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Originally Posted by Sev
woah, woah, woah. jim. hold on a second. calm down. you mean to say you have SEVERAL 16v 190e's? dude, post some pics man. that's like the sickest mercedes ever made.
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Yeah, I bought one new, a Euro, through a friend who still lives in Munich back in 1985. My oldest son was born in 1985, so when he turned 18 I gave it to him. We have 3 kids, so the premise was I would give them their first car, and that it would be as old as they were or older. So, 3 kids, 3 old 190E 2.3-16s. The youngest one has become quite the mechanic and has just finished, well, this job is never finished, technically, installing a modern fuel injection and ignition system on his. He is looking to add a turbo in the future. My daughter gave hers back to me, and bought a C230 Sport when she left home and got a job. My original one is being refurbished - the body is pretty much done and the interior is next. That car has 265,000 miles on it and is still running on the original everything except a couple of valves and the valve guides/seals. We have become quite proficient at removing the head, having it rebuilt and reinstalling it. The other two are inching up toward 200,000 miles. So, at the moment they are all "home" buried under a foot of snow. Or they were. It rained here last night.
Jim
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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles
Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)
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