This time it was an aesthetics and functionality thing. He likes the simplicity and the styling of the W124, but thinks he can off road with 4Matic.
I suggested a W210 4Matic, as they’re far more common, less expensive, and more reliable and easier to maintain. I pointed out that the original 4Matics were troublesome and prone to leakage. But hey, what do I know, right? -D > On Oct 15, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I hauled a lot of construction materials (including 80BF of dirty rough sawn > cherry) in my mint interior 1999 4matic. > Interior was far from mint after I had it a month. > Only real problems I ever had with that car were dead fuel pump (inline and > easy to swap), rusty brake lines, and HVAC gremlins. > But 124 4Matic is an entirely different can of worms. > >> On October 15, 2019 at 9:25 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks, Mitch. I messaged the link to him. I’m guessing he won’t follow up >> on it, there may already be a new “flavor of the week” at this point, >> haven’t heard. > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > _______________________________________ http://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
