S70Houston

Are 210k miles to many for a 1994 E420? Car is pretty clean with maintenance records.

Owner is asking 2500 bucks for it.

I like to get a W124, and do not mind investing some money in it, as I think they are great cars. But do not want to buy a major problem car either.

Thanks in advance.

S70Houston

ANYONE???

loggato

Higher miles means it's been used, which is better than being stored! I've had much better luck with high mileage cars than with low mileage ones. maybe offer them 2k unless it's stacked with recent records. See if there are any records as far as the engine harness being replaced as some cars of that era had issues with those. Also make sure it drives at all speeds fine without the throttle acting up!

mrmotoguzzi00

Well lets see.... great body style on those and very solid... Certainly cheap money, but yah know what they say never buy a cheap mercedes

But it's one of those you have to be there. Is it well taken care of ? receipts ? if ya got all the receipts you know what has and hasn't been done and if ya don't mind fixing stuff, would be a nice ride.

S70Houston

Thanks very much loggato and mrmotoguzzi00, greatly appreciated.

I think I am all good with checking the car out, as well as what to look for when purchasing. I have a W124 Buyers Guide which my Brother sent me from Germany which is VERY detailed.

I am just curious as to how many miles one should be expecting from a 8 cylinder car. The car is owned by an older person, 2nd owner. Attached are some pictures of his craigslist add which are REALLY bad. I asked him to send me some more detailed pictures of the car, but he needs his granddaughter to help him as he is not able to do it based on his technology knowledge. (As can be seen in the attached craigslist pics).

From what I can see the car is clean, but more pictures with the help of the granddaughter are supposed to come today. I will share if/when I get them.

S70Houston

Interior is very rough. I will pass on this one.

loggato

Just a few rough spots on the leather.. like I said, that would be a very nice $2000 car!

S70Houston

Serious? You don't think there is too much work to do in there with the wood trim, the leather. You can also see that the trim below the passenger seat belt on the pillar is coming loose as well.

mrmotoguzzi00

for $2k ? and the body looks really good, any rust ?

have the leather redone or find a set at a local junk yard... or maybe even here in the marketplace......
he isn't asking 8k he is asking for less than 3k....

if i had garage space i would be all over it...

especially if it drives well..

mrmotoguzzi00

how is the back seat ? trunk ? engine ?

loggato

eBay is your friend! you can find those wood parts fairly easy (doing the same with my 93 300SE)

It does look very nice, but I would definitely check out underneath it for rust.

S70Houston

Hmmmmm, maybe I need to rethink?

S70Houston

Unfortunately, I do not know. I asked for additional pictures and this is all I got. I was going to determine if i go and see the car based on the pictures, as the car is 1.5 hours away.

mrmotoguzzi00

bring the oldest car ya got and bring cash if the records look good and it drives solid....

mrmotoguzzi00

You W124 guys..... will that V8 drop into a 6 car ? or are there body/firewall changes ?

loggato

I'm 99.9% sure nothing is different between the different models. I haven't worked on a 124, but all the 140, 170, 210, 208 chassis stuff is all the same between variants.

bicylindrico

Many differences between the V8 & V6 W124 cars.. Many, even the firewall and trans tunnel