cheap if it’s a runner - https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/d/86-mercedes-300td/6753050778.html

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon
02 C320 wagon

[cmac2012]

Originally Posted by sixto

Seems crazy cheap if it’s a runner - https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/d/86-mercedes-300td/6753050778.html

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon
02 C320 wagon

Makes you wonder why. Even with the amateurish shark fins the body is sweet. Could be they have no clue.

Originally Posted by sixto

If you’re going to suffer ACC, at least get it with MT - https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ctd/d/1979-mercedes-benz-350se-euro/6732702649.html

So headlight wipers make it an AMG?

Sweet car. Maybe a bit pricey but 138k is an appealing figure.

[Squiggle Dog]

W123 300D with five speed manual transmission: https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/beautiful-mercedes-euro-300d/6751788858.html

[Squiggle Dog]

Cheap W116 300SD, will probably polish up nicely. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/d/mercedes-benz-luxury-car/6743561445.html

[ROLLGUY]

That 300D probably has a Sanden A/C compressor. It also has an added on EGR valve (federalized). Even at that price, it looks like a bargain. That car would probably get double that on BAT.