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filip - 23 Apr 2005 12:11 GMT

Well...
Today i'm going to finally decide whether to buy or not buy an '84 w126
500sec. I already checked the car. It is rust free, except for the roof
which looks like it has a couple of sun "pops". the color cracked a bit, I
presume it's 'cause of the sun's heating. I'd say a 100$ price for repair.
Anyway...the car has full equipment, and its mileage is 212k km. I think
that's about 140k miles.
I drove it and it seems in pretty good shape. I'd just take it for a highway
drive to spin the motor a bit.

The guy was asking 1800EUR for it, like a 2k$ , I lowered to price to a
1300EUR.

what do you think? - the price here for these cars, if they are between
'84 and '87 is about 2-3kEUR for sec, and 6-7 for sel model.

Thanks.

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Tiger - 23 Apr 2005 14:36 GMT

Have a MB mechanic check out the car before purchase... If everything
checked out, then go ahead and buy it.

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marlinspike - 23 Apr 2005 15:59 GMT

SEC's are cheaper than SEL's where yu are? Where are you? In the US
it's the exact opposite.

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filip - 26 Apr 2005 09:47 GMT

> SEC's are cheaper than SEL's where yu are? Where are you? In the US
> it's the exact opposite.

i'm from croatia. you don't see much of these cars here...whole country has
about 4.6mil people...capital city (i live there) has somewhat less than a
mil....and never in my life I saw a SEC drivin...never....but SEL's
are....well, rare, but you see them once in a while.

And, the update...I arranged the day and time to buy the car, and the owner
phones me one day before the deal and he's like - you know...er....I sold
the car. I freaked out....I just hung up. My friend thinks he's talking BS
and that the probable reason is the guy hasn't got clean papers. which
wouldn't surprise me, last SEC i checked was...well....a running wreck, and
the guy asked about 2k euros for it.

anways....anyone from europe near croatia wanna sell a w126sec? :)

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Roger Shoaf - 24 Apr 2005 03:29 GMT

At less than $2.k what do you need a second opinion for? If a car runs well
today it probably will not self destruct tomorrow.

Any 126 built was a damn good car. Probably a lot better than a Jag with
the same miles.

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About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

> Well...
> Today i'm going to finally decide whether to buy or not buy an '84 w126
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> Thanks.

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