I love our new 1998 Turbo diesel. Best one we have had. I'd upgrade. Way more comfortable ride and 31 mpg at about 75 mph for us so far.There will be a whole new learning curve on these and i wasn't a big fan of the 606 when it was squezzed in the 1995 W124 but in this W210 chassis , there is plenty of room under the hood and it is a way better fit. And there is a Serpentine Belt. Need I say more. Also ODBII codes. Also, AC climate control has built in diagnostics and codes.

At, 215,000 , all the shocks need replacing. I ordered Bilstein tourings from Phil. Good price at 77.00 and free shipping.

We had to top off the AC. It had a bunch of codes and searching google i found BenzWorld has a nice forum on W210 with stickies and such for just about everything from Tranny to AC. Conclusion for all those codes was to top off AC. I checked if system had any freon by pushing in on valve on low pressure port and it did. Given car sat for a year almost , i figured it was probably pretty tight and so i topped it off. If it leaks out again soon i'll fix the leak. So far , its blows nice and cold over last month.

We have the rear tail light socket problem. New bulb and it still doesn't work.

Another good option with a serpentine belt and a good AC system is a W124 with the 2.5T engine. I love those and they are really easy to maintain.

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