Just purchased my first Benz----a 1986 300SDL.
bought it on the Bay----I'm sure most will say I paid too much, but I don't care, "cuz it's mine and it's what I wanted!

Hardest part is waiting a couple weeks to get it. I'm going to be a wreck, beacause I know I won't be able to sleep.

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This year Santa and I are going to have a cool ride!!!

congrats im still excited i have a benz

Woohoo!

Congrats. Looks like a beauty.
Very classy color combo.

You can get a hard vinyl dash cover for that.
Some people are very happy with them.


Enjoy!

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'87 300SDL

dieselbenz

Cool, another Diesel Benz for SE wisconsin. Keep the salt off.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes

Welcome to the group!
You will find the people up in the diesel forum to be very helpful and informative. There are some true experts among the diesel heads.

Congrats.

It's a fine vehicle, but, I'm a bit biased. My second one arrived with me yesterday.

Sweet car! Congrats!

First mod: EUROS!!!!!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

I have the same exact car, except mines an 1987. If it is as advertised, it looks/sounds like a good one. Enjoy it.!

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Enough about me, how are you doing?

Looks good! Enjoy

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

nice lookin' car man, you'll fall in love with your "new" diesel benz!!
but the waiting for arrival is the hardest part!! my benz is (finally) in the shop, and were attempting to pull the trunk back in to place. (mine was damaged in some kind of collision)

i've ordered a hood star, and i'm waiting for it to get here, i've got to put it on when it gets here!!! but anyway...




ENJOY YOUR BENZ!!!

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1982 300D (w123, "Grey Car")
1982 300D (w123, "Blue Car")
2001 Ford F150 "Clifford" (The Big Red Truck)
1997 Dodge Ram 2500 12V Cummins
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 12V Cummins
Previous Vehicles:
1995 E300D, 1980 300SD, 1992 Buick Century, 2005 Saturn Ion

Congrats! Well all I can say is, i'd own another one any day. You'll find it a great car. Watch for over heating and be mindful of the "head", they tend to crack when overheated.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. It’s two days later, and two days closer to flying out and picking up my car, but it’s still three weeks away.
My wife thinks I’m nuts tossing and turning---not able to fall asleep at night. I’m glad she knows this is a car I’m doing this over and not thinking it’s another woman!
How do you split a Benz in half in a marital property state? How do you decide who gets what half?
Any way I have to admit I am very concerned about driving a car with no rust on it, all the way from PA back to WI in the dead of winter. After I’m done here I plan to do a search to see what other forum members have to say about rust proofing. Some might suggest a car hauler---I just don’t trust an auto hauler with my car. I’m sure there are plenty of people who have had good experiences with this, but that’s not my luck.
My luck is what happened to me last summer when I discovered tranny fluid under my ’88 Monte Carlo SS in the garage. I was afraid to drive it to the dealership for fear of damaging the transmission, so a friend who had AAA called for a flatbed. If the vehicle he is a passenger in needs to be towed, his coverage covers it.
So out of the garage we push the car, the flatbed arrives, the guy drops the flatbed to pick up the car, and proceeds to put two 6 inch wide and ½ inch deep divots into my freshly re-asphalted driveway.
I couldn’t believe it! When I pointed out to the guy what he had just done, he said I should call the owner because all of the drivers told him not to remove a support piece because that was what was going to happen. Well if this idiot knew this why didn’t he forewarn me before dropping the bed----I could have pushed the car out onto the road and then not incurred this problem.
Then to top it off, the guy delivers the car to the dealership, takes the car off the flatbed just inside the service dept overhead door and closes the Monte Carlo’s door with the keys in it, thereby causing the electric door locks to engage in the down position and the windows are of course up.
Now the car is locked, I don’t have a spare set of keys ‘cause the wife has them and is out of town for a few days, and no one can enter or exit the service dept. Needless to say I had four mechanics there in no time flat, all working on my car with slides, hangers and everything else to unlock the doors. It actually was quite comical in retrospect----just not at the time.
This is why I wouldn’t trust a car hauler----I don’t have good luck with these types of transactions.
Hey guess what….It’s five minutes closer to my picking up my Benz!

Your wife is a wise woman as well as psychiatric diagnostician.

In our world the wife gets the Benz in a divorce and sells it to a low-rider guy for $500. Next time you see it the car will have spinning rims, uv light underneath and a saint glued to the dash. Just thought I should warn you of the future hell that awaits.

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I have its gas-powered counterpart. Its real nice having a car that doesn't crumble and fall apart from old age. Enjoy!

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma