wats a 230CE worth?
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1995 E320 Cabriolet
wats a 230CE worth?
My friend has a 77 230CE sitting around in storage, bright red with black leather interior and 4 speed manual. Its got low km on it. I want to grab it off him and he said to make an offer. it is probably worth a mint? What should I offer him?
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Depends, you know... you can lowball at $500-1000.... or since he's a friend, you can be generous by a starting offer at $5,000. But if you have good pics and a better overall description to post then obviously you'll get more accurate comments. Take a long better look at it and give us more feedback. Good luck and hope it's a cherry!
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
Sounds like a good one. It can be anything from $500-5000 depending on rust and overall condition.
Red and black leather sounds like a beautiful combination, I know I'd love to have that combo.
Red and black leather sounds like a beautiful combination, I know I'd love to have that combo.
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1966 250SE Cab, 1985 500SE Euro, 1985 190e 2.3-16 AMG, 1986 300E LeMons Car
It's not worth a mint - the 230 was the runt of the w123 gassers. But, with the manual and a black interior, it's probably a real fun w123 to drive. I'd say fair price is $1500 to $2000 if it's in excellent condition - you'll need to find out what it needs. Gotta need something...
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Well ;
This car wasn't ever sold in the U.S. so it's a Grey Market , most likely from Canada .
It's horribly under powered for the car's weight , even 240Diesels are MUCH faster .
The air intake system uses a rubber boot that's rather expe$ive and only available guess where ~ the dealer , won't run right once that's cracked and leaking no matter how much goop or duct tape you put on it .
The usual W-123 chassis problems all come in here , if you see rust bubbles _anywhere_ , it's bad .
Look at the battery box as it rusts out and right below it is the suspension mounts![EEK!](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Front and rear windows usualy leak and this allows water to puddle in the footwells and trunk , rust follows .
OTOH , most of these fine cars have ABS and a sunroof and as mentioned , they're much fun to drive .![drive](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/driving.gif)
Being European Spec. they usualy don't have the Klima I HVAC system , that's troublesome to say the least ~ when it's working it's good but the later (post 1981) W-123's have Klima II , a much simpler and better system .
Did you buy it ? .
This car wasn't ever sold in the U.S. so it's a Grey Market , most likely from Canada .
It's horribly under powered for the car's weight , even 240Diesels are MUCH faster .
The air intake system uses a rubber boot that's rather expe$ive and only available guess where ~ the dealer , won't run right once that's cracked and leaking no matter how much goop or duct tape you put on it .
The usual W-123 chassis problems all come in here , if you see rust bubbles _anywhere_ , it's bad .
Look at the battery box as it rusts out and right below it is the suspension mounts
![EEK!](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Front and rear windows usualy leak and this allows water to puddle in the footwells and trunk , rust follows .
OTOH , most of these fine cars have ABS and a sunroof and as mentioned , they're much fun to drive .
![drive](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/driving.gif)
Being European Spec. they usualy don't have the Klima I HVAC system , that's troublesome to say the least ~ when it's working it's good but the later (post 1981) W-123's have Klima II , a much simpler and better system .
Did you buy it ? .