They are cheap cars after all. Pretty good cheap cars but cheap cars none the less. We've gotten used to a certain standard with our MBs.
Back when I was planning to buy Wonko's VW I did some research and found that especially on the older ones a rebuild including rings was common around 250,000 miles. -Curt Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:02:18 -0800 From: clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] A lost cause? Message-ID: <add084bb-e36e-4d92-b6bc-d969ccc07...@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii My cousin sold the VW line for a decade. According to him, the cars are great brand new, but he would advise to never buy a used one. They have very poor long term quality. He would lease the cars for his own use, but never buy them. Not worth the pain once the cascading failures set in. clay 1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
