For our poor lost sheep:
Andrew,
If you had been paying attention, or followed the subject lien, you'd
know Curt was referring to this post from Dan/poos/Martha/macdan
Saw this S600 on CL and called the owner:
http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/5003989855.html
It's being advertised by a friend of the owner, who sounds to be
older than dirt and a bit of a Luddite (I'm not criticizing, just
laying out the situation.)
Second owner, 187k, uses an independent to service it. From the
sounds of things, the independent has kids in college or several
boat payments he has to make. I say that because the owner has done
things like replace all the injectors, all of the coil packs, etc.
based on his mechanic's recommendations.
All service records from both owners.
The CL lister is a friend who runs a detailing service. He's telling
me there's some paint fade but the clear coat is intact. The owner
says everything works on the car but the antenna.
The transmission has not been rebuilt as the ad states, but it was
shifting poorly on the 3-4 upshift and the owner said his mechanic
replaced the filter and fluid. Based on the amount he quoted for the
repair it sound like the electronics at the valve body that commonly
fails (I can't recall what this is called right now) got replaced.
He said "It shifts fine now."
I don't know a whole lot more at this point, but I'm going to see
the car after work. I know all the usual W140 stuff to check, but if
anyone wants to weigh in on M120 details I'm all ears, as well as on
anything else they might feel is pertinent.
I'm a little scared of the M120, mainly because I'm unfamiliar with
it. I don't need a money pit. I'm hoping that 187k is as minor a
concern on an M120 as it would be for me on an M119.
Thanks in advance,
Dan
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