OK, I have been trying to sell my 1989 245 (5spd) for about 2 months and I have only had two people come look at it.

I know it has 305K, but it is in good shape. The paint is shiny, the tires have over 75% left and the interior is in very, very good shape (one small split on the driver's seat). The engine runs nicely and I have most of the service records. The body has NO RUST and the exhaust was replaced only about two years ago, it uses NO oil, and the clutch is good.

The bad: the AC does not work, the CD player turns on but the speakers are not working, the front passenger window is erratic, and I occasionally get a little smell of gas inside.

BUT, the GREAT part of this is that I have tons of parts to go with it (from my son's deceased 90-244), including: 4 tires (with less than 6 months on them), AMM, throttle body, ICU, ECU, fuel rack, FPR, every sensor, washer motor, wiper motor, coil, dist. and dist. cap, newer plug wires, alternator, relays, and on and on...

I am asking $1600. I know I could sell the parts on EBAY, but I do not really have the time to piecemeal it like that.

Is what I am asking for all of it reasonable??

Any insight would help...thanks

Don

Maybe. Maybe not. I just sold my 83 245 GL with M46 for $1600. Not as much as I would have liked but not giving it away either. Maximize you chances by making sure its clean and that the wheels look good (old used car salesman trick).

Mine took a while. Advertised it here in the BB Classifieds, Autotrader Online, Craigslist and finally sold it from a free local ad paper.

So if you are like me and didn't want to just give it away and you can wait it out for the right buyer, I say good luck to you.
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83 245GL ... just sold. Left with only the 84 244GL and 85 245DL.

In seattle or san francisco, among others, they'd be beating a path to your door. In paducah, kentucky, they'll laugh at you.
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'84 245 Diesel

Thanks to you both for the insight. I will probably just sell the car and piece out the parts.

Your price is well over the market. The parts add nothing to market value, so either sell them on ebay if you want to get a few bucks for them or consider them a write-off.

Manual transmission is a selling point to the few, but a negative to the many.

I would put the entire car on ebay with a $1000 reserve and be happy if I got it.

John

It has too many miles for your average Joe in my opinion. I had to do a little looking around but I picked up a 91 240, black and shiney, in great shape with 200k on it for $1200.00. They were asking, if I recall, 1600 for it and I offered them 1200 and it was a done deal. Between the high miles, the non function a/c and sound system it is going to take some serious hits. Also, unless you find someone who is looking for a stick shift it too will be a negative point. Last week I bought an '89 with 200K that needed the cam plug in the back of the head replaced and the paint is kind of rough. I gave him $450.00 for it. So yes, your pricing may be a little on the steep side and if you really want to move it you might have to lower it some. Also, the pile 'O parts that you have with it while it is a nice touch it really does not do much for the price of the car. Kind of like the "it's got nice tires" line, tell me how much is it worth without tires?

Mark