I'm skeptical that this particular car would need all of that.  Also, those
are dealership prices.

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:45 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Unless its been done recently, and with good quality parts, that car will
> need:
> Complete rebuild of front suspension
> Drive shaft stuff
> Rear subframe mounts and rear suspension bits
> All the brakes
> All the climate control stuff, plus AC work
> Full service, fluids, hoses, filters, etc.
> Tires
>
> Thats $10k if you pay someone to do it.  I'm doing it on a 240D right now
> for someone and thats whats its going to cost.
>
> BUT... when its done, the car will run reliability for many years with
> normal maintenance.  10+ years.  This is the standard that people who have
> money to invest in these cars expect.
>
> Jaime
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 10:43 AM Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Why so much?  Vacuum sorting and cruise control can be  easily done under
> > $1k if you are the least bit handy.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 7:57 AM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This is definitely the case... buyers know they're going to invest more.
> >> This car will probably need $10k in work to be well sorted again.
> >>
> >> Jaime
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 7:37 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > 10k was the answer. Seems like it was well bought, pretty rust free
> and
> >> > maybe a new transmission with new front ball joints etc. I suspect
> these
> >> > cars are going to people who wont mind spending some maintenance
> >> dollars on
> >> > them, which is what they will need to do.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 8:56 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Bidding > $10k, despite 200k Miles+, and inoperative CC and vacuum
> >> locks.
> >> > > Otherwise, appears to have been babied.  White with blue genuine
> >> leather
> >> > > seats.  Where will this end?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
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