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1990 Mercedes-benz 420sel Sedan 4-door 4.2l 155k Miles Ok Cond on 2040-cars

Year:1990 Mileage:154637
Location:

Huntington Beach, California, United States

Huntington Beach, California, United States
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More pics here http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/jemi88/library/1990%20Mercedes-Benz%20420SEL

Price is FIRM. No need to make offers. Cash only.

OK condition. This car runs and stops, turns left, turns right, backs up. That's pretty much it. And it's really safe. It won't stall or anything, runs strong and AC is cold. Still putting on miles! But only about 100 miles a week, short trips to the store, doctor, library and so on, it's my wife's car and she stays home with the baby.

The current set of Michelins have only 15K miles on them (have invoice). Those cost $600.

The tires, plus $1,900 of work I put into it right after I bought it 2.5 years ago (have invoice). I won't recover any of it that's why the price is firm.

I replaced the faded purpled tinting, the new tinting is nice. Did all the regular oil change.

Have most of my service records and some previous owner's.

Issues (read carefully!):

Front rotors need to go. I would have replaced them except I can't get one of the lug nuts off... the previous guy probably cross threaded the lug nut. If you don't know how to fix this then you shouldn't buy this car because it needs rotors, this is a serious safety issue, it's a big reason I'm getting rid of this car otherwise I'd keep it. Priced accordingly.

Engine idles a little rough at times, not earthquake rough, just a little rougher than a Mercedes should idle, most of the time it purrs... I don't know, maybe distributor or wiring or gasket? Like I said it doesn't stall, no, it runs very strong and gets good mileage. Burns oil though like all old cars do.

Previous owner repainted it, was it in an accident? Autocheck.com shows clean history. The title is clean and clear! Run your own Carfax and see. I had been very happy with the car... until I needed to do the rotors and couldn't unscrew the lug nut.

Some dents and dings on body, a few rust spots on front window frame

Peeling paint from bumpers

Driver's door release latch loose (see pics in link) but works so well I never even think about it.

Many miscellaneous like cracked plastic, broken leather on pillars around front seatbelt hangers, bumps, bruises...

NOT A SHOWROOM CAR! Not even close. It's perfect for your wife if you like her a little but not that much.

I got a newer Mercedes so I don't need this one. Good luck with it if you buy it.

Car is in 92649. If local buyer we'll arrange a public meeting ground for the show and test drive, if you even want to drive it after looking at it that is. If you're really going to buy it then we'll conduct the transaction at a AAA office.

If not local then buyer responsible for all transport arrangement and costs. I don't know a thing about shipping a car and am not going out of my way to do it.

VIN WDBCA35E2LA552841

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