tron
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I just found a replacement for my lovely 250TD.
I didn't really want an S203 and a W210 was not an option. Neither was another S202. No decent ones around.I trawled the planet for days, looked at one that didn't take long to reject and sat square eyed before the laptop.
An S124 turned up at around eleven o' clock yesterday evening. 1996,Dark grey pearl (Probably Black Opal)Black leather, sunroof, aircon, factory towbar and, orthopaedic driver's seat. Two owners, current one thirteen years.Thirteen month's ticket, too. Shame about the petrol bill. Hang on, - its a 300D! OM606 motor! Found it. Damn! Fifteen hundred quid.
That'll be gone then.
I didn't sleep well. By a quarter past seven, I was on the 'phone. I am not usually so ill-mannered but If is wasn't sold yet, it would be by half past.
I woke him up. He still had it. I explained how keen I was to have it and he very kindly agreed to sell it to me. I belted up to Stroud. It sat on a new set of Continentals outside a fine house. Money was obviously not a problem.
It had been the family car for 180,000 miles and the owner was not a mechanically minded chap so if it sneezed, it went to the independent specialist who had obviously treated it well. Fault on one glowplug. One small dent that needs a pro to squeeze it out, Few bulbs in the dash and the aerial doesn't retract fully. New Battery before last winter.
The owner was very searching in his questions. He did not want it to be broken for parts. That told me how he felt about the car. I was glad to assure him that it was going to a loving home to be the cherished classic it deserves to be.
Looks like I've scored a grail car. Lucky me! Between 7.15 and 10.15 when I arrived, his phone had been very busy!
I didn't haggle. I left a deposit of half the money (Cashpoint limit!)
and will collect it on Monday morning.
I didn't really want an S203 and a W210 was not an option. Neither was another S202. No decent ones around.I trawled the planet for days, looked at one that didn't take long to reject and sat square eyed before the laptop.
An S124 turned up at around eleven o' clock yesterday evening. 1996,Dark grey pearl (Probably Black Opal)Black leather, sunroof, aircon, factory towbar and, orthopaedic driver's seat. Two owners, current one thirteen years.Thirteen month's ticket, too. Shame about the petrol bill. Hang on, - its a 300D! OM606 motor! Found it. Damn! Fifteen hundred quid.
That'll be gone then.
I didn't sleep well. By a quarter past seven, I was on the 'phone. I am not usually so ill-mannered but If is wasn't sold yet, it would be by half past.
I woke him up. He still had it. I explained how keen I was to have it and he very kindly agreed to sell it to me. I belted up to Stroud. It sat on a new set of Continentals outside a fine house. Money was obviously not a problem.
It had been the family car for 180,000 miles and the owner was not a mechanically minded chap so if it sneezed, it went to the independent specialist who had obviously treated it well. Fault on one glowplug. One small dent that needs a pro to squeeze it out, Few bulbs in the dash and the aerial doesn't retract fully. New Battery before last winter.
The owner was very searching in his questions. He did not want it to be broken for parts. That told me how he felt about the car. I was glad to assure him that it was going to a loving home to be the cherished classic it deserves to be.
Looks like I've scored a grail car. Lucky me! Between 7.15 and 10.15 when I arrived, his phone had been very busy!
I didn't haggle. I left a deposit of half the money (Cashpoint limit!)
and will collect it on Monday morning.
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