1985 500 SEL 170,000 miles for $1,500
Someone from this sight, sent this reply to one of my threads, "the most expensive car, is a cheap Mercedes."
He was right.
so far spent $1000 for parts and am far from finished.

Well.......... It's been 8 years... But my '71 220 Diesel was $500

In 2005.5 I paid $12,300 for a 1999 C280 Sport with 77K mi.
It has options which made it a $40K car when new.

I purchased it on Ebay; and that was scary. It worked out well though, as the seller was a dealer who had serviced the car for years. The low price was due to the fact that there was no reserve price and the auction ended at a bad time (for the seller) Quite frankly, I didn't expect to win. On a dealers lot this year and model car was going for $14K-$17K.

BTW, even though the miles were somewhat high, this car has performed beautifully. Only basic maintenance.
I love it.

'80 300TD-paid $100 for it. The PO just wanted it off of his insurance and out of his parking lot. I did a LOF on engine and trans. and I've been using it as my daily driver, as-is/was for about a month now. Except for missing driver's door pocket, crack in passenger door pocket and crack in the lower dash panel, the interior is near mint.

Items on my punch list include: give it a good scrub and wax, fix bubbles on 3 of the 4 fender wells, fix rust spot on lower driver's side front fascia (the only "hole" on the car), fix rear wiper, find out why backup lights don't work, fix or replace the ACC, refinish the Bundts, try to find a Becker Mexico (for about what I paid for the whole car) and those interior items listed above.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

You gotta figure though $2500 to drive a MB isn't a bad price - sometimes doubling the cost of your purchase still works out to be a good deal in the long run.

John

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John Hughes, was in Landstuhl, Germany but currently in San Antonio, TX


1978 280CE Astral Silver now 59,xxx miles and counting "Silber-Kugel"
1986 300E Black Pearl Metallic 143,xxx miles 5-spd daily driver w/ blk leather "Schwarz-Schönheit"
1989 190E 2.6 (euro) 5-spd Desert Taupe 112,xxx kms Had to leave behind in Germany!!! "Helga"
1983 300D Pastel Beige now 312,xxx + miles SOLD

OBK#24

1998 E320 sedan-$9,000 95k mi sold for $8500 115k mi two years later(I got tired of dealing with rust)
1995 E320 wagon- $7200 105k mi, great car
1999 e320 wagon- $12000, 83k, just bought, we will see
1977 450 sel- free from uncle who wanted it out if his garage, but he paid $24,000 for it in 1977

If you do the work yourself, Mercedes is the best bang for your buck, and you get to drive a nice car too!

Greg

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tgmiller77
1997 Land Rover Discovery 158,000
1995 E320 Wagon 132,000mi
1999 E320 Wagon 97,000mi

I bought my 86 300 SDL for $500 . The owners daughter was driving it when she had a blow out and found she couldn't remove the wheel. It has a case of seized lug nuts.I've gotten 3/4 of them off and am also bringing all the maintenance needs up to date.