05 CDI 121k--too many miles for year?
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E320CDI
I've toyed with the idea of selling it, I could make a nice chunk of change (I bought at the right time, middle of winter, diesel was horribly expensive, and I made a really nice deal, and now the demand for them seems to have shot up a bit around here), but in the end I think I'll keep it, I couldn't figure out what I'd replace it with anyway.
There is a user on here "katjek", or somethingerother, that has a high mile CDI, he's come across a few odd things that needed fixing, but it didn't sound like anything that would scare me away.
If you can get it for the right money it may be worth having an indie mech that is knowledgeable about common rail diesels give it a look over first.
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From: Suburban Washington DC
1995 S280 5-speed
he has left the price to the highest he gets offered.
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2003 E240
That means he's just fishin and not a serious seller. People like that who won't mention what they will take for their car usually have an inflated idea of what its worth or are looking for a sucker to come along who doesn't know the cars value. Offer him $15K and tell him you are buying a car this weekend. Either buying his car or one at a car lot you checked out earlier so he has to make a decision in the next day or two.
Give him a low offer and say it is now or never, if he decides no then walk away because he is only suffering from his own ignorance and there is no point paying more money for a car that has done so many miles.
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87 MB TDwagon 287K
Everyone, thanks for the feedback, I'll try and give this some good thought this weekend and by early next week if it hasn't been sold..make up my mind what to offer.. somewhere near 15k would be a fair price considering the situation especially when you find 40k milers with full history going for $22-24K. I'll keep you posted.
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I have two 2005 CDIs with around 100k on them. Love them both! One of them had the intake manifold flaps covered with soot and I had to clean them or buy a new manifold. I decided to clean the flaps and the cleaning has worked. This is a big job but I still love the cars.
When you make the deal, why don't you condition the purchase on a dealer inspection. They will charge you an hour of courtesy labor and check all of the codes. My symptom was intermittent no boost and the codes were EGR and M55 motor.
When you make the deal, why don't you condition the purchase on a dealer inspection. They will charge you an hour of courtesy labor and check all of the codes. My symptom was intermittent no boost and the codes were EGR and M55 motor.
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From: Sydney, Australia
2003 E240
These are mercedes diesels, after you are done with them they will be shipped to a south east asia or the middle east and used for taxis until their million mile birthday, then they will be shipped to africa and used as taxis and war vehicles until they are inevitably blown up by land mines.
