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my baby is gone! - 4/16/2007 1:01:15 AM    tictac Posts: 8 Joined: 11/5/2005 Status: offline my baby (see pic) was destroyed last week, via toyota 4runner plowing into me at 30mph while i was stopped in traffic. the insurance company says its a total loss. it was a euro 280ce with 4 speed manual and metallic green paint. i would guess theres maybe 10 cars in the whole united states that fit this particular description, add in all the work i put into it and youre looking at one sad former 280ce owner. it wasnt perfect, there was some rust and the drivers side seat was worn, dash cracked etc, so i might get 3k out of the insurance company if im really lucky, which leads me to my question: anybody out there know of a 4 speed 280ce for sale? i know replacing my car is a long long shot, even with 3k in hand, but im looking for a car thats not just another white or brown automatic trans 280ce. my location is oregon, usa. Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: my baby is gone! - 4/16/2007 4:06:34 PM    AMGMercedes Posts: 1500 Joined: 1/31/2006 From: Maryland Status: offline The ce's are very hard to come by. I've only ever seen two, a 300ce at the junkyard and another down in Baltimore. Yours looked like a great car. I don't personally know of any 280ce's for sale, but out of curiousity, do you have pics of the damage? Did it look reparable? I think you could have gotten more than just 3 grand for such a rare beauty.. _____________________________ 1984 Mercedes 190D-SOLD! 1999 Honda Civic DX- Current DD 1986 Mercedes 190E-16v-On the way (in reply to tictac) Post #: 2

RE: my baby is gone! - 4/26/2007 1:04:23 AM    BlackWolf Posts: 1042 Joined: 9/6/2005 Status: offline It seems sometimes that Insurance don't consider how rare a car is. They just want to pay as little as possible or find reason to pay less. I mean, the CEO is trying to buy a new S55 AMG. He can't do that if he's giving away top dollar on rare cars. _____________________________ 1989 Mercedes 560SEL grey 1987 BMW 735i grey 1997 Mercury Cougar 30th Anniversary drk t.red (in reply to AMGMercedes) Post #: 3

RE: my baby is gone! - 7/24/2007 3:03:56 PM    GarageEF   Posts: 1 Joined: 7/24/2007 Status: offline my dad owns a 78 euro 280CE. its not for sale but where are you located in oregon? (in reply to BlackWolf) Post #: 4

RE: my baby is gone! - 7/24/2007 8:17:05 PM    1986cogsworth16v   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/21/2007 Status: offline A lttle Googling turned up a few: Backpage.com 1981 280ce runs good , interior needs attention $1500.00 619-227-2899...... ebay motors 1980 280ce item #300133971105 biddings at $2450.00....1978 280ce at www.lemonfree.com 845-542-3220 Stewart $5800.00.....1978ce $4500.00 Seattle Washington 206-372-3435    Work 206-325-8101 Pat THIS IS REALLY CLOSE TO YOU? (in reply to GarageEF) Post #: 5

RE: my baby is gone! - 7/24/2007 8:19:45 PM    1986cogsworth16v   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/21/2007 Status: offline It's going to be hard to find a 280ce with a manual gearbox but you could transfer all the manual goodies from your wrecked ce (in reply to 1986cogsworth16v) Post #: 6

RE: my baby is gone! - 7/25/2007 5:40:14 PM    AMGMercedes Posts: 1500 Joined: 1/31/2006 From: Maryland Status: offline Now there's an idea. _____________________________ 1984 Mercedes 190D-SOLD! 1999 Honda Civic DX- Current DD 1986 Mercedes 190E-16v-On the way (in reply to 1986cogsworth16v) Post #: 7

RE: my baby is gone! - 10/3/2007 6:17:54 PM    99S420   Posts: 67 Joined: 8/23/2007 Status: offline Yes, i second AMG, lets see some pictures. Also, the rims on the car look like they probably cost at least 2,000? _____________________________ DieselCrazy Currently Owned: 1999 S420, 47,000 miles, All Stock, Black on Black 1987 300SDL, 90,000 miles, Black, with Grey Leather All Stock Previously Owned: 1984 300SD, 94,000 miles, Very Close to Mint Condition (in reply to AMGMercedes) Post #: 8

RE: my baby is gone! - 4/23/2008 8:05:39 PM    2fast4u_c280 Posts: 288 Joined: 4/4/2008 From: lancaster,pa (99-C280) Status: offline yea nice lookin car how big r those wheels. (in reply to 99S420) Post #: 9

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