The shimmy deal was on the first 2 years only, and those would have been
fixed LONG ago under recall
John M McIntosh wrote:
if you buy a 98 or 99 which has the latest engineering changes etc,
and set aside oh say $10,000
to repair anything, or everything, then I think that should be your
target expectations. This may
seem a lot but given some of the prices for the car now it becomes an
interesting idea.
Unless of course you can encounter a seller who's paid to repair/
replace/fix everything, and is
selling and eating the repair costs and depreciation.
w140 cars pre the 94/95 facelift may have issue with front end
shimmy that are difficult or
impossible to fix, post facelift the suspension was lowered slightly
and the problem *seem*
to be solved. I'd suggest avoiding the earlier models just because of
this engineering issue.
For me, after replacing everything related to wear parts in the
500SEL front end end it seemed
to get rid of shimmy, mind If one really looks for it, I think it's
still there, just being held in check
with all new wear parts.
Oh, and you'll think nothing of driving from Seattle to San Jose in
it, extremely nice to drive, and
the rumbling of the V8 in my driveway lane at night when getting my
driveway gate open is *nice* to hear...
My wife tells me this is a "guy" thing.
PS If you want a S600, mmm set aside $20K to repair it, that number
could be low.
On 14-Jun-06, at 7:34 AM, Donald Snook wrote:
I keep running across 140 chassis cars in fantastic shape for not that
much money. Why don't I want one of these again? Is it the wiring
harness. They do appear to be very nice cars.
Donald H. Snook
1990 300SEL 127K
John
1983 300TDt 368k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990's 300TDt 171k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 176k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
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