They must be different between the W220 and W211. The W220 ones are rebuild by the air shock guys (I can’t recall the company name, but very reputable) and are around $500/each, exchange.
-D > On Dec 21, 2020, at 2:31 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I looked at the cost of rebuilt air units (or maybe they were new > aftermarket, I forget) and a set of 4 was like $1500 I think. This was for > the E500 that had the offroad adventure. Then some time to swap them, which > apparently is not too hard. I suppose it would be worth it for a decent car > to keep it on the road after say 15 years, a hell of a lot cheaper than > buying a new car. > > --FT > > On 12/21/20 1:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> The W211 parts (suspension) that could fail are scary expensive. >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 12:57 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Point well taken. As you probably noticed, they made reference to various >>> replacement parts in each of the reviews. Maybe they chose the cars due to >>> the parts that they are able to sell for them? >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> Well they do sell parts for a living.... >>>> >>>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> I’m stunned that there’s an Audi on that list. >>>>> >>>>> -D >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 21, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> https://blog.fcpeuro.com/5-best-used-european-luxury-cars-to-buy-cheap >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> --FT >>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > 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
