Nice, that's the exact color combination I'm looking for to replace the 123 my wife is currently driving. I really want her to drive something with ABS, SRS and better comfort and fuel economy to boot.
On 2/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.autotrader.com/ > > While I thought I wanted the 300D I found in NJ, we went by and looked at a > 91 300D with only 99k miles. Wanted my wife to see one in person. Since it > had a price of $10000 I passed as this was more than I wanted to pay. It > drove and looked very nice and best of all was just down the street a few > miles. As it turned out this was a wholesaler who liked to sell cars and > this one had been there for 40 days. I can only think the unusually high > price of diesel kept it from selling - diesel is more than premium gas > around here. We got together at $8k and saved myself a trip to NJ with the > plane/train/drive back/day spent that went with it. Started it from cold > (although it;s in the 60s today) and the light went off after ~5 seconds and > the car fired up instantly. Idled smoothly and evenly, shifted as it should > and best of all (for the little woman) it was very quiet! Accelerated > nicely - especially once warmed up and downshifted as it should. Other than > a rear view mirror needing replacement I didn;t see anything needing > immediate attention. > > Plus, this car has less than 100k while the other had 160K. So we went with > this one -- will pick it up Saturday. I did a search of 91-93 300D in a 50 > mile range of 23831 zip - it;s at Hyman Auto and is pearl gray with a gray > interior. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler (211k) '84 300D (210k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
