CLK55SC

Going to look at a Diamond in the rough 1999 E300 Turbo Diesel with 18k miles WHAT! yep and older couple original owners. I know as of right now SRS light stays on and the drivers seat does not go back 100% as per the owner. Asking price is 14k but blue book say $11500. any advice before purchasing im thinking I have to flush all fluids right away possible belts and tires if dry rotted car was garaged all its life. What else would I need to do after purchasing. Could this car be a possible money pit or a great buy!

Plutoe

Outside of the potential under body rust------the car is very easy to understand and maintain---however the car is way over priced!!

GregMN

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Cloudsurfer

Yes and no.... I recently bought my 99 E300 and paid a bit more than "going rate" for a one owner, low mileage, mint condition, CA car with no corrosion issues.

Sure, there's tons of these floating around for $5k, but many have lived in cold/ wet/ damp/ salt bath areas and we all know that these cars don't hold up very well in those environments.

Paying a few grand more for a car that will never have corrosion problems was MORE than worth it to me.

Add in low mileage (which does come with its downsides, admittedly) and if this car is really the garage queen that it sounds like it could be, I'd gladly pay $10k-$12k.

GregMN

They are asking $14,000. You can get a CDI for that price.

CLK55SC

im thinking 9500-10500 11k the most but is there any downsides to garage queens with low mileage like this

CLK55SC

yep but the only thing is a cdi for 14k miles are well over 100k this e300 only has 17500k miles lol that's crazy if I can get it for a 11k

seattle300D

Beware of garage queens! Inspect them thoroughly! Our Mercedes cars are designed to be driven. Especially diesels! I'd rather buy a well-maintained diesel with 175,000 miles on it than a Garage Queen that was driven only 100 miles a month all its life. All those internal parts & surfaces are best when continually lubricated by the oil & heat of a car that's operating at normal temperatures (and above). If the car sits in the garage all week and is only taken out once or twice on the weekend for short trips to church or temple and the grocery store afterwards, it's really not getting the optimum use or lublrication. Not to mention seals & hoses drying out. And yes, the price is too high, IMHO.