Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I could drive it to Maine if I wanted to Now you're just teasing Regina. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change del

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Nice score and a helluva bettah deal. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 10:21 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: I could drive it to Maine if I wanted to Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:05 PM, OK Don wrote: DId/could you drive it home? On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Kaleb C.

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread OK Don
Excellent bargain then ! On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > I could drive it to Maine if I wanted to > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:05 PM, OK Don wrote: > > > DId/could you drive it home? > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I could drive it to Maine if I wanted to Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:05 PM, OK Don wrote: > DId/could you drive it home? > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > >> I bought a 87 300TD with a #22 head today for $700. A much better deal. >> >> > > > --

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread OK Don
DId/could you drive it home? On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > I bought a 87 300TD with a #22 head today for $700. A much better deal. > > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://ww

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I bought a 87 300TD with a #22 head today for $700. A much better deal. On 4/16/2012 1:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: These cars are fetching some crazy money. Andrew's going to strike it rich if he sells his pair! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Dave Cavner wrote: Makes

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
True but improper storage is a kind of abuse as is not washing the salt off your car. It's also "abusive" to treat your low mileage survivor to a below average paint job! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: Unfortunately, one need not abuse a car in order to

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Randy Bennell
Unfortunately, one need not abuse a car in order to have it rust. A friend looked at a local car that had been in storage for a while. He said the interior was like new and the top of the body looked great. However, it had been sitting in a garage with a dirt floor for many years and I guess it

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Yeah the paint was Maaco quality on a bad day. The lower quarter surface rust will progress to rot within a couple of years and as the rust was between the two spot welded layers its progression is inevitable. Honestly I can't imagine how that rust could have ever happened in just 40K miles. Bei

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dan Penoff
Who are the MB guys in the Boston area that do sales and restorations? If it was them I could see it, but for a run of the mill example, that's just flat out nutz. Dan Dimitri Seretakis wrote: >Copley motors in MA sold a dark blue 40,000 mile w123 300TD non- turbo wagon >for $30,000. The car

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
There is no film on the inside of the w/s. My mechanic said to check the top of the transmission to look for coolant stains, but above all he needs to smell the elusive odor to ID it as antifreeze rather than something more benign.. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > Do you

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Randy Bennell
Do you get any sort of a film on the windshield when the defrost is on? That is a sign of leakage as well. You could pressure test the system to see if it holds pressure. Randy On 16/04/2012 2:28 PM, Allan Streib wrote: andrew strasfogel writes: I stil can't get rid of the sweet toasty bur

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
How would I go about diagnosing/fixing? Wouldn't coolant level eventually go down? On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > andrew strasfogel writes: > >> I stil can't get rid of the sweet toasty burning smell that comes >> through the heater vents once the ACC engages while the en

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Allan Streib
andrew strasfogel writes: > I stil can't get rid of the sweet toasty burning smell that comes > through the heater vents once the ACC engages while the engine is > warm, despite having addressed all oily areas by degreasing the engine > compartment pretty thoroughly Any ideas? The slightest

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Randy Bennell
There may be some residue in there that needs to be cleaned up. Or, there might be something foreign in there. For example, I put a heater core in my old Chevy pickup a number of years back. The rubber packing around it was shot and I used a piece of carpet underlay as a replacement. It was a

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
I stil can't get rid of the sweet toasty burning smell that comes through the heater vents once the ACC engages while the engine is warm, despite having addressed all oily areas by degreasing the engine compartment pretty thoroughly Any ideas? On 4/16/12, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > Looks lik

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Looks like you're going to have to buy an underpowered 240D with crank windows as a daily driver and keep your wagons in a bubble. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 2:31 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: Andrew is keeping his cars forever, by which time they will have greatly appreciated in

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread andrew strasfogel
Andrew is keeping his cars forever, by which time they will have greatly appreciated in value... On 4/16/12, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > These cars are fetching some crazy money. Andrew's going to strike it rich > if he sells his pair! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 16, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Dave

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
These cars are fetching some crazy money. Andrew's going to strike it rich if he sells his pair! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Dave Cavner wrote: Makes this one seem like a bit of a bargain: http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/2929674404.html Dave SoCal '82 240D (3 peda

Re: [MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dave Cavner
Makes this one seem like a bit of a bargain: http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/2929674404.html Dave SoCal '82 240D (3 pedal) '84 300TD (Euro) '85 300TD (Cali) On Apr 16, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > Copley motors in MA sold a dark blue 40,000 mile w123 300TD non- turbo wag

[MBZ] 30K for low mileage 300TD!!

2012-04-16 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Copley motors in MA sold a dark blue 40,000 mile w123 300TD non- turbo wagon for $30,000. The car had a nice clean interior but a surprisingly average to below average repaint along with some dings and surface rust on drivers lower quarter. For that price the car should be in show condition. Gu