Abik34

It is original w/75K. Ebay item no 110117970002. Let me know how it looks.


Thanks

myfirstbenz

Looks like a clean coupe, but about $5,000 too much for the market. Not to say it isn't WORTH that money, but yikes.

crr1612

iunno, thats a pretty ill looking low mileage coupe. or atleast relatively low mileage. is it stock speakers?

Abik34

I saw couple of 93 convertibles and asking price were on those around 17k so i figured 5 k less for coupe. Speakers are stock.

Parshman

high retail is 9,800 but I guess you may have the same arguement like my car

Bigpete123

hell, it's worth a try. But the markup for a cabrio vs. a coupe is probably a lot more than $5k.

Eliot

The Cabrio was on the order of 80k new.

2PHAST

FWIW, thats the highest priced stock CE I have ever seen advertised on Ebay.

Clean car, good luck with the sale.

Abik34

There is always first time:)Thanks for the comment. Coupe is true 1993...01/93...has winter options and 75k with new tires and rimes...other..

tbone55

Nice car.

There's a 95 e320 coupe for sale in the Auto Trader, here in L.A. Guy's asking 11 grand, it has like 80 k on it but very clean. Anyway he WAS asking 11,500, 4 months ago, but has come down since. BTW, his ad run every week for the last 4 months with no buyer.

If everything goes right sometime this week I'll be buying a 93 300 ce. It has a few more miles than yours and it isn't red but ....it is black and only 3,500 bucks.

Good luck!!

Abik34

Good for you. Thanks. Is the car you are going to buy 3.2L?

2PHAST

No hp difference between the 3.2 and 3.0 M104, so don't build a lot of value into that particular feature.

Abik34

Here is what i found in old sessions.....


