BUYING A NEW (old) SL Pagoda

[keesing]

  Advice for buyers:
INSPECT THE CAR...
inspect it again!
Get someone else who knows SL's to INSPECT THE CAR...
Don't fall in LUST WITH HER  - Sleep on it and Inspect it again!!!
Don't beleive anything you're told.
then wait a few days and INSPECT IT AGAIN!
 :|    :evil:

1967 250SL Signal Red
1987 260E Charcoal

[keesing]

ooops...
I forgot one - READ EVERY POST ON THE PAGODA SL GROUP!

1967 250SL Signal Red
1987 260E Charcoal

[rwmastel]

Is this thread not helping?

http://index.php?topic=4827

Please follow up on that thread.

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

[keesing]

Without the PAGODA SL discussion forum - I WOULD BE LOST IN THE WOODS!
I have received tremendous assistance and wonderful advice from all of my NEW friends here!

The health of my new baby is progressing daily - I'm learning a lot of things that I wish I had known before my enthusiasm to get a Pagoda overshadowed my brain... I strongly stress that all perspective buyers READ & FOLLOW the advice given here on Buying an older SL. I read it... and then let my excitement of getting one, overshadow what I read and my common sense! Now I'm paying for the education you all gave me for FREE!


1967 250SL Signal Red
1987 260E Charcoal

[J. Huber]

Hey John. What you are experiencing is not really uncommon. Anytime one buys a car as old as ours, there are going to be issues to be worked out. (sadly, that may be why it was for sale in the first place...) Then -- there are going to be ongoing costs to keep things in order. This depends on the level you are striving for. Except for a few very fortunate owners, the intial purchase is just a buy-in cost -- there will always be more expenses down the road -- the trick is to enjoy the car along the way. That's the advice I'd reinforce. Stay the course and you'll be pleased you did.

James
63 230SL