If you had a car within 200 miles of me I would go check it out for you. Whoever is within 200 miles away should just go do it.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I have. And a very nice one. But it’s in Grant’s Pass, OR, the middle of > nowhere and I’m not willing to spend $1000 to travel so I can check it out. > > They’re out there, I just have to be patient and find the best deal. In the > past I’ve been lucky and had prospective sellers who I’ve talked with come > back to me later in the game and want to sell at a more realistic price. For > instance, if the guy in Grant’s Pass would consider maybe $7500 instead of > the $12k he thinks he can get, I would hop on a plane and go see it. It’s > simply not worth it to spend the money to survey something when the seller > has unrealistic expectations. And it this case it’s grandma’s car, so > there’s some emotion involved, which just makes the seller all the more > unrealistic. > > Hemmings has a pretty decent Martha non-operational project I would seriously > consider if I could get a pair of eyes on it to verify condition: > > https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz/230s/1918592.html#&gid=1&pid=4 > > There isn’t a Mercedes person within 200 miles of this car that I can find. > I even tried to reach out to the BMW community in the area. Crickets. Too > bad, as I would seriously consider this car for purchase. I guess the LDS > folks don’t drive Mercedes’ or BMWs. > > -D > > >> On May 17, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Well, try and fine one for $10k. That's the challenge. Have you tried >> Hemmings and The Star magazine? >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
