Ot: Bill R.- Winfred- anyone who knows Mercedes

[E34 530]

Can any of you identify this Mercedes model?? I was in my Grandma's town (very wealthy area, but it's "old money," so all the people were 80's yuppies if you know what I mean. There's so many sweet old cars up there that just sit in drivways because now all the rich old people have new Audi's, Lexus', Mercedes. etc., but they never seem to get rid rid of the old cars lol. ) There was no badge on the back and I should have just looked in the door sill for the model, but I didn't think of it and it was pretty dark, so I probably wouldn't have been able to see it anyway. It hasn't been used in a long time because the trees growing around it looked like they haven't been cut in 3 years and I remeber seeing it there years before I even had my license. It had sweet 80's looking rims, (possibly factory AMG or even ARE's??) I wouldn't have even made this post until I saw this in the interior:




Aren't the standard transmission rare in the Mercedes?? Anyway thanks for your help and sorry for the long description.- Andrew

[angrypancake]

whoa stick shift mercedes is no joke. isnt there only one modern one thats stick? when i was valeting last summer i got to mess with it, 6 speed short shifter. not as fun as a 540i/6 though.

[E34 530]

whoa stick shift mercedes is no joke. isnt there only one modern one thats stick? when i was valeting last summer i got to mess with it, 6 speed short shifter. not as fun as a 540i/6 though.

yeah, I think it's that c230 sport or something. I want it now . Don't know about you guys, but I'm such a sucker for the older Mercedes, such as the 560 sec, any 1970's or 80's convertible, and even the long ass sel sedans. (something about the 560 sec just screams I have 9 kilos of coke and a dead hooker in the trunk. It just looks so mafia, especially with the factory AMG body kit.)

[angrypancake]

hahaha funny story, parked a 540i/6 last summer. guy wouldnt get out of the passenger seat (he was obviously coked out of his mind) turns out he had 5kg in the trunk. wow. tipped me $100 to keep my mouth shut.

[E34 530]

lol, that's sweet. I would have taken him to the cleaners to see how high he would go before deciding to kill me.

[genphreak]

Guys it's a 230CE. The steeering wheel is a good improvement, but the pedals don't look so trick... I've driven a nice 230E 4 door of the same era and for an economical Merc it was very very nice.

Solid body, sharp feeling and not as boatish as it looks. The 2-door CE is a bit weird- but the euro 280E headlights improve the look no end. Nice wheels really helps- something big and shiny I reckon.

[Tiger]

That's a W123 coupe alright... Now as far as the model, I can't tell unless you look at the engine. Diesel or Gas... it can be 300CD (very rare), 300CE, etc.

If it is not euro model with VIN starting with W123XXXXXXXXX etc.. then you can punch it in Carfax to identify the model of the car...

[Jon K]

Wouldn't the tachometer be a tell-tale as to whether its gas or diesel? Surely a gas motor would have a higher RPM vs diesel.

[winfred]

with the econ gauge it's definatly a gasser, 4 cylinder it's a slow turd, c 6 cyl it's a gas sucking valve train eating slow turd, looks like a converted euro car and those can have some interesting suprises, like the "side impact reinforcement" bars added to the doors usually look like **** that was laying around the dock and wedged in the door and booger welded when the car rolled off the ship, if it's 1981 and newer it may not have that abortion of a hvac servo that's usually mounted behind the right headlight, they take a **** about every 4-5 years and cost $450-1500 depending on where you get it plus another $150-200 for the amp that usually frys when the servo seizes, ignition control modules are a bitch to look up on euro's and fairly common on the menu, the 110 c 2 valve inline 6 cylinder that came in the 280's is among the worst pieces of **** mercedes ever wedged under the hood of a car imho

[winfred]

not really much difference in the redline, 5k vs 5500-6000 depending on motor, the turbo diesels are the only diesels that had tach's the others just had a huge clock there, the vacuum gauge in the bottom of the multi gauge tells me it's a gas motor

Wouldn't the tachometer be a tell-tale as to whether its gas or diesel? Surely a gas motor would have a higher RPM vs diesel.