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Old 03-23-2008, 12:03 PM
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The Sensotronic brakes on early W211s were electric with a hydraulic back up. A complete mess, the system was awful to use (in terms of pedal sensitivy) and in some instances it will completely fail leaving you without any brakes at all.

Of course, M.B. will deny this (of course, as they do will almost all of their mistakes). But its true, it happened to a good friend of mine and he is an excellent driver.

So, to get a W211 just stay completely AWAY from any model with Sensotronic. The self-drying brakes are a different set-up.
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