That's good news. Every once in a while I hear about one that
slipped. re the water damage - yep, I'm told it sometimes doesn't show
up for months or a year or more before the problem becomes obvious -
Of course if some nitwit will fire a weapon into a large crowd I
shouldn't be surprised when someone sells a damaged car as perfect.
Larry
On 10/02/2017 7:36 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes wrote:
Probably goes to PnP and stripped of title so they car not able to go back on
the road. The water damaged cars are really nasty, but end up at PnP and
never offered as rebuildable.
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen
retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
On Oct 2, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
With all the water damaged cars from our recent hurricanes, I was wondering if
we will start to see large # os MB's, etc at our PnP's? or will they go
straight to the shredder to prevent people trying to put them back on the road?
(which they always do, even with new cars)
So ya'll be careful if looking at New or used cars.
LarryT
On 10/02/2017 10:00 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
Unlike the pre-computerized cars, the 2000 MY and later MBs nearly all require
the ability to access systems using the Xentry or DAS software and MUX. Sure,
you can fix some things, but get much past 2003 or so and without it you're
pretty much left swinging in the wind.
As for buying a car that's much cheaper than others in the same range, run
away. It's most likely priced like that for a reason.
Finding nice cars isn't like looking under rocks - it takes time, research, and
a willingness to go head to head with a seller while being fair and willing to
walk away. Like the W210 wagon I just bought - I knew it had been for sale for
a month at the asking price, I knew what it was worth, I made an offer and told
the seller I wouldn't budge.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And it's a used car, so no matter
how hard you try to avoid any surprises, you'll still be likely to get them on
occasion.
Always buy the best example you can afford. It's cheaper in the long run.
-D
On Oct 2, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Thanks gang!
re Kaleb, - where do you find your cars? I've been looking for a while and
this one is cheap compared to others I looked at. This one is supposed to be
$1000+ below book value and this one is much lower priced than most diesels I
have found. I am to the point I will start to consider gas engined MBs. I
guess i don't look under the rocks like you do ? ;-)
Thanks again,
LarryT
On 09/29/2017 6:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
That sounds way way way too expensive. It's likely going to need oil cooler
seals which is a MAJOR job, which I am going to need to do on the wife's r320
which is the same engine. That engine is OK but is WAY more difficult to work
on than the old 61x or 60x engines. You will certainly need the laptop to do
just about anything.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 29, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Hi All,
Does anyone have good/bad news about subject car? Found one w/211K miles for
less than $8K
How does that sound? Did MB get their QC problems fixed by then?
Thanks,
LarryT
91 300D
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