There was a reasonably nice '83 240D sitting in front of a house for a long
time that I was interested in. It was suffering from a lack of maintenance
including a very leaky primer pump and tight valves. He wanted to know what
needed to be fixed. I told him that a valve adjustment would run
Very true.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Hendrik Fay
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:15 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes and long term cost
Guess
On Jan 29, 2008 6:04 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
MB dealers here have made a very conscious effort to not service older
cars. we have 4 dealers in atlanta, but none are interested in any car from
the 20th century.
Ha ha ha ha!
Well put. The same is true here (Portland, OR).
When I was last at the dealer, I parked between two other W124s that were in
the lot waiting for service. We were in good company, sandwiched between a
V12 twin turbo CL, and an AMG G-Wagon. When my Porsche dealer closed up and
I went looking for a new one, I made a few calls and was told, oh,
I think it's seven years.
Not sure how
long manufactures are required to continue support for a model; 10 years or
so in most cases? It's nice to see companies that support their heritage
Ed
300E
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and
I remember when i first thought of getting a mercedes, everyone told me that
any mercedes would bankrupt me as parts and service are prohibitively
expensive.
it's an urban legend.
a w123 mercedes remains cheap to buy and keep. a w124 steps you up some in
costs, but you get a whole lot more car.
I've only had this benz about 8 months now, and a few weeks back, went to
the dealer and got a full print out of all the service history, which has
been dealer maintained from day one. It was a pretty thick folder, but what
amazed me, going through the various things, is how competitive the
yeah, it makes such a difference. i got on teh good side of one dealer
service manage and one very senior service writer in my life and it was like
gold.
On Jan 29, 2008 12:52 PM, E M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've only had this benz about 8 months now, and a few weeks back, went to
the dealer
Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
yeah, it makes such a difference. i got on teh good side of one
dealer service manage and one very senior service writer in my life
and it was like gold.
Unfortunately there is no MB dealer here and for my other cars (Ford,
Nissan) the service writers and
I've found that all Mercedes cost money in front cost, maintenance cost
or both. But I probably drive more miles / year than most on this list.
I looked at my records for last year and the total for the year was
53,000 miles.
Mercedes are even more costly / mile than the other cars I've owned.
My friend the mechanic had a customer who was a traveling salesman.
He claimed the cheapest car for him was a Benz that cost around
$15,000, with fairly low milage 70,000 or so) in good condition. He
drove them to 250,000 or so, and have very few repairs, only normal
maintenance cost.
hi Tom!
i have to wonder what models you're talking about; my 123 300D
hasn't cost nearly as much as my J**p XJ to feed and maintain, and my
BMW GS Adv (not including farkles) is worth roughly half what it was
worth new. (i don't have any experience with HDs, but see they're not
The thing with a Merc is that you can spend the money on maintenance or
you can spend the money on repairs plus towing, your choice.
Hendrik
who spends money on maintenance
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I've found that all Mercedes cost money in front cost, maintenance cost
or both. But I probably
And that is what we like people to believe, now shut up and remember to
agree when someone says that Mercs are expensive to maintain.
Hendrik
who can keep a secret, unlike some
Gary Hurst wrote:
I remember when i first thought of getting a mercedes, everyone told me that
any mercedes would
a (for instance) 2.5l YJ probably
balances in favor of the Jeep but for long distance driving there is no
comparison.
Change the MB to a w201 2.2l 5spd and its over the other way.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:22:56 -0800
From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes and long term
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
CC:
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes and long term cost
The thing with a Merc is that you can spend the money on maintenance or
you can spend the money on repairs plus towing, your choice.
Hendrik
who spends money on maintenance
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I've found
I just did - see my post to the list.
Tom
www.kegkits.com
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From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Received: 1/29/08 6:23 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
CC:
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes and long term cost
hi Tom!
i have to wonder what
MB dealers here have made a very conscious effort to not service older
cars. we have 4 dealers in atlanta, but none are interested in any car from
the 20th century.
On Jan 29, 2008 1:03 PM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
yeah, it makes such a
Guess the secret is to know which parts give trouble, like the plastic
radiators.
Hendrik
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I agree completely I replace a lot of items before most would. But I'd
have no problem driving my 300SDL 800 miles tomorrow and it has just
under 300,000 miles on it now.
Tom
I keep complete records on all the repairs, parts, fuel, oil, etc. on
all the cars I've ever had - probably from working on Dad's airplane
before I started on cars. I used to tally the costs and repairs every
few years, and could tell you how much it cost to drive any of the
cars.
I still keep
some say that if you use correct coolant instead of cheap coolant that your
cheap plastic radiator will last a lot longer
it's like dog food. feed your dog alpo and watch him die young of cancer.
On Jan 29, 2008 10:15 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guess the secret is to know which
If you don't CHANGE ALL your FUSES NOW, your PISTONS will MELT.
Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
some say that if you use correct coolant instead of cheap coolant that your
cheap plastic radiator will last a lot longer
it's like dog food. feed your dog alpo and watch him die young of
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