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Originally Posted by speeder
Not much. Fla. is a terrible place to buy a car, especially a really old one like this. The humidity makes for crap cars, generally speaking. The color could not be duller or more "German Ford Taurus", IMO. But someone liked it, they sold them. The seats in these cars should never need re-upholstering at 70k miles, I see them with 150-200k still looking good.
Something does not add up. But the bottom line is that a lot less than $6k gets you a choice of many with no stories from original owners, records, etc. I'm helping a broke pal buy one right now for about $2k, it's a nice car with 160k miles. They're cheap. The wagons are slightly more but still cheap.
They are well made cars but it doesn't get any duller than a w124, IMO. They are the Volvo 240 of MB cars. Sorry if this is harsh but you wanted my opinion.  |
I agree on something doesn't add up in terms of the interior but that is the least of my concerns about this car. I think your comment only applies to the MBTex, which is bulletproof (at 150K on my car, the interior is still close to new), the leather wears like any other leather and I look at E320s on CL a few times a week. Car fax is squeaky clean but I've heard that doesn't mean too much. The car spent it's life in PA up until 2012 with 2 owners, then NJ for a year then down to FL.
Color is color, whatever my grandfather likes, I don't care.
I checked out LA CL and for a similar car you'd have to spend at least $4K and none I saw were as nice as this one or the ones in Jersey and PA, though I'm sure with time and more scouting, one would come up. Low mileage, excellent E320s are still selling at a premium.