Editing Julie's Cars (section)

===butter yellow 1985 Mercedes Benz 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon!! - $4200===

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/car/213384089.html

Emailed query twice, last on Oct 6. Hadn't heard back from first.
10/17 Checked out the car and was beautiful. But back door didn't close properly. Sig at MBI Motors said as a "totalled" car, most people would run from it. It automatically loses 1/4 to 1/3 of the value, and they are hard to sell. So, I sadly withdrew my offer.


Finally selling my first Mercedes, and glad to offer it in great condition for your consideration. I will follow others example on how to present this post, so I will list the positives and negatives so you are fully informed about the condition of this excellent vehicle. A little background, it was in California most of its life and is a recent transplant, it is in great shape for being 20+ years old and has plenty of life left with only 223K miles (and counting). I originally bought it almost a year ago as a long-term investment and was planning on fixing all the details and enjoying it for a long time, but am selling because I've found that a sedan will do what I need and the wagon overkill. Now on to the specifics!

Negative:
To be up front, the wagon has a branded title, but the damage was a rear-end and has been repaired-it was this way when I bought it.
It is pretty luxurious, has all the bells and whistles, but not all work by this time (one of my reservations was the more stuff there is, the more can go wrong); it still has most of the things working, surprisingly, it's that German engineering, I guess :)
The heater core has a small leak that I didn't even notice until a couple months ago-so it's really small.
The transmission has a leak that we are currently tracking down to fix-if it sells before it is repaired, I will work with you on the price.

Positive (what you've been waiting for!):
Power windows, power door locks, and power mirror all work! It's pretty unusual from what I've found.
All the guages work!
Engine is awesome, as the 5 cylinder Turbos are known to be-and as an '85 it is the last and best year for the engine (after '85 they went with aluminium heads-ick).
Has roof rack and third seat in the back, with all the headrests! Also a very rare thing, evidently.
I just replaced an injector, and it needs to be dialed in still, but I'm keeping up on the maintainence and issues until someone does buy it, I can be reasonably flexible on the price because of this, but we are talking about a 20+ year-old luxury vehicle that, all things considered, is in terrific shape-it's not just sitting and rusting away as it has been cared for by all it's owners :)
More will follow, please contact me with anything, thanks! :) 

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