Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Wonko the Sane]

Uh ... I believe I had a military tour duty living in NYC under my belt
about the time you were learning to not crap your diaper, and then moved on
to double-tour in Washington DC (in the middle of a crack area) while you
were learning to read.

I believe what we told you about the route in was to not go thru Ames,
because that was a half hour longer than the route we suggested.

I have no problem being in the area where that E420 is being sold. It is
just that I am not their typical customer -- and I mean employment status,
not color of my skin.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Curt Raymond  wrote:

> To put it in perspective Don and Debbie were visibly bothered when Angie
> and I told them how we'd gone from the airport to the highway when leaving
> Des Moines for Jefferson.
> On the way back to the airport we took exactly the same route and could
> find no reason to think that street was anything other than normal...
>
> Granted in the last couple years I've hung out in NYC more that most people
> but I thought Des Moines was totally benign...
>
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Curt Raymond]

To put it in perspective Don and Debbie were visibly bothered when Angie and I 
told them how we'd gone from the airport to the highway when leaving Des Moines 
for Jefferson.
On the way back to the airport we took exactly the same route and could find no 
reason to think that street was anything other than normal...

Granted in the last couple years I've hung out in NYC more that most people but 
I thought Des Moines was totally benign...

-Curt

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Seller is in a (cough) "less desirable" part of Des Moines, I think. I would
expect this used car dealer to be sandwiched between a PayDay Loan outfit
and a rib joint. If I am going to spend that much money, I'd want to either
get the vehicle from someone on this list or even a real dealer.



  
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Wonko the Sane]

Seller is in a (cough) "less desirable" part of Des Moines, I think. I would
expect this used car dealer to be sandwiched between a PayDay Loan outfit
and a rib joint. If I am going to spend that much money, I'd want to either
get the vehicle from someone on this list or even a real dealer.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, E M  wrote:

> what kind of mileage does it have?  If not too high, you might easily get a
> few years out of it.  If you don't, at that price, maybe worth dropping a
> used engine or trans from Kaleb in it.
>
> Ed
> 300E
>
> 2009/1/16 Wonko the Sane 
>
> > If I knew I could get two/three years out of it, I would be tempted to
> try
> > to buy it.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin  > >wrote:
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> > > WOW, yea, that is cheap.
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[E M]

what kind of mileage does it have?  If not too high, you might easily get a
few years out of it.  If you don't, at that price, maybe worth dropping a
used engine or trans from Kaleb in it.

Ed
300E

2009/1/16 Wonko the Sane 

> If I knew I could get two/three years out of it, I would be tempted to try
> to buy it.
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin  >wrote:
>
> > WOW, yea, that is cheap.
> >
> > Wonko the Sane wrote:
> >
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Kaleb C. Striplin]

Im sure you could but just watch out for Rust.  Also, if the AC does not 
work, big money.  Think the wiring problems were fixed by then.


Wonko the Sane wrote:

If I knew I could get two/three years out of it, I would be tempted to try
to buy it.



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 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D,
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Wonko the Sane]

If I knew I could get two/three years out of it, I would be tempted to try
to buy it.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:

> WOW, yea, that is cheap.
>
> Wonko the Sane wrote:
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Kaleb C. Striplin]

WOW, yea, that is cheap.

Wonko the Sane wrote:

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 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D,
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[E M]

sounds a bit low, but I don't see the mileage.  The one's I've looked at are
all 6 cylinder models, ranging from '97 to '00, with anywhere from
100,000-150,000.  Prices here for nice clean ones seems to be between
$7000-11,000, asking.  One I'm looking at is from a small dealer, with
100,000 kms on it.  It's an '00 and he's asking $10,500 with a one year,
12,000kms warranty included.  Not sure what I'll offer yet, but it seems
like a nice example.

Ed
300E

2009/1/16 Alex Chamberlain 

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Wonko the Sane 
> wrote:
> > http://desmoines.craigslist.org/ctd/995132355.html
> >
> > KBB retail suggests $8885, guy (dealer) is asking $3500.
>
> I think it's a bit low but still in the market, judging by my
> observations in my area (modulo the usual difference between West
> Coast and Midwest prices for used imports).
>
> I don't have any proof of this, just hearsay, but I suspect that the
> prices of used W210s are in the toilet because they're fraught with
> electrical gremlins yet getting too old for most shops to want to deal
> with (much like W140s).  Remember that the late '90s were the nadir of
> Mercedes quality.
>
> Pity, because the cars are comfortable, damn fast (especially the V-8s
> and turbodiesels), and still look good.  Kind of like a W124 with the
> rough edges smoothed out both literally and figuratively.
>
> Alex
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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Redghost]

Wiring harness

clay

On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Wonko the Sane wrote:


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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Alex Chamberlain]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Wonko the Sane  wrote:
> http://desmoines.craigslist.org/ctd/995132355.html
>
> KBB retail suggests $8885, guy (dealer) is asking $3500.

I think it's a bit low but still in the market, judging by my
observations in my area (modulo the usual difference between West
Coast and Midwest prices for used imports).

I don't have any proof of this, just hearsay, but I suspect that the
prices of used W210s are in the toilet because they're fraught with
electrical gremlins yet getting too old for most shops to want to deal
with (much like W140s).  Remember that the late '90s were the nadir of
Mercedes quality.

Pity, because the cars are comfortable, damn fast (especially the V-8s
and turbodiesels), and still look good.  Kind of like a W124 with the
rough edges smoothed out both literally and figuratively.

Alex

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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[John Freer]

Hard to say without knowing the mileage, A/C work, how much rust, etc.
May be a very expensive MB at the end of the day.

John


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Re: [MBZ] does this seem too cheap?

[Mitch Haley]

Wonko the Sane wrote:

http://desmoines.craigslist.org/ctd/995132355.html


Can you take Debbie's brother to look it over with you?

Mitch.

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[Wonko the Sane]

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