I'm envious of those people on here that say they never have any issues and just drive thier cars
Feb 7th --- radiator replacement
Feb 12th -- no heat -- mononvalve replacement kit
Feb 26th -- no start away from home--AAA tow service and a new alternator

OHHHHHH the joys of an older car but i'll keep her

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

quit whining. 90% of the issues i have to fix is from dillholes who drive their cars until they have issues and then sell them.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

guess i bought mine from a dillhole
but i was really thinking about those ppl that ask if they should consider a 20 year old car
my whining is related closely to Jimmmy's sarcasm

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

i was mostly yanking your chain. a 20yr old car is probably going to take lots of maintenance. BUT once you get it back to condition it will last another 20yrs


THAT IS unless you have type 2 CC... I have cracked my wifes console like 5 times now. Need new vac splitters they keep rattling loose.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Crap, I've put over $1500 in new parts in my 240D over the past 3 months and I have not driven it once. Not to mention the parts swapped out of the parts cars. This weekend is the alignment and then it will be a daily driver.

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No matter how many times you explain it to me, I'm still right.....Surf-n-Turf

you yanked my timing chain?

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

It's rare to find a 20+ year old car for sale that doesn't need work, even if the seller says otherwise. Most people stop repairing non-critical things after awhile; after enough things don't work, they sell the car. The "creampuff" that you spot in the driveway may look great and have a good engine and tranny and new tires, but it may also have worn shocks, broken ACC, sunroof doesn't work, etc. All of these are clues that other things are getting ready to break.

It's the price you pay for buying an old car. Even my '85, which I bought in remarkable good condition (I thought) still needed $2000 worth of work. Now that the work is complete, however, I can concentrate on important things like lubing the hood release cable, installing new speakers, and driving the thing every day (13,000 miles the first year).

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I am pretty new to the diesel world, but like any older car it is all in the way the car is cared for. BTW the diesel is slow compared to my V8 sec, but it is starting to grow on me!

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1989 560 SEC, 118,000
1983 300sdt, 240.000

I put maybe 100-200$ in parts a month in my car.. usually 100$ and I take that as a car payment.. Plus I enjoy working on my car most of the time..

Hmmm, I can't figure out why those words seem to go so well together......
Heck, don't feel too bad. I'm on my 3rd vehicle in less than a week. Geez! And the 240D I'm trying to work out of has it's butt dragging the ground. It sits way too low even without anything in the trunk. With tools and parts in there it is ugly.
And the time has certainly come to get started on AC work on the Squash when I can drive either my truck or wagon again. I sweated all over the MB Tex today.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Yeah the SDL bleed me pretty good the first year. But now since most of the parts on it I have replaced its pretty reliable. I like to call it a 2004 car! I think its more 2004/5/6/7 then 1987 at this point.

But yeah it sucks when a bunch of expensive things break at the same time, I have a whining post in the archives that attests to this.

Oh the SD I just turn the key, I can see how these cars can be cheap to run. Its called turn up the radio and ignore it!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Got the first(83) in May of last yr. Tires, Back brakes,Drivers window cause the track unbolted and broke the glass, filters and oil....thats it. 300k+ and a daily from day one. I have put over 20k on it since Oct alone .....just get in and go .....Oh....it's gonna need tires soon......again

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

I'm proud to see that Jimmy's "wit" isn't lost on Jack I wish my radio worked so I could ignore Hmmmmmmm can i ignore an alternator??

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

OK, now I'm lost.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

.....just get in and go .....Oh....it's gonna need tires soon......again[/QUOTE]

the "again" had a sunnyvale texas slang to it

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)