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jonnydm
4,625 posts
78 months
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Trommel said: richtea78 said: Mercedes Beards - is a W124 one of the well built Mercedes or is it one of the rusty do not touch with someone elses barge pole ones? Really? My Merc beard is almost non existant but I think that ones about as good as they come. The rough rule in my mind is 96-06 MB proceed with caution.
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richtea78
2,704 posts
27 months
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Trommel said: Really? I know bugger all about Mercedes, was looking at a BMW on a website and they had a W124 Mercedes that i thought looked quite interesting. I have never been interested in Mercedes so how would I know which ones are the good ones or not?
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Gruber
4,124 posts
83 months
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One of the very very few cars I regret selling is a Merc 300e W124. Bought for £850, sold for £950. Without doubt, one of the best cars I have ever owned.
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richtea78
2,704 posts
27 months
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Gruber
4,124 posts
83 months
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richtea78 said: Hmmmm. Not really my thing. I prefer the standard 4-door taxi version. This was mine (rubbish photo): 
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E30M3SE
6,675 posts
65 months
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richtea78 said: That, imo, is lovely. 
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Justayellowbadge
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29,466 posts
111 months
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cmoose
18,645 posts
98 months
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richtea78 said: If you want to be really fussy, the facelift W124 isn't quite the specimen that the original was. The rot had just begun to set in at MB when they did the facelift. It's probably not massively material, but I reckon the pre facelift is that little bit more worthy. Guber's old saloon looks like a peach.
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richtea78
2,704 posts
27 months
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There is another one on there for even more money as well in a nicer colour and ex - MB World Display Car.
It will be months before I eventually decide what car to buy anyway, I have no idea how someone can make up their mind so quickly!
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Monsterlime
346 posts
35 months
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Justayellowbadge said: Good. God. I'm damned lucky I have already bought a car. I had NO idea they were that cheap.
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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Gruber
4,124 posts
83 months
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cmoose said: Guber's old saloon looks like a peach. It wasn't without its little rust patches and imperfections, but for the money it was AWESOME.
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Gruber
4,124 posts
83 months
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W00DY said: It's a shame it's been "slammed", but otherwise lovely. Of course, all the wise money is going into lower mileage, leather clad, auto-boxed versions, ideally with the 2.0 lump... 
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melvster
5,454 posts
54 months
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At ML today. 
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cmoose
18,645 posts
98 months
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Gruber said: It wasn't without its little rust patches and imperfections, but for the money it was AWESOME. 260E?
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BobTurner
154 posts
79 months
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jonnydm said: Trommel said: richtea78 said: Mercedes Beards - is a W124 one of the well built Mercedes or is it one of the rusty do not touch with someone elses barge pole ones? Really? My Merc beard is almost non existant but I think that ones about as good as they come. The rough rule in my mind is 96-06 MB proceed with caution. A real Merc beard will say that anything post W123 brings shame on MB; sensible Merc people just accept that body work on all Mercedes is a consumable, to be refreshed every 10-15 years/100,000 miles, whichever comes sooner....
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em177
1,202 posts
33 months
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Gruber
4,124 posts
83 months
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cmoose
18,645 posts
98 months
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M Power day today.  Too. Much. Car. This was genuinely more fun. 
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olly22n
11,779 posts
75 months
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Chris - I have found the puma brake pads! Still in the ford box, yours if you want them..
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