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Originally Posted by JHZR2
To me this is an apples vs oranges thing. You bought a rusty (210s IME had pretty bad rust issues) at a point when lots of repairs were pending (around 100k). The 211 likely had a bunch of stuff done on it in advance of your ownership.
Unless I’m missing something that indicates that the w211 is so much better of a car.
History is also a question here. A 210 with 72k for $5500 seems cheap. Yours seems to have had issues like rust from the start.
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Looking at the repair history of the CDI over its entire life, it just hasn't needed as much. And it's been in New England the whole time. My other CDI, picked up 6 months ago, is a Southern car.
The rust when I bought it wasn't bad...just beginning on the wheel wells. But, once it starts.... Rust on a W210 in New England is absolutely inevitable unless you completely keep it off the road during the winter.
Rust resistance on a W211 vs. W210 is night and day.
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Last edited by shertex; 04-23-2019 at 11:15 AM.
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