1992 Mercedes-Benz 300SE Base Sedan 4-Door 3.2L

For sale: 1992 Mercedes-Benz 300-Series 300 SE

Technical specifications

Condition:
Used
Item location:
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Make:
Mercedes-Benz
Model:
300-Series
SubModel:
300 SE
Type:
Sedan
Trim:
Base Sedan 4-Door
Year:
1992
Mileage:
137,450
VIN:
WDBGA32E8NA029798
Color:
WHITE
Engine size:
3.2L 3199CC l6 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated 228 HP
Number of cylinders:
6
Power options:
BRAND NEW FULL SIZE SPARE AND MERCEDES WHEEL, EVERY AVAILABLE OPTION, Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats
Fuel:
Gasoline
Transmission:
Automatic
Drive type:
RWD
Interior color:
GRAY
Safety options:
Anti-Lock Brakes, Driver Airbag, Passenger Airbag, Side Airbags
Options:
VACUUM CLOSED DOORS AND TRUNK, EVERY AVAILABLE OPTION, Sunroof, Leather Seats, CD Player
Vehicle Title:
Clear
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Description

RARE Mercedes-Benz 300SE. This car is a rare find, nd the only one on Ebay in the exact body style, ncluding Auto Trader as well. This Mercedes truly isimmaculate, t has vacuum shut soft close doors (they all work). Actuator door locks, utomatic close in mirrors and soft close trunk! New wiring harness, ead gaskets, nbsp;battery, nd alternator. NO DENTS WHATSOEVER ON THE EXTERIOR!! NO TEARS, IPS, MPERFECTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE ON ALL THE LEATHER AND HEADLINER OF THIS CAR. NO TEARS ON THE DASH, O IMPERFECTIONS ON ANY OF THE WOOD GRAIN OR DOOR PANELS!! This car is ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST CARS MERCEDES HAS EVER BUILT!! I DROVE THIS CAR FOR FOUR HUNDRED MILES THIS PAST WEEKEND! IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE... FREE FROM PROBLEMS, N EXTRA SMOOTH AND QUIET RIDE... AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND GAS MILEAGE!! Cosmetically it's near perfect as well. Minor paint blemishes to be expected. 50% tire tread left. The Mercedes runs excellent and needs nothing, nbsp;although it does have one issue with the reverse sometimes. It has a lack of power. I have priced this car to sell, t truly is a GEM and CLASSIC AND TURNS HEADS WHEREVER IT GOES! A TRULY RARE FIND FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE! ONE OF THE SAFEST CARS ON THE ROAD! With only 137k miles this car will sell fast. Priced lower than any for year/mileage/condition on Ebay!!
Car also has four (4) sets of keys and a brand new, ull size spare and an additional Mercedes Benz wheel!!
If you aren't aware it's 2015 and just like every other year we get one year older. Of course, eing mortal when we get older you find your body changing over time. You find hair growing out of your ear lobes, ou find aches in places where it has never ached before a year ago and your bones creak slightly more than usual. All of these mentioned above will happen to you, nless you're not human. However, f you're a car, specially a W140 series Mercedes Benz S-class, ou could probably go on forever.
Designed to be the best car in the world, t actually is, r was. First sold in 1991 the W140 Mercedes Benz S-class cost Mercedes Benz about $1billion to develop and had tons of innovation built into it. It was the first production car that had double glazed glass for the windows, ower assisted closing for the doors and boot lid (on higher specced models), lectric windows that will stop and lower itself if it detected your hands and objects in its way, n electric powered adjustable rear view mirror (so that the ultra lazy can just move their wrist to adjust it) and other incredible sounding gadgetry at the time. Some of these items had filtered to lower Mercedes Benzes and introduced into cars from other manufacturers. It was one, f not the last, ver-engineered Mercedes Benz made and it basically cost 25 percent more than the outgoing W126 model because of this. Everything in the W140 felt good to the touch and also felt like it could go on forever.
This car may be almost 20 years old and in car years, eing 20 means you're almost 50. In most 20 year old cars you will find a lack of refinement and a lack of performance in them. If you had a ride in a 20 year old Toyota Camry you may be grinding your teeth and you would hear squeaks rattles and clunks throughout your drive. There are some old Camrys which would still be nice to drive, ut these are rare, ew and far between. Not to mention utterly dull to drive. But try hop into any Mercedes Benz W140 and you'd be surprised by how much of a sense of occasion a car like this car give you. That three-pointed star up front does this to you.

The leather seats feel good, he driving position isn't tiring at all. Half a day of dealing with city traffic and I popped out of the car feeling strangely fresh as when I hopped in the car in the morning. I also remember a few of us driving 400 kilometers in one and none of us felt knackered. It is this long legged ability and the high level of refinement of this old Mercedes that makes it worthy of aCarThrottlearticle.

And it surprisingly handles in an inert sort of way (blame it on that recirculating ball type steering system), lightly feel-less brakes and a typical Mercedes throttle pedal. It isn't a small car as even this short wheelbase car seems to have tons of space at the rear. It is actually Rolls Royce Silver Spirit huge if you want a comparison of size. But it would still do a U-turn at a busy street junction with such verve that could embarrass smaller cars and it could also be hustled down a tight mountain road if you want to but you actually won't. I tried giving it more boot than usual around one of the highways but somehow, seemed to settle into a serene, ushed trot at about 70mph. I suppose this is what stress-feel motoring is all about.

Now being a typical Mercedes from the 1990s it will tell you that it's understeering very early into a corner. So you have to actually adjust your driving style to suit it - not the other way round. If not it would be akin to wrestling a bull (and it is bull-sized). Drive within its limits and it does its job well. I suppose you shouldn't hustle a Mercedes S-class as it is more suited for ushering captains of the industry from one meeting to another instead of tackling the Nurburgring. You could take this W140 to the nearest Autobahn for a workout. Even this base model will hit 130mph if it had enough road to do so. It could also do a 100mph cruise all day if you wanted to. And cruising at 100mph in one feels like cruising at half the speed. Such is the refinement of the W140 S-class that you could do this 20 years on without any problems. In fact, f you sat in the later W210 S-class that came after this model you would be hard pressed to differentiate the ride quality and quietness of the cars.

I suppose the best things about cars like these is that they are now dirt cheap with prices of between a thousand or so pounds to about three thousand pounds for this base 300SE model and you could even get the fully loaded S500 versions for about the same amount (depending on condition of course). Parts may be pricey as it is an S-class – and spare parts for these cars were never as cheap as the smaller C or E class Mercedes. This was the best car in the world, irca 1992, nd in 2015, t still drives better than most every car today!

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