[{"id": 12339932, "authorName": "mjmason78", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjmason78/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sure looks like Light Ivory (color code 623) to me, not Manila Beige... the same color and almost the same configuration as my first car! GLWTA.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1693513952, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12340239, "authorName": "anderson1952", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/anderson1952/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can we get a video and audio of a cold start and driving, including acceleration to highway speed?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1693515118, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12340595, "authorName": "Laurence5905", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/laurence5905/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does the cruise-control work? Has the cruise-control amplifier ever been rebuilt?\n\nAny idea why the A/C doesn't work? Just a lack of refrigerant, or something deeper?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1693516793, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12340777, "authorName": "Laurence5905", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/laurence5905/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Picture number 68 -- there are three plates/stickers. The bottom-most one (the red one) is completely illegible -- out of focus. Can we get a closer pic of that?\n\nAlso, pic 60 -- there is a data-plate to the right of the hood latch on the radiator support. It has numbers stamped in it which make up a list of all of the options this car was ordered with. Could we get a closeup of that data-plate?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1693517388, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12341513, "authorName": "mikeroten", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikeroten/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@anderson1952 hope you have a lot of time on your hands... I had one just like this and it was so slow it accelerated time! great cars, and a great way to never experience road rage! mine went to 375k before I sold it!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1693523048, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12342232, "authorName": "nicksm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nicksm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@bringatrailer This example is 100% not Manila Beige (681) but rather Light Ivory (623). This is Manila Beige (681): \r\n\r\nhttps://bringatrailer.com/listing/1981-mercedes-benz-300td-turbo-20/", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1693531645, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12342262, "authorName": "airemaggie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/airemaggie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Will be interested in seeing how this auction does - photos show a lot that isn't spoken to in the description. Hope the seller is attentive to the comments and questions. Good luck all!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1693531989, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12342399, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mjmason78 @nicksm We've updated the listing -- thank you!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1693533997, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12342612, "authorName": "Driftwood26", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/driftwood26/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If only cars could talk.. would love to know this one's story. She's a beauty.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1693537577, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12342651, "authorName": "nicksm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nicksm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Driftwood26 they can: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(film)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1693538275, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12342674, "authorName": "ddouglas", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ddouglas/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by ddouglas", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693538697, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12343696, "authorName": "mr61impala", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mr61impala/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Has this car been repainted? If so will you provide pictures of the jack points/rocker panels? Is the heater core restricted or leaking? Does the car leak any fluids? Is the drivetrain healthy, Do you think it would make a 500 mile trip home if the heater core were bypassed? What am I seeing in picture 19? Thanks!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693575925, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12343948, "authorName": "Hackberry", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hackberry/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mr61impala - looks like the grommet where the antenna comes thru, sans antenna, and upside-down to further the puzzle\u2026", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1693578433, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12344150, "authorName": "Jrallen (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jrallen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am currently out of town away from the car until Monday and will get all pictures and comments addressed at that time. The car does not appear to have been repainted. A/C works and blows cold, just needs to be recharged as needed. \r\nHeater core is bypassed\u2026does not leak. \r\nAgain, will address the photos and other questions on Monday.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1693580302, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12349904, "authorName": "VintagePete", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vintagepete/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I understand the car is TMU but Is the trip odometer working? I had two of these and on both the trip odometer showed 000 - as a result in both cases the Odometer did not count the Mls. - Beautiful Car, no question.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693608855, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12352051, "authorName": "Kenlaroe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kenlaroe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am serious about bidding on this car but I need to see good undercarriage shots on a lift or jack stands.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693664328, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12356906, "authorName": "martinzummach", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/martinzummach/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "what is the staining under hood ?