In these hot Alabama summers, (and remember, the catalytic converter is under the hood for this year)...the MB runs really hot. There were times I would be sitting at a traffic light and the temp gauge would be running close to red. After having several VWs that never rose up above the halfway mark, I got a little scared. I would sit at the traffic light, put the trans in N and turn on the heater...

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Birmingham, AL
2006 Audi A4 "Audrey"-daily driver
1976 MB 450SL "Marlene"
2000 Jetta VR6 "Julia"-traded at 220k miles
1997 Jetta 2.0Trek "Blanche"-traded at 450k miles YES 450,000 miles
1986 Prelude "Gladys"-died at 120K miles