http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-MercedsBenz-300TD-Wagon-Excllent-cond-trade-me-/250801986290?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3a64f69af2

Its always fun to pick apart listings. This one is ripe for it.

"insists it only needs a head gasket" really means the #014 head is probably cracked;

170k ish miles on engine - could be . . .;

middle brake light out;

rear wiper no parking properly;

Bumper removed to tow, but for how far and at what speed? Perhaps a burnt transmission;

Rear badging in wrong position, probable indicates repaint - perhaps to go with the wiper and middle brake light issues;

"RUST FREE," but "a bit of paint bubbling;";

Leather, but actually MB-Tex;

Instrument cluster loose - lower mileage replacement?

What else?????

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Peach Parts W124.128 User Group.

80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

"in leiu of payment for a veggie oil conversion and carpentry job" ~ sounds like a hippie veggie type. Has this car seen the "jug of death"?

"Apparently only 500 brought to us in 87" ~ Apparently he is full of ***** !!

"dark wood veneer." ~ with splits & cracks

"It came from california last." ~ & probably the rust belt before that !!

"Theres is 222k on the body but my friend put in a newer engine about two years ago and told me it was 170k ish when installed" ~ how come the motor died at 170k?

"He insisted it needs the head gasket replaced and thats it but with automobiles one can never tell," ~ Oh but you can, how come the motor has died after just 50k in the car. Sounds about right for a 'death by jug'.

"an ametuer like me" ~ Who does veggie conversions? Nothing "ametuer" about him! What we see is veiled dis-closers of problems. Quite cunning.

"He aslo insisted everything else on the car is working and good in fact laughed at me when i even asked but i havent driven it personally." ~ In other words I am not admitting anything about the car. Its a total "black box"

" Various small pieces of interior and exterior trim have popped off but are present" ~ when exterior trim "pops off" it is lost on the side of the road. More likely they havent been put back on yet following a second rate paint job to cover up the rust.

"there is also a bit of paint bubbling allong the lower edge of rear windows, dime sized here and there and very minor." ~ "dime sized" is not minor. probably could poke the key through the panel. When you get rust there its usually come from the inside because water is leaking in there from other damage & condenses up at the top & so rusts up there.

"Matching aftermarket rubber mats" ~ to cover the rotted carpet.

"Comes with a complete set of W123 rims. Think permanently mounted winter tires" ~ W123 rims are only 14". "permanently mounted" cant they get them off because of corrosion?

Is that what you wanted? If it turns out to be a members car, I am sorry but we should expect more of our members !!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I'm not sure where to start.

"came from California last" The vin check shows it coming from NY in '96, it toured FL and GA, was finally titled in NM in '08, but never CA.

The wheels don't match, looks like the LR is an 8-hole. Rear bumper has been painted, something mounted to the roof, interior a mess, no heated seats nor leather as advertised, mileage ??, who has a car, replaces the engine and doesn't drive it for the next two years?, lots of pleads of ignorance or heresay about his friend telling him the miles or that everything works / deflecting liability, no mileage history at all except for the one in '08 showing 182,000 miles, ... if it were local I'd still look at it but I'm not sure why. Probably just feeling sorry for the car.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

Does the rest of the commune know he is getting rid of the guest house ?

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92 500E Silver 66k
82 Porsche 911SC 84K
68 Cadillac ( Gone Now )
03 Suburban Z71 200K
85 300SD 217k From Original Owner ( Dad )

I'm pseudo blown away no one has posted a serious comment about how they think thats an $8,000 car.

But, I concur, a total pile of crap. It may need just an HG, plenty of high miled #14s being run hard on the daily avoid cracking up.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

heh, I sent the seller a note about it's condition, quantities of the car sold in the US, and my estimate of it's current value.
I'll report what he replies...

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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!

nothing is more annoying than seeing photos of a car for sale where the snow has not even been removed from the top, trash not cleaned up from inside, and dash at least wiped down.

I'd bet a weeks pay that car has seen WVO through it

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1995 E300 diesel

I disagree. My most annoying ad is one without a price.

Probably WVO and drain engine oil, directly in the fuel tank.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

VW bus in the background!

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Actually 2 VW Busses, 1 VW Bug w/o fenders, door and hood, Converted School Bus and maybe an Out House.

Is that a Double Wide? man that guy is livin.

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

He indicated he would trade for a VW TDI or a Renault.

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86 300 SDL - Vesuvius

96 SL 500

Assumption is the mother of all screw ups.

Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing - Edmund Burke