A gas engine will eat you out of house & home. They constantly need *something* - no matter how nice or how well maintained. Let them get a little behind on maintanence and thangs can get ugly (financially speaking) pretty fast. I had a few gas MBs and all were the same. $25 for this, $100 for that, $10 for this, $500 for that - constantly needing a little here and a little there.
That may not be a problem for you - and a big gas W126 is unequalled in comfort and security on the open road (unless you find a W140) - but just be prepared for a healthy maintanence program, especially with over 200K on the clock. Personally, I would not consider a gas engine with over 150K unless I was getting it cheap enough so I could rebuild it and not be unside-down. I just don;t think I'd feel confident it would always get me home with so many miles on it. But they're awesome cars when you're behind the wheel and you covering interstate at 80mph+ in near silence except for the stereo. But I'd feel better in a diesel. Good luck - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Royce Engler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:19 PM Subject: [MBZ] Heresy....I'm looking at a gasser. >I drove by my Indy's shop the other day and saw a 420SEL sitting out front > with $5500 and "Sweet" painted on the windshield. Called him today about > some work I'm thinking about doing on the 300TD and asked him about the SEL. > I thought he said it was an '87, and has about 230K on it. It supposedly > is single owner, belonged to the owner of an oilfield tool company in > Houston, who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and the family > wants to sell the car. Completely maintained according to the books, and > the quick look I got, it was very nice. Price is firm, and according to my > Indy, a bargain. I'm going by tomorrow afternoon to take a more detailed > look and have him put it up on a rack for me. > > Anybody have any thoughts about why I shouldn't jump on this one? (other > than the fact that it's NOT a diesel...) > > Royce Engler > '85 300TD 298K > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.1/822 - Release Date: 5/28/2007 > 11:40 AM > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 30 13:58:34 2007 Received: from [72.22.69.22] (helo=host337.ipowerweb.com) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HtOh8-0002Tu-8f for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 30 May 2007 13:58:34 +0000 Received: (qmail 44855 invoked from network); 30 May 2007 13:53:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (206.109.43.202) by host337.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 30 May 2007 13:53:56 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:58:48 -0500 From: Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [MBZ] Heresy....I'm looking at a gasser. X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:58:34 -0000 Buy it. --R >
