Hey Steve, The car was bought for his mother and she now is unable to drive, he said they are the 4th owner on it but had it checked with MBZ shop near Santa Monica. Well it looks like the red lights are starting to go off and looks like I should not invest anymore of my time in it, price looked good. So I'll start my search for what I really think I should get and that is a 190D unless someone can talk me out of it. Seems to me that 300's can be had all day long, but 190's are on the short list. On my other post I had asked which MBZ gets the best fuel mileage, most said go with the 190D series. I want a good looking car for driving back and forth to work and trying to keep it under $3000
The hunt is on Rory On 8/18/05, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Real men only need cars with four pots. > > Anyway, most cars for sale at the bottom-feeder end of the pond are going > to > need SOMETHING. (Oh, yes, now I've gone and done it, some wisearse is now > going to reply about the museum-kwality 300sd he bought for $800 last > year, > blah blah blah... LoL.) > > Seriously, Rory, why does the current owner say it needs caliperS rebuilt? > Did it sit for a prolonged period? If so, be very careful about having the > car checked. Prolonged inactivity (which I define as >12 mos) is as bad > for > Mercedes as it is for people. > > Mac > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You can get a real car (1982 - 85 300D) for not much more. > > > > On 8/18/05, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If you need a/c, it sounds like it's worth no more than $500 to me. > Needs a > >> fair amount of time on the brakes and could need more than $1000 on > >> a/c...... > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Rory > >> Sent: Aug 18, 2005 12:47 PM > >> To: Mercedes mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] CARFAX please > >> > >> Darn Gmail went offline and was telling me msg was not sent, and crap I > >> forgot about pre 81 cars not being carfax. > >> So is $1300 a good deal on a 240d? very minor rust A/C is empty needs > rotors > >> and calipers rebuilt, glow plug light stays on longer than normal but > once > >> warmed up goes out and runs fine. Was hoping it was M/T but sez auto > works > >> great. > >> Anything I should look out for? > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> Rory > >> > >> On 8/18/05, John Ervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Rory wrote: > >>>> I have found a 77 240D with 150k on it, looking for some info and > >> history. > >>>> Could someone run a carfax on this VIN for me please? > >>>> 12312312040066 > >>> > >>> It's too old, Rory. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> John L. Ervine > >>> 1981 240D 4-spd 267+kmi > >>> 1980 300TD 168+kmi > >>> 1980 300SD 277+kmi > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For new parts see www.buymbparts.com <http://www.buymbparts.com> > >>> For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com <http://www.oldworldauto.com> > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> > >> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > >>> > >> > >> > > Luther KB5QHU > > Alma, Ark > > '83 300SD (happily running diesel/WVO mix) > > '82 > >> 300CD slate grey, black interior, 152,xxx mi > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For new parts see www.buymbparts.com <http://www.buymbparts.com> > >> For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com <http://www.oldworldauto.com> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com <http://www.buymbparts.com> > > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com <http://www.oldworldauto.com> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com <http://www.buymbparts.com> > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com <http://www.oldworldauto.com> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
