Where are they? I am located out west in Northern Idaho and there are hardly any Mercedes diesels out here. What is the best way other than craigslist for finding a clean 95 E300D?

Suggestions?

Thanks

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Ian White

1995 E300 Diesel w124 OM606
2014 E550 w212 M278 biturbo

2001 BMW 740i E38 M62 (past)
1981 300SD w126 OM617 (past)

Right place, right time. They are a very rare bird.......
I miss mine!!

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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

ebay, cars dot com. Miss mine too, but did run into a few when searching for a W210. The clean ones get real spendy, like 9-10K. Yet I reckon there will be fewer and fewer of them unless we start restoring them.

Short answer - Florida/California.

Sure as heck not Idaho, and sure as heck not Buffalo. My current 96 606 is a Craigs list, one way flight to Virginia deal for sub 5K. Mechanicals are mint. Body, eh. But sheet metal is wicked cheap as compared to engine/tranny stuff.

Get your internet search engines a-hummin'!

My clean 91 300D is on Ebay right now....very nice car....auction ends Saturday afternoon. 95 E300's are nice, but 90-93 300D's are nice too.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 160k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 79k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

anybody know how to do an advanced google search? they changed their search engine, and now it's all glitzy... no more advanced search put in domain to filter results... arrrrggghhhhh!!!

I tried putting in :craigslist.org... no good, still brought up junk and forum hits...

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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 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

https://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

Or you can click on the little "gear" in the upper right hand corner of the screen and select Advanced Search from the menu.

For searching on CraigsList you might try SearchTempest.com which is a specialty search engine that lets you search as many of the local areas as you like. Probably better than Google for that specific application.

three weeks ago,I saw a 95 in the Carson City, Nv. PNP. black with grey interior.
Interior about 8.5, exterior showed no damage. engine looked good, Ie didn`t see any rods hanging out the side or bottom.
No evidence of rust etc.... probably a donated car pnp picked up. shame

Ian, haven`t noticed you in a while, welcome back.

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

What engine is the '95 E300? Turbo??? Is this considered the primo year combo?

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1983 300D, the "Avocado"
1976 240D, 4-spd the "Pumpkin", SOLD to Pierre
1984 190D, 2.2L, 5-spd, my intro to MBZ diesels, crashed into in 2002

606 non turbo

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 160k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 79k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

They are very nice. In my ideal MB world, it would be one of four that I'd own.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 160k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 79k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Im liked mine as it was straight mechanical, no chips. EMP proof ! No code reader required.

Found my 96 on allofcraigs.com - Search ALL of Craigslist

I saw a cranberrry 95 G-wagon on Craigs, Oh man, i was smitten. Theres a 606 packed rig I would spend 20K on.

But the best 95's i saw on Ebay. Which could have been a timing thing.

I have owned both the '95 and '93 - still own the '95 - it is the one Jimmy owned
If you are looking for a w124 diesel I would consider any of them. My '93 was a fine car and my son and I put 100,000 miles on it before a bad accident took it off the road. I look forward to driving my '95 for a long time.
In both cases I looked for a long time, mostly autotrader, ebay and this list. Ebay is scary, but with a PPI and maintenance records you can get a degree of protection. My '95 currently has 197,000 miles on it and is really solid - I'm looking forward to another 100k. Keeping up with maintenance is the key to long life. It is easy for previous owners to cut corners, and not do all the maintenance procedures and repairs, as for many you can "get by" for a while. But I have found that these issues build up until a rather major failure occurs, and then it takes time and money to sort it all out.

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John Gillespie
1988 560sec - 192k miles
2006 CLK500 - 40K miles
1995 E300 - 202k miles

300sd site:nashville.craigslist.org

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

That Nashville Craigslist ad may be the same car in the "Cars for Sale" section of this forum. Guy has a 95 e300d with some issues. For $2k, I may just buy it...if the glow plugs aren't busted off.

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2009 E320 Bluetec 117,000
1995 E300D 306,000 Sold
1996 Ford Taurus LX 130,000 Sold
1985 300TD Still 225,000 Sold
2016 Ford Fusion 24,900

mercedes site:craigslist.org

That searches all craigslist for "mercedes" when googled.

Statewidelist is the best way to search for an item by state, which then separates it by Region
This has been my process for a couple years now and I was Hoping I would never have to divulge...:-)

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1987 300TDT - 195,000 (Original #14 head)
1993 190E 2.3 - 105,000
1981 300D - 250,000