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[sixto]

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/d/rare-vintage-1985-mercedes/6551088813.html

Rare Vintage 1985 Mercedes 300TD Station Wagon/2nd owner - $2450 (santa cruz)

“The Car that will Never Die"

We are selling our rare Mercedes 300TD Station Wagon. We love this car, but our parking situation is tight and we don't have a place to keep it. We are the second owners, and have all of the service records (thick as a book) from the original owners. You can see from the pics that it has been well cared for. Take a look at the leather seats! Still almost perfect. The engine runs like a champ, transmission is strong, it starts right up. These are rare but when you see them, they usually have 300k miles on them. This car has only 198k miles! That's an average of only 6k per year.

Dependable, collectible, reliable, and convertible to biodiesel/vegetable oil.

Bloomberg magazine says "Buy a Vintage Mercedes Station Wagon Because It's the Car That Will Never Die."

"You cannot kill them," Phil Skinner, Kelley Blue Book's collector car market editor, said recently. "They just keep on running. It's Mercedes technology--and on a station wagon! It's the perfect combination...If you're looking to buy, look for something with the fewest miles possible and an extensive service record. Assuming the mechanics are sound, you can follow routine preventive maintenance and expect to get hundreds of thousands of miles out of these puppies. He has even seen taxi drivers in Europe with more than a million miles on theirs."

There will be some routine maintenance coming up, but nothing that can't be done over time. Someone recently stole the radio antenna and the hood ornament, but these are easy to replace. This wagon drives and runs perfectly. We ended up letting the registration expire since we weren't driving it, but it will be easy to register. And there's no doubt it will pass smog inspection again. The car has never been in an accident and the title is clean.

These cars have become very desirable and are increasing in value. This car is a great opportunity to buy a driver and use as is or improve and sell for a higher price when you get tired.

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon