What totally turns me off is that it is such a low option car. No sunroof, no power windows. What fun is that?
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 5:41 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Really you can only go by whether the condition of the car matches the > claimed mileage. Look at seat and carpet wear, dashboard, brake pedal > rubber, etc. A good detailer can hide a lot from the casual eye though. > > If there are good and complete service records, that can offer some > support to the claimed mileage. > > You can also try to backtrack title changes to see if there are any > weird changes in mileage, but I doubt there are good records back to > 1979 especially if multiple states are involved. That pre-dates modern > VIN numbers among other things. > > I agree that a car that has not even averaged 1000 miles a year has > either been sitting a lot or used only for very short trips. Neither is > good. > > Allan > > Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > So how does one prove that the mileage is accurate? > > What are the odds that a car that old has been driven so little? > > Would you even want it? Cars are meant to be driven. Sitting around > > without being used for a long time is not a good thing. > > > > Randy > > > > > > On 25/04/2021 2:57 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> - When it has neither PW nor a sunroof. > >> - And is 980k miles short of reaching 1 million. > >> > >> > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-mercedes-benz-240d-15/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-22 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
