Hello.

My name is pinecone. I was refered to this site by a person that was going to trade his 300SD Turbodiesel and some cash for my BMW R1200GS (motocycle). The deal didn't work out because a local person bought my bike for cash.

He got me excited about getting a used Mercedes. Looking at the part prices from the sponsors of this site, a 20 yo Mercedes is actually cheap to keep on the road.

Like the BMW bike I sold, mileage isn't such a big deal. Maintainence is. Right now, I am looking at a 88 300E for less than $2k. Yes, it's 21 years old. Yes the seller has some receipts of service work. According to the ad, it also passed a mandatory smog test last year.

Here's the car.

http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/1190737448.html\

I've been a mechanic since 1987. I got laid off and burned out of doing it for a living. I can fix stuff but I have no Mercedes experience (Asian car experience, BMW motorcycle experience, Volvo experience).

Is this a good car? Is the price too low? Any issues with this model?

Thanks for your help.