Offered to buy my car. I have spent the rest of the day being hounded by my wife for not even asking how much.....


I finished replacing my dash today!!!!

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

If that happened to me, I'd instantly tell him $25,000 minimum... and I only paid $200 for this car, I love it tho!

Remind her that if you sell it, you're just going to have to buy another one. The price you'll likely pay will be more than you paid before and it'll probably be less of a car.

Kevin
1979 240D manual
1984 190D manual

Everything is for sale at the right price.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Always remember, when somebody asks "what would you take for your xxxx", they are not asking what it is "worth". What we would take to get rid of most of our MB's is certainly more $ than it is 'worth'.
Likewise, I was looking at a horribly ugly little 240D a month or so ago, and they asked me what I'd give them for it. Well of course they were quick to point out how they thought it was worth a lot more than what I said.
I reminded them, "look, you asked me what I'd give you for it". I was actually scared they'd say OK........

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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

Same thing happened to me today! And this machine is a mess right now. Offered $300 more than I paid for it two months ago.

I'm into it for more than that now, so, no dice. But ditto with the wife - she told me to take it and run.

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'82 240D, 215,000 +
Classic White, Regenbogen

I had a guy follow me home before then he asked if I wanted to sell, and I said no way, so he said "well, thats too bad then, but here's my name and number if you should change your mind, it really is a nice car" I promptly threw away his info when he left. I decided a long time ago that my car is with its current and final owner. I plan on having it for as long as I possibly can. I want to be there on the day I roll 300k with it.....only 53,920 miles to go!!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

maybe he'll come back soon...

I said I'd take 1750 for it. You should see it now boy. No trim, bumpers, blue trunk, headlights off... I want to drop it off to be painted early next week.

Any chance you're cruisin' the junkers anytime soon Dub?

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'82 240D, 215,000 +
Classic White, Regenbogen

Now, if I can't figure out how to get the seat height adjust to work I may just take him up on it.

A hard right turn will bottom out the springs on my seat.

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'82 240D, 215,000 +
Classic White, Regenbogen

Pool noodle time!!! How to get a seat unstuck? Plenty of wd40 everywhere....

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

That's it winmutt. WD40 + patience might be the thing to unstick seats. I'll tell you what though, if you want to sell your car do not spray PB Blaster in the cabin. Thank you Lord for 4 windows AND a sunroof! That PB junk'll send you high like a kite. ((update: the smell is gone))

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'82 240D, 215,000 +
Classic White, Regenbogen

PB blaster will eat many types of plastic. Don't get that stuff on anything except metal parts. On the flip side, I have tried many penetrating oils over the years and none of them beat PB Blaster.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

Negotiations are everything. Start out with a high price that will make him think a little bit. If he makes a counter-offer then you know he is serious. Add up all your receipts plus throw some value in there for your time. Whether the car is worth that or not, use that price. The key to making money off one of these old diesels is to get the car for a cheap as possible. Unless you are just putting used parts into the car, your outlay for parts will be the same as anyone else's. That is, new parts prices are somewhat consistent but the value of cars fluctuates. Find a cheap one, fix the typical things and make some money on it so you can go on to the next project car. Also keep in mind that the cleaner it looks the higher the asding price.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

Not that I have any interest in selling the SDL, but if a serious offer was to come in north of $9k, I'd consider it.


I almost sold the SD to the parking garage guy at SCSU last year, but I kind of needed it to get around. That tends to be the downside of selling a car you currantly kind of need.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200