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Of course! Sent from my iPad On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan Easy! Murphy. Stop looking so hard. relax. When you don't need one, they'll be everywhere. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Break down and purchase an imperfect one. Suddenly, the market will be flooded with low mileage one-owner cars owned by legally blind little old ladies who bought them for their looks and only wanted to pet and pamper them. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Of course! Sent from my iPad On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan Easy! Murphy. Stop looking so hard. relax. When you don't need one, they'll be everywhere. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan the harder you look, the scarcer they become. its a corollary to Murphy's law. Besides, 'tis the season for the little people Have you cut down a tree lately? If you cut down a fairy tree, your lucky to still be alive. Drive the mazda and relax. then they'll pop up near you. Or buy a honda, a crown victoria, a C230 or whatever...then they'll pop up. BTDT... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Break down and purchase an imperfect one. Suddenly, the market will be flooded with low mileage one-owner cars owned by legally blind little old ladies who bought them for their looks and only wanted to pet and pamper them. Yep, Andrew understands Murphy and his Menehunes. His method will work too. 'specially if you don't have money or time after the first purchase ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I found a couple of nice ones on Cars.com last night. Some Greek guy over in Tarpon Springs has both an S420 and S320 for sale. He wants stupid money for them, but they're both nice cars. I am coming to the realization that my prior purchases, both at ridiculously low amounts, may be coloring my opinions about the market. From what I am seeing, low mileage well cared for examples with provenance are selling upwards of $5k-$7k. Sub $5k examples are noticeably lower in quality and in need of attention of some sort. I wasn't prepared to drop this kind of coin on a 15+ year old car, but if that's the market, it's where I need to be if I want an exemplary example. The S420 this guy has is a 1999 with 84k on the clock and looks very nice. He is asking $10,900. That's stupid money in my opinion. The 1999 S320 that is in similar condition based on the pictures he sent me last night, along with 124k on the clock, is priced at $7,900. I'm thinking $6,000, maybe $6,500. I'll be looking at these over the weekend. Since this guy is 100% Greek, maybe I need Dimitri to come along and provide some Greek cred... Dan Sent from my iPad On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Break down and purchase an imperfect one. Suddenly, the market will be flooded with low mileage one-owner cars owned by legally blind little old ladies who bought them for their looks and only wanted to pet and pamper them. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Of course! Sent from my iPad On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan Easy! Murphy. Stop looking so hard. relax. When you don't need one, they'll be everywhere. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I am bumming out big time. I have yet to find anything remotely decent around here. Very few W140 sedans, most of which are clapped out or poorly represented. The 1999 S320 I looked at in Sarasota on Saturday was decent, but not $4k decent. Guy wants $4500 or best offer. I offered $3700, which prompted a response of, I won't take less than $4000. ??? Then why did you say best offer? Oy. Local dealer has a 1997 S320 that has 180k, history of a rear end accident, and spotty service history, and a trashed driver's seat. They're asking $6900! I talked with them today and they pretty much told me to piss off if I wouldn't pay at least $6k for the car. Crackheads! Everything else I've seen has been offered by indie dealers. Two cars I looked at this weekend were total beaters, despite the photos looking halfway decent. I'm getting desperate. There are some prospects in Orlando I may look at on the weekend. One is a green, yes green, S420. It belongs to an indie dealer, but it looks pretty decent. Arrgh. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Well if it makes you feel any better I am happy with my 98 e300, awesome machine. You should be looking for one of those. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 18, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I wish. Sold. Dan On Mar 18, 2015, at 2:49 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Green is an awesome color - pay the asking price, no questions asked. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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That's great - I'm glad it worked out well. Sounds like you got a good deal. I've pretty much decided it's a W140 or nothing, so the E55 is out the window. I've put searches in for W140s in Tulsa, OK City and Charleston. If I see anything pop up I'll be in touch. Sadly, the initial searches yielded pretty much nothing. I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan On Mar 18, 2015, at 7:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well if it makes you feel any better I am happy with my 98 e300, awesome machine. You should be looking for one of those. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Condition 8 out of 10 How very helpful. :( On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/4938049243.html 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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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They are all where he isn't. Several of them in Chicago land. