Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
SICK! What is that color? Must be aftermarket. THIS CAR HAS NO VALUE. But I will give you $500 anyway since you are a decent fellow. On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It worked that time. It is the maroon colored car? I love that color. --R On 3/7/15 7:54 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: Tap the skip button, or whatever it says, to get past it... no need to download an app to view stuff on flickr. Although they do have an app. Jaime On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to sign in, does not go to your photos. --R On 3/7/15 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/ photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
It worked that time. It is the maroon colored car? I love that color. --R On 3/7/15 7:54 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: Tap the skip button, or whatever it says, to get past it... no need to download an app to view stuff on flickr. Although they do have an app. Jaime On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to sign in, does not go to your photos. --R On 3/7/15 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
I had an 84 that belonged to the son of a guy who was management in parts distribution at Montvale (MBUSA). It was a wicked car, and had tons of really nice updates and mods courtesy of the parts system. While a diesel coupe is not what most would consider a sporty car, with the ALDA tweak it was a really fun car to drive. Enjoy! Dan On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to sign in, does not go to your photos. --R On 3/7/15 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
Kaleb wrote: Now taking bets on how long Jaime keeps it. 6 weeks. Sells for $10k. I would speculate on how much (or little) he paid for the car, but he might find that offensive. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
I could get rich moving cars that I can buy for 1-2k, then then to Jaime and let him sell them for 5-10k and give him a cut of the profit. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Kaleb wrote: Now taking bets on how long Jaime keeps it. 6 weeks. Sells for $10k. I would speculate on how much (or little) he paid for the car, but he might find that offensive. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
Now taking bets on how long Haime keeps it. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:02 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I had an 84 that belonged to the son of a guy who was management in parts distribution at Montvale (MBUSA). It was a wicked car, and had tons of really nice updates and mods courtesy of the parts system. While a diesel coupe is not what most would consider a sporty car, with the ALDA tweak it was a really fun car to drive. Enjoy! Dan On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
Kaleb, its possible, but the reason they sell for so much is that they're pretty good cars to start with, and I sort them out. Most cars are for sale because something is about to break, or just did, and people are tire of putting money into it. If people believe they're buying something which has been serviced to provide a long life, they're willing to pay more. I'm not sure how long I'll keep this one. I might keep it as a driver and sell the 300SD I have now. The 300SD isn't a bad car, but its not especially nice or special either. I'm not really attached to it. Jaime On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I could get rich moving cars that I can buy for 1-2k, then then to Jaime and let him sell them for 5-10k and give him a cut of the profit. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Kaleb wrote: Now taking bets on how long Jaime keeps it. 6 weeks. Sells for $10k. I would speculate on how much (or little) he paid for the car, but he might find that offensive. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
Tap the skip button, or whatever it says, to get past it... no need to download an app to view stuff on flickr. Although they do have an app. Jaime On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That link wants me to download an app for my phone and to sign in, does not go to your photos. --R On 3/7/15 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
Nice buy Jaime. I lusted in my heart for a long tine for a 123 coupe. I love my 300CD. It is not my daily driver but I too am impressed by the turbo OM617. On Mar 7, 2015 7:58 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Kaleb, its possible, but the reason they sell for so much is that they're pretty good cars to start with, and I sort them out. Most cars are for sale because something is about to break, or just did, and people are tire of putting money into it. If people believe they're buying something which has been serviced to provide a long life, they're willing to pay more. I'm not sure how long I'll keep this one. I might keep it as a driver and sell the 300SD I have now. The 300SD isn't a bad car, but its not especially nice or special either. I'm not really attached to it. Jaime On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I could get rich moving cars that I can buy for 1-2k, then then to Jaime and let him sell them for 5-10k and give him a cut of the profit. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Kaleb wrote: Now taking bets on how long Jaime keeps it. 6 weeks. Sells for $10k. I would speculate on how much (or little) he paid for the car, but he might find that offensive. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] I buy a 1985 300CD
SWEET! On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Its been a while since I've driven an 1985 car powered by an OM617a... I never owned one, but I've driven several and was alway impressed. I always considered a 1985 W123 to be the most refined of the bunch, and therefore the most desirable. I've heard a few folks on the list here say they avoid the last model year for various reasons, but I don't really understand why. Sure there are a few more vacuum lines under the hood, but no more than found on 1986- cars. Acceleration off the line is outstanding, the transmission shifts better than earlier cars, and the lower geared rear makes for a better highway cruise. I just brought this home: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimekop/16743796931/in/photostream/ A 1985, 240k miles... a bit high for my tastes, but its second owner bough the car in 1990 and has always serviced it at the dealer. Its had lots of work done and really drives nicely. Of course, a few things to sort out still... but a great car with original paint, super clean in terms of rust, always garaged in NYC. Jaime -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
