jayfrankenberge

Greetings,

I am faced with deciding between purchasing one of three inexpensive mercedes. As I know nothing about Mercedes vehicles, I was hoping you could help me decide. Here they are:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/car/106197185.html
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/car/106550331.html
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/car/106877756.html

They are:
A 1978 300D Diesel ($1500)
A 1974 450SEL ($1200)
A 1979 280SEL ($1200 but they're fixing the Cat and smogging so $1600)

They all seem like good vehicles and as I'm not spending alot of money I'm not terribly concerned about getting a lemon.

So sight unseen if one had to make a snap judgement, which one would you pick, and why?

Also if you guys could give me a little background about the three cars and their years that would be awesome!

Thanks guys,

--Jay
A future Mercedes owner...

StapleGun

The 78 looks good..dunno about the baby blue (eek)...All I know about the diesels is that they run forever...

~CL500~

I'd have to agree. Go with the diesel. In the middle east, all you see is late 70's diesel mercedes taxi cabs that put up with some SERIOUS abuse. Full loads in the heat and dust, driving through mountains and all in excess of 200K miles on the clock. They just keep going.