190D 2,5 Turbo is a nice car and personally I liked the service costs on my former 1985 190D (600.000km) better as on my current 1993 C250D (371.000km).
The W201 190 is a mechanic car compared to the very electric C class and therefore a lot easier to work on.

Since the W201 with airco is a rarity in the Netherlands, I have no comments about that.

I don't know what you want to spend and what you are looking at, but if I were to buy me another W201 190, I would get an updated model with the contrast colored panels (euro models changed in september 1988).

greetingz,

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1990 300SL-24
1993 C250D with a minor 600+k kilometer
www.MBenzNL.com(the Netherlands)