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 Original Message From: Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 7:21 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Kaleb C. Striplin Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car Search Well I don't think they were very popular and lots of them were trashed out and saw early deaths, maybe? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/4938049243.html 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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I wish. Sold. Dan On Mar 18, 2015, at 2:49 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Green is an awesome color - pay the asking price, no questions asked. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Well I don't think they were very popular and lots of them were trashed out and saw early deaths, maybe? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 18, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: That's great - I'm glad it worked out well. Sounds like you got a good deal. I've pretty much decided it's a W140 or nothing, so the E55 is out the window. I've put searches in for W140s in Tulsa, OK City and Charleston. If I see anything pop up I'll be in touch. Sadly, the initial searches yielded pretty much nothing. I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan On Mar 18, 2015, at 7:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well if it makes you feel any better I am happy with my 98 e300, awesome machine. You should be looking for one of those. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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They make great bad guy cars! Watch movies that have rooshins or hadji, and the big bad boss is in a w140. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Mar 18, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: That's great - I'm glad it worked out well. Sounds like you got a good deal. I've pretty much decided it's a W140 or nothing, so the E55 is out the window. I've put searches in for W140s in Tulsa, OK City and Charleston. If I see anything pop up I'll be in touch. Sadly, the initial searches yielded pretty much nothing. I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan On Mar 18, 2015, at 7:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well if it makes you feel any better I am happy with my 98 e300, awesome machine. You should be looking for one of those. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I'm still at a loss to figure out why W140s are so hard to find... Dan Easy! Murphy. Stop looking so hard. relax. When you don't need one, they'll be everywhere. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Green is an awesome color - pay the asking price, no questions asked. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I am bumming out big time. I have yet to find anything remotely decent around here. Very few W140 sedans, most of which are clapped out or poorly represented. The 1999 S320 I looked at in Sarasota on Saturday was decent, but not $4k decent. Guy wants $4500 or best offer. I offered $3700, which prompted a response of, I won't take less than $4000. ??? Then why did you say best offer? Oy. Local dealer has a 1997 S320 that has 180k, history of a rear end accident, and spotty service history, and a trashed driver's seat. They're asking $6900! I talked with them today and they pretty much told me to piss off if I wouldn't pay at least $6k for the car. Crackheads! Everything else I've seen has been offered by indie dealers. Two cars I looked at this weekend were total beaters, despite the photos looking halfway decent. I'm getting desperate. There are some prospects in Orlando I may look at on the weekend. One is a green, yes green, S420. It belongs to an indie dealer, but it looks pretty decent. Arrgh. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Somebody up the road had one sitting out front for a long time trying to sell it. I never stopped to look at it, I had an impression it was probably some old dude or his widow unloading it, it looked pretty nice though it was white. This was last year. But here you go https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4937101046.html https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4926524585.html minor front end damage (!!!) https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4931749957.html https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4937738320.html This one has holes in the side! https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4932379533.html E55 https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/4925492973.html S320 https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4862887792.html S500 https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4884656121.html Or you can do your own. Max and I could be your agents. --R On 3/18/15 2:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I am bumming out big time. I have yet to find anything remotely decent around here. Very few W140 sedans, most of which are clapped out or poorly represented. The 1999 S320 I looked at in Sarasota on Saturday was decent, but not $4k decent. Guy wants $4500 or best offer. I offered $3700, which prompted a response of, I won't take less than $4000. ??? Then why did you say best offer? Oy. Local dealer has a 1997 S320 that has 180k, history of a rear end accident, and spotty service history, and a trashed driver's seat. They're asking $6900! I talked with them today and they pretty much told me to piss off if I wouldn't pay at least $6k for the car. Crackheads! Everything else I've seen has been offered by indie dealers. Two cars I looked at this weekend were total beaters, despite the photos looking halfway decent. I'm getting desperate. There are some prospects in Orlando I may look at on the weekend. One is a green, yes green, S420. It belongs to an indie dealer, but it looks pretty decent. Arrgh. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
