If you purchase a nice looking Mercedes without checking it out or haing it gone over by a qualified mechanic and it turns into a shiny turd then shame on you. This is the one reason I do not bid on higher priced eBay cars.
I will look at 50 or more old mercedes before happily paying "too much" for one then I will drive that "expensive" mercedes for 150,000 miles for less cost per mile than most other cars will cost. Thanks, Tom 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: 5/31/07 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] cheap 190D The question is, of course, when you pay up front for a nice one, how do you know you are paying for a nice one and not, as someone has just put it, a nicely polished turd? We are indeed willing to pay good money for a good car here, not really looking for a cheapie. I don't work on cars much, and my wife wants a truly nice looking car to occasionally drive colleagues around in. Brian On 5/31/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no such thing as a cheap Mercedes. > > You pay up front for a nice one or you pay much more over the following > few months for a "fixer-upper". That is, unless you own land adjoining > Kaleb's property & you go on recon missions..... > > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > > ----Original Message---- > From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 05/31/07 01:15 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] cheap 190D > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > Kevin wrote: > > > > It doesn't matter what anyone else will pay for it. Decide what you > and your > > wife are willing to give up for it, then place that as your maximum > bid, > > either through e-bay or a snipe program. If you get it, be happy. > > ...provided it doesn't turn out to be a well-polished turd. I bought a > 2.3-16v from a seller who claimed to be a mechanic and admitted it had > a noisy rear end. Took me about a minute to figure out the noise was > coming from the trans, almost certainly a countershaft bearing. (it only > howls when you lift throttle in a gear other than 1:1) If I'd been > closer > than 300 miles to the car when I bid, I might have looked at it and > passed. > The rear end noise didn't bother me, as I was planning on using the diff > from my 2.5T, but I don't have a spare Getrag laying around. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