The 1990-1992 300CE's got a 3.0 liter version of the M104 engine, not the 3.2 liter M104 engine. The 300CE's were the only cars to get this engine. It is not simply 0.2 liters smaller than the 3.2 liter M104 found in 1993-1995 300E/E320's, 1996-1997 E320's (in the current W210 body style) and 1992-1999 S320's. It has an earlier fuel injection system and lacked variable valve timing on the intake cam. Variable valve timing gave the engine a broader and flatter torque curve: the horsepower was available at a lower RPM (5,500 rpms, compared to 6,400 rpms), and the torque went up to a whopping 229 ft./lbs. @ 3,750 rpms, as opposed to 195 ft./lb.'s @ 4,600 rpms. The 1990-1992 3.0 liter M104 engine also had the CIS fuel injection system, which was common with the fuel injection system in the 1986-1992 3.0 liter M103 engine. CIS fuel injection system is really a mechanically-based fuel injection system with electronic help. The 2.8 liter offered in the 300E 2.8 model is the same M104 engine in the 1994-1997 C280's. It has dual overhead cams, variable valve timing, and fully electronic fuel injection (HFM). The 2.6 liter offered in 260E / 300E 2.6's is the same engine as in the 190E 2.6's, and is simply a smaller version of the 3.0 liter M103 engine. As far as reliability concerns, I think they are all very reliable and durable. R134a came standard in all models in 1993 in the U.S. It was offered in 1992 on 400E's and 500E's.
Following is a summary of the engines in the 300E / 300CE/ E320 / 260E:
2.6 liter M103 - 260E (1986-1989), 300E 2.6 (1990-1992): 2.6-liter SOHC inline 6-cylinder, M103 engine. 158 hp @ 5,800 rpm, 162 lb-ft @ 4,600 rpm. CIS fuel injection system.
3.0 liter M103 - 300E (1986-1992), 300CE (1988-1989): 3.0 liter SOHC 12-valve inline 6-cylinder, M103 engine. Net power 177 hp @ 5,700 rpm. CIS fuel injection.
3.0 liter M104 - 300CE (1990-1992): 3.0-liter DOHC 24-valve inline 6-cylinder, M104 engine. 217 hp @6,400 rpm, 188 lb-ft @ 4,400 rpm, 195 lb-ft @ 4,600 rpm. CIS fuel injection.
3.2 liter M104 - 300E / 300CE / E320 (1993-1997), S320 (1992-1999): 3.2-liter DOHC 24-valve inline 6-cylinder, M104 engine. 217 hp @ 5,500 rpm, 229 lb-ft @ 3,750 rpm. HFM fuel injection.
I'd obviously go for a 1993-1995 300E / 300CE / E320. It is the most powerful engine with the best performance. You also get R134a. You can convert the older versions to 134a, but it'll never blow as cold. The 1990-1992 300CE's are nice because you get more power than earlier 300CE's and 300E's, but remember this engine was also only offered for 2 years. There were less than 6,000 300CE's sold from 1990-1992, so parts and mechanic expertise might be a factor to consider.
1993 300E (3.2). It is interesting to note that 1993 300E (3.2's) had the highest retail price of any of the 1986-1995 300E / E320's and also the lowest sales number. The original retail price of a 1993 300E (3.2) was $49,900. In 1994, the grill / headlights were updated and the badge was properly changed to E320, and Mercedes cut the retail price to $42,500. In 1995, the last year of W124 production, the original retail price was raised to $43,500. I guess they were feeling the price competition with Lexus. A $7,400 price reduction in one year is pretty substantial. I would've been pretty upset if I had just bought a brand new 1993 300E (3.2), only to see 1994's come out for $7,400 less 1993's are always mistakenly grouped with 1986-1992 300E's, even though they share the same VIN #, chassis #, and engine # as 1994-1995. 1993's also get R134a a/c (like 94-95's) and the updated interior, which gives you the passenger side airbag, as well as the new center armrest that has a flip-up lid for storage. Further, because the passenger air-bag takes away the glove box, there is a compartment with a sliding wooden door on the center console underneath the armrest, behind the gear shift lever. In 1992 and earlier 300E's, this is just an open tray area. This console serves as a great cup holder. You slide the wooden door open, and any drink fits in there, even Big Gulps, and you just slide the door to the size of the cup to prevent it from rocking back and forth Also, many owners of 1993 300E's don't know what they have. They mistakenly think they have a 3.0 liter engine, when they really have the 3.2 liter engine as in 1994-1995's and 1996-1997 E320's; and 1992-1999 S320's. It is for this reason that there is an unwarranted price difference between 1993 300E's and 1994 E320's. This is why 1993 300E's are the value of the century.

Parshman

it really looks like you have done your research.......Now I would like to say( and maybe speaking for everyone else) that you don't need to spit the specification lingo to us. We know the complete breakdown of your car and I'm almost certain there has been no confusion on your engine size. Secondly the 1992 300E-24V rang up more then the 1993 300CE(just small clarification). Only 6000 cars were shipped to US but many more are in europe and because it can be listed in NADA, Blue BOOK, and others you have to guy by what that value is and not a 5K decrease from a convertable that is much more desireable and also shows book value being 17K. Now I'm not one to bash because I went through that and know what it feels like, but there is no use trying to convince us with stats because majority of us are the ones that put up those stats. We are giving you our honest suggestions and feel you car is over priced. Good luck with the sale though, I would probably suggest going for 10K saying its really really high retail value.

Cheers(like the UK people say it)
Ed

mgw_300e

What it really comes down to is that NADA and KBB are just guides to the proper sales price. Honestly - things are worth what you can sell them for. I once had a hockey card that was listed at $20. No one would buy it, so the value was really $0. Things aren't worth shizzle without someone willing to pay for them.

tbone55

I think you answered your own question with that small book you posted.

2PHAST

R134A was standard from 1992 on, except for the 190e, which never received R134a, even the 92 and 93 models.

RBYCC

A limited production vehicle like the C124 is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

Price trend is up for clean low mileage vehicles.

The coupe is a keeper if you don't have to sell it !