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Originally Posted by babymog
Sometimes however, it does not pay to change horses in the middle of the river.
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Awesome, I'm going to use that if you don't mind.
skinnison, it's a tough call. I think deep down you want to take the opportunity to make a change, and there's nothing wrong with that. On the one hand you acknowledge that you love the car, and it has given you great service. On the other you acknowledge the necessary repairs are expensive, and worry about future ones. For my part, I just hate seeing MBs with good bodies go to the scrapyard. The scrapyard is for Chevy Luminas, not cool MB wagons. So you'll have people here that want you to keep it and fix it. It figures.
I'm thinking that your car is destined for the 'yard though and it makes me sad. If it were me I'd find some way to get it fixed properly for as cheaply as I could. It would take a bit of hustling but I'd find a way. However I have a second car, and a bicycle.
For me, the w124>w210, but I always have preferred the brick-shaped MBs over the festooned later models. The w210s look like something a housewife would drive, w124s look athletic and masculine. In my view the w210s are NOT as good, and they have their own set of issues, the most disconcerting being the weak structural welds on the front coil spring perches, and general rust issues throughout. That's a big turnoff as I despise rust. But, if you want something comparable you will either have to find one of these, or another w124 wagon. Both options, if found used, will require work. I don't care if the seller has a stack of service receipts two inches thick the car will need something. You will pay more for a different car initially than the head work on your current car would cost, and then the unknowns, even if they are minor, will nickle and dime you to death until you conquer them all. Are you ready for that? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. You know what you have right now- if you get something different, newer, you won't know. Catch-22!
At the end of it all at the very least you had a constructive discussion and made the choice that you thought was best.