people seem to love to say this; but the long lists of parts we've
needed to replace on our MBZs seems to imply that these cars are
definitely not "bulletproof", as does the fact that there are local
junkyards that they have so many of them that they won't take them
unless you tow them to their doorstep and sign them over to them.
they definitely are not "bulletproof'; the appeal (to us) used to be
that they were reliable and perpetually maintainable while running
B100, but the parts availability has changed to where that's not
even any longer the case. sad, because we enjoyed over 125,000 miles
on our 300D running almost exclusively BioDiesel (without any
troubles related to the fuels), and don't know what we're going to
get to replace it.
in fact, we have a 20 year old J**p that's done far more severe
duty and has more miles on it and has been cheaper to keep (even
including all the modifications) than our MBZs, and an early 90's
Toyota Corolla with over 325K miles on it that puts both of those to
shame while still getting over 30MPG. sadly, we haven't had anywhere
near as much trouble getting parts for either of those as we now do
for the old W123.
cheers!
e
Dunno where you look for parts, but even without Q, I have had no
trouble buying parts as needed for 123, 124 or 126.
125k miles is nothing. Give me $500 and I'll take it off your hands.
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