Used Car of the Day: 1994 Mercedes-Benz E320 Cabriolet
Today we bring you a 1994 Mercedes-Benz E320 Cabriolet that can either be a parts car or a project car.
The seller is getting rid of the car after 13 years because the reverse gear has given up the ghost. The car can still drive forward, however.
In addition to repairing or replacing the transmission, there is other work the car needs. This includes a window regulator for the driver's door and hydraulics for the top.
If you're interested in a cheap convertible, the ask for this North Carolina-based car is $2,500. Click here to check it out.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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One of the red flags here is the brake dust on the front wheels. The owner doesn't bother to wash the car... or do preventive maintenance, such as rotating the tires.
You can count on having to do a very deep detail and complete tuneup, fluids changes, brake pads and the last 50,000 miles' worth of preventive maintenance, on top of fixing the top, the nicks and dents on the body and the other obvious mechanical issues. If you're a fan of MBs of this generation, and you love a project, then offer him $1,500 and maybe get talked up to $1,700. Then put aside double that for the stuff that needs fixing - as long as you do the work yourself.
$500 as it sits, assuming its not completely rotted underneath probably worth messing with to the person who could just leave the roof down permanently and only drive on sunny days. Putting this back together properly may not be possible at this point (i.e. roof related unobtanium).