1989 Mercedes Benz 300SE - western/southern car - Mine, VT

1989 Mercedes Benz 300SE. W126 chassic, short wheelbase, 3.0L inline 6, 160k miles.  Retirement Gold over Beige. 

Located in Central Vermont.

Contact: email at thestig99 @ gmail.com

Love this car... but, y'know, priorities. If I didn't need to pay for a new  DD now I'd find a place to park it for a couple years and come back to it.

$1,500? *OBO*. Not interested in trades (maybe fun parts for an NA Miata or 3rd gen 4Runner)

Good stuff:

- Very, very clean car. Went from CA > WA > TN before arriving in VT in 2014. As far as I can tell the PO put about 150 miles on it before it got parked due to a medical event. Underside is pretty much spotless, body is straight and clean, interior is very good. 

- Runs and drives beautifully. Smooth, quiet, comfortable, no noises, no drama. Really remarkable for its age.

Not so good stuff:

- Lets start with the big one: Chocolate milkshake goop in the coolant reservoir  just found this the other night and simply don't have the bandwidth to take it on. (Edit: the oil in the crankcase is clean)

- Paint is cooked on the hood, roof, and trunk (but looks good on the sides)

The car issuch a worthy project. I'll let the pictures do the talking. I am happy to answer any questions to the best of my ability. 

Also if anyone has suggestions on other places to advertise this car, I'd be happy to hear them. 

Bump for a nice w126. 

Am I way out of line on this one? Cant I get $1,000? Should I just find a place to park it and keep the thing? 

That thing should move quickly at your asking price, it seems people are back to just taking a loan and buying a new Kia though.

Bump. I'm moving and would love to take one less car with me. 

Bump. Anyone want to make an offer? 

I looooove these. I'd think the cooling system problems are scaring people away? Personally I HATE cooling work because it's messy. Also, have you considered offering to trailer it somewhere? Rural cars that don't run turn into barn finds....

That'd be my assumption - hell, that's what's scaring me away 

The car still runs beautifully, you would have no idea theres an issue. I drive it "around the block" once a week or so to keep it moving. 

I dont have a truck or trailer, but I could easily arrange shipping the car to any Manheim auction location in the Northeast... 

Felt frisky and commuted with the W126 for the past couple days - a nice reminder that this car actually rules. 

Last call before I just keep it. 

Just keep changing the coolant regularly (Merc coolant) and you can nurse a head gasket issue like that for a long time- ie. tens of thousands of miles.

Welp. 

Early last week some POS stole the cat off this car. Late last week I lost my job and, with it, my extra car storage. 

The W126 needs to go. GRM price is now $600, come and get it. I hope to get the exhaust reconnected so the car is drivable but it is currently rather noisy. 

I repeat, price drop: $600. 

Sweet deal. Ive been led to believe any older car that wasnt ate with rust up north was pretty valuable.  I figured some yo-stance-life kids would be begging to buy this. 

And people really steal cats?  How much is an cat worth? I have heard they are worth $$ but also have seen them tossed because they were worthless. Older cats maybe?

In reply to TJL :

All cats bring $$ at the scrap yard. They get stolen from anything with enough ground clearance for a meth head and a cordless sawzall to squeeze under when street parked in my neighborhood. Surprised they went for this one though.

In a well lit lot, in a nice area next to a busy road, full of cars ranging from lowered BMWs to lifted Jeeps on 35s... they got this and a Honda Element. Pretty odd. 

Rats, too far or I'd grab this in a heartbeat. Bump

And it's gone.