Cheap Merc diesel required folks, keep em peeled for me

[silverback mike]

I need to get my mits on an oil burner - merc to be precise to go with (or maybe chop in) the old faithfull 190. Not bothered if W124 or another 190. Mega miles are going to be covered in the near future so it'll need to be mechanically ok. Not too bothered about how it looks.

Oh, and as cheap as possible as well (don't want much do I )

Thanks Chaps.
Mike.

[Laird]

silverback mike said:

I need to get my mits on an oil burner - merc to be precise to go with (or maybe chop in) the old faithfull 190. Not bothered if W124 or another 190. Mega miles are going to be covered in the near future so it'll need to be mechanically ok. Not too bothered about how it looks.

Oh, and as cheap as possible as well (don't want much do I )

Thanks Chaps.
Mike.

mmmn, what sort of mpg do these things return?

[silverback mike]

wifeys C220 CDI manages 550 miles per tank of £50 ish. My 190e 1.8 petrol manages 350.
I'm guessing an older E300 derv could do about 450-500 ish??

[Satsuma]

i have a w210 e300d returns about 400 miles on £50 its the non turbo they only produced them for 12 months before putting a turbo on. you can easily see why too, you can't go anywhere in a hurry, but straight 6 smooth and will do over a ton (where permitted of course ) in near silence... and they cost buttons now 1996 is the year you want. value, seen plenty for 2.5-4k would sell mine for 3K but i'm not quite done with it.

[Parrot of Doom]

My E300TD does about 500 miles on £62 of fuel at 70ish on the motorway.

Not bad for a 3 litre engine with nearly 200k on the clock. Quiet too, and bombproof.

[silverback mike]

Satsuma said:

i have a w210 e300d returns about 400 miles on £50 its the non turbo they only produced them for 12 months before putting a turbo on. you can easily see why too, you can't go anywhere in a hurry, but straight 6 smooth and will do over a ton (where permitted of course ) in near silence... and they cost buttons now 1996 is the year you want. value, seen plenty for 2.5-4k would sell mine for 3K but i'm not quite done with it.

Thanks Satsuma, but after something a bit leggier and cheaper, probably the way to go, something like yours in the long term though.

[silverback mike]

Parrot of Doom said:

My E300TD does about 500 miles on £62 of fuel at 70ish on the motorway.

Not bad for a 3 litre engine with nearly 200k on the clock. Quiet too, and bombproof.

[190Evoluzione]

Yup, W124 300D / TD for sure

[Egbert Nobacon]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1986-Mercedes-Benz-250D-salo...

Hi Mike

Any good ?

Its probably full of lucky heather and old dried tarmac but might be ok with a clean up !

Will run on veggie oil as well !

Regards

Nigel

And another - more promising this one !

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Close to home here ..... !

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERCEDES-E300-DIESEL-ESTATE-...

Edited by Egbert Nobacon on Tuesday 30th October 09:26

[Mustard]

Think this one fits the 'bill' old fella

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C29973

Looks a very tidy and useful old girl for the money!

[silverback mike]

Just the chap that is Phil, but I've bought an audi tdi

[Mustard]

Well you could agree to buy it and pick it up in a couple of weeks when you've got bored with the Audi lol

[silverback mike]

Can you believe it, left the thing in town overnight, this morning, I notice an arse indentation in the bonnet with two stilletto heel marks at the leading edge of the bonnet.

At least someone had a good time on it.