By far the highest I have seen one priced. 300SD

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Jim

with that few miles??? Makes you wonder what the real deal is...

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Mine: 1987 MB 420 SEL - 62K (Dec 2019)
Mine:1991 MB 350SDL - 244K (Aug 2011)- Totalled 9/14/2016
Mine:1981 MB 300SD - 326K mi (July 1997)-sold
Wife's: 2008 MB C300 Sport - 92K mi (April 2009)

I've been watching 350SD/L prices a lot myself... I see the auctions closing at very high numbers for cars with 120k on them (Danger zone for the 603.97x!!!). But then I see the cars relisted....

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Wow! Not even close to tempting for me. OTOH, if it was a '78 300SD in very good shape (first year diesel S-class, first ever turbo-diesel passenger car, same year I was born, plus I like the 116 a lot more than the 126), then I might be drooling

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

There's a euro signal red 190D near me with only ~65K. They started at 15K, and are now down to 8K OBO. I think it'd be pretty sweet deal at $5000.

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

Yep, $25K is a lot. Heck, I would sell my '81 for half that; here's a picture that I took of it this weekend.

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That is a lot (Too much)... That is not "Leather Interior" either.

Nice car either way. Wrong color for the southern states. Drop $7000 just for the black.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

black on tan tex, car with 134 conversion, and cd player installed, the shocks look wrong... likely not a good thing. nice wood. radio antenna looks wrong... instrument cluster looks fiddled with, something is not right...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I want to say that wheel looks like it is repainted..

Faiding on L/R door "B" piller and plastic door trim is wrinkled.

Seat belt track rod is missing the dress up cap on the L/R side of the hump.

Is that some rust under the air cleaner around the spring perch hole?

I would like to see how plugged up the hole in the manifold is under the EGR valve.

Strange the date starts in 92 on the report.

Also the seats look too nice for the age.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Not to mention that the nets in the back of the seats are soggy....a very good indication of high mileage .....

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Vivere senza rimpianti



Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?

I would jump in on 8K...but this just me I am sucker for 190, I just love them
Could you take some pictures?

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Vivere senza rimpianti



Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?

nahh. not really, the nets are held up with rubberbands basically, and rubber fails with age. the car is 28 years old... rubberbands don't last that long.

bottom line is there is just NOT enough good pictures to justify a purchase of this car.
in person visual inspection of ALL the issue points is needed.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

If I was going to drop anything like that amount of money on a vintage Benz diesel I would be buying from Mercedes Motoring. I have never seen their work up close but it looks flawless and the price range is similar.

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1972 280SE 4.5

Their stuff looks impressive. The paintwork is beautiful, that's for sure.

A friend and I once had dreams of a business like that. Regrettably, no one here in central and eastern Canada appears to give a rat's butt about older Mercedes diesels anymore, and their value is in the toilet.

Oh but to live in LA....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Mercedes motoring has an Impressive web page and the owner is a real study of how to restore and tune.I would bet that his main objective is having a great product like a vintage MB be recognized for the next generation of drivers .