Mercedes Benz 300 cars for sale in Santa Monica, California

Mercedes-Benz : 300-Series 300-E Diesel 1997 mercedes benz 300 e rare diesel no rust svo wvo veggie oil biodiesel

$4,350

Santa Monica, California

This is a clean car born and raised in Souther California. I bought the car from the original owner in 2009. The good news about this car: 1. No smog test ever needed in the state of California. 1997 Diesels are exempt from mandatory smog tests and that saves hundreds per year with current vehicle registration requirements. 2. NO RUST! This is a California car--it has never seen snow, ice, salt or any very much water for the fact that we live in a desert region and have been in a drought for the last 5 years. 3. Leather seats in nearly PERFECT condition. There are no holes, tears or rips on any of the seats in the front or rear. 4. The brick and mortar shop in Silverlake, CA called Lovecraft put in an official Lovescraft conversion so this little car runs on any combination of SVO (Straight Veggie Oil), WVO (Waste Veggie Oil), Biodiesel or regular old Petroleum Diesel you find at every other gas station around the country. This is a "single tank" conversion, that is to say you can put any combination of the mentioned fuels into the same, single gas tank that has not been changed or modified in any way. The single tank conversion is ideal for warmer climates like Southern California. 5. This car will run forever! It is a solid, tank of a car that is extremely safe and fun to drive. The 300-E Series Diesel engines from Mercedes typically last well over 500k miles, some go to a million!6. This car starts up every single time and runs like a champ! When Diesel engines were invented to run on a variety of fuel types. Because veggie oil is a little thicker than regular petroleum diesel, the air compressor/conversion heats up the veggie oil so that is has a thinner viscosity as it runs the car. The first 600 miles on the converted engine, I ran SVO (straight Veggie Oil) off the shelves at Costco. After than break in period, I ran the car on WVO that I filtered down to .2 microns. I will include the filtration system to the winning buyer. Every third tank or so, I run the car on straight Petroleum diesel which keeps the fuel filters clean and everything running smoothly. The bad news about this car: 1. The tires will need changed in the next 10k miles.2. There is a missing button for the "child lock" feature on the power windows. The power windows work perfectly, it's just that the driver cannot prevent the passenger in the back seat from using the power windows to open and close the windows. 3. The A/C does not work great. I had freon added when I bought the car that helped for the first summer I owned it. Living in Santa Monica, I have not had the need to fix the AC.4. After you start the car up, the "Check Engine Electronics" light comes one. My mechanic that has serviced the car for the past 5 years (Herbert at German Car Center in Santa Monica, CA) said this is not a mechanical issue at all. It can be cleared out with the Mercedes Diagnostic computer they hook up to it, but it comes back every 300 miles or so. It is a mechanical non-issue as it does not affect the driving, engine or practical usage of the car. It does not EVER need to be smogged in the state of California. I mention this only because a message comes on after you start the car that says "check engine electronics". It's the same place you would be notified if a headlight needed to be changed or your coolant level was low. Having that message does not prevent you from driving the car normally. You can either leave the message illuminated as you drive, or press a tiny button on the dash to clear the message out.

Trim Silver