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693687686, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12364863, "authorName": "d_mccarroll56", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/d_mccarroll56/", "bidAmount": 3750, "content": "$3,750 bid placed by d_mccarroll56", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693784484, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12372339, "authorName": "Shelbyfan1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shelbyfan1/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by Shelbyfan1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1693868947, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12391806, "authorName": "memphisto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/memphisto/", "bidAmount": 4100, "content": "$4,100 bid placed by memphisto", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694048400, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12393288, "authorName": "BillYoder", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyoder/", "bidAmount": 4200, "content": "$4,200 bid placed by BillYoder", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694094908, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12395626, "authorName": "McGillicuddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mcgillicuddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a good DD that will run forever and ever. The BaTster who requested a video with \"acceleration to highway speed\" is asking a lot, as it will take a long time to create that video.\r\n\r\nIt's a shame that the seller, @Jrallen, has failed to keep his promise to \"address the photos and other questions on Monday\" -- as it is now Thursday, and he has not responded at all.\r\n\r\nGlad it is a NR auction, and it appears as though the seller could care less about getting the most from this listing.\r\n\r\nMay the winning bidder get this rig for far less than it is worth.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1694110174, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12395628, "authorName": "Weston52", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/weston52/", "bidAmount": 4450, "content": "$4,450 bid placed by Weston52", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694110180, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12395931, "authorName": "pacers35", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacers35/", "bidAmount": 4554, "content": "$4,554 bid placed by pacers35", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694111342, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12396521, "authorName": "trusted_one", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trusted_one/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Parents with teenage drivers, here\u2019s the chance to get your kid a tank for cheap! You\u2019ll never have to worry about them getting a ticket for \u201cparticipating in an acceleration contest\u201d aka a drag race - unless they choose to take on a Pedal Car (and they might even lose that race!) Involved in an accident as most kids seem to do? Just brush the other person\u2019s paint off the bumper and send a condolences card to them!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1694113373, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12396960, "authorName": "anderson1952", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/anderson1952/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mcgillicuddy, I asked for the acceleration video. I owned two early 1980s 240Ds and they did accelerate to freeway speeds slowly and surely. Mine both had top speeds of 80 mph. These are also wonderful cars for new drivers because there is no temptation or ability to speed in them. But they do safely accelerate to freeway speeds and will maintain those speeds with no problem.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1694114648, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12397092, "authorName": "Sbih", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sbih/", "bidAmount": 4700, "content": "$4,700 bid placed by Sbih", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694115086, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12397135, "authorName": "pacers35", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacers35/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I would like to bid higher but the seller's total lack of communication on this auction gives me a bad feeling", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694115194, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12397243, "authorName": "Sbih", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sbih/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 9/7/23 for $4,700 to Sbih", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694115480, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 12397373, "authorName": "jpr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jpr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "IMO, this was overbid by $700 given condition and circumstances. Still, someone rolled the dice and maybe they'll get lucky -- if it doesn't need to be trucked anywhere!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694115837, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12397912, "authorName": "anderson1952", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/anderson1952/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good buy. Some sellers work it, others are here just to sell their cars. I\u2019m always in the market for a reasonable mileage (100-200,000) 240D with a stick. My 81 was a fantastic car that served our family well throughout the 80s.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1694117309, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12397981, "authorName": "Jrallen (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jrallen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I apologize, my husband (the seller) is not great at technology or computers as well as we have 4 businesses that we own and run on a daily basis and that is the reason for the lack of communication. I myself couldn't figure out how to respond to individual comments. Nothing at all to do with the condition of the car itself. Thank you for those that bid.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1694117628, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12398075, "authorName": "nicksm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nicksm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This seems like money well spent. What a deal.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1694118017, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12398401, "authorName": "Crahan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crahan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This was a hand me down company car owned by the owner. (Pretty sweet as a 24 year old). Same color and spec. \r\n\r\nSmoothest cruise control I\u2019ve ever had before or since. That\u2019s about all I can remember. LoL.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694119109, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12398686, "authorName": "jpr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jpr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@anderson1952 IMO coming to BaT \"just to sell a car\" is the wrong move -- too much effort to get less than market.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1694120105, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12398967, "authorName": "Weston52", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/weston52/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I bid this today before I realized it was a 4 speed auto and not just a 4 speed. I had both and while the manual was slow, the auto was better described as eternal. Good buy though.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1694121171, "type": "comment"}]