Not a fast car, but with a stickshift it should be fun.

About the same fuel mileage as the '87 2.5 turbo / automatic, a function of a properly designed turbo and tall gears in the later car, you pay a penalty with shorter rear screw and no turbo, ... but mid-upper 30s isn't too shabby for a 3100lb car.

Rust hits them in the bottom of the doors, and rockers between the jack point and front wheel, also behind the rear jack point.

HVAC can be a problem if the aux-pump seizes, it can toast the CCU pushbutton unit. I believe that the original on in '84 has a fuse, later ones do not.
Also the fan switch fails on these.

Wiper and blower motors get slow.

I don't know about the early 601 heads, early 602 and 603 heads had cracking problems and head-gasket problems, might consult the FSM to see if the 601 was also affected. Certainly look for contaminated coolant and oil.

The light ivory paint is about as low-maintenance as it gets, it'll buff nicely.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

Just shy; seriously its nice to get together with other 190D owners. Share knowledge/parts/stories.

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'98 E300 DT
'87 190D 2.5 turbo RIP
'92 S500 Sold
'03 3.2TL-S A-Spec

true, I'm always jealous of all the big get togethers down