| I have an 85 300SD with about 120K on it, paid around $1,500 for it. It needed some interior work and I just had some drive train work done as well.
I look at it like this: any car I would buy new will cost me at least $300 a month to buy for about 5 years, plus added insurance for comprehensive because it's on a lien. So, if I spend maybe a few thousand each year for a project, in about three years I will have a pristine car that everyone talks about. My sweetheart drives it to the casino and the valet guys DROOL over it.....she says they all do it every time...... so we must have good taste, right?
Let's face it, we are a very unique group that appreciates the fine quality of these cars....
My friend that let me take his car off his hands knew I would love it, and I swear when I drive I laugh once the hum of the turbo kicks in and it just floats on at 65 to 70 MPH.......
I LOVE my car!
Randy --- On Fri, 12/16/11, Mark in Lakewood, CO <beeser750@q.com> wrote:
From: Mark in Lakewood, CO <beeser750@q.com>
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] No Secrets!
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011, 10:41 PM
Yoiks! Paid $4K, then put $3K into it? Has he/they been doing the work themselves? I can't imagine where you'd spend $3K on a $4K W123 (which at that price, should be all ready to go).
Maybe on the biodiesel conversion...?
Mark in Lakewood, CO
From: "CaitlinDean" <tinymachine@gmail.com> To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 10:09:47 AM Subject: [diesel_mercedes] No Secrets! LOL
As *IF* I would keep you folks secret! I've been telling him to join since I did...and I think he keeps getting hung up on the yahoo thing.
They bought the wagon in the spring for $4k, have put $3k into it (rear axles, valve adjustment, mounts, compression test, glow plugs and probably other stuff). He's trying to get the biodiesel business off the ground, and now they have a baby on the way. He's just fed up. But his fiance (my good friend) is picking up where he left off so we can get to work ;) So you might see her here before him, lol.
Caitlin
Santa Fe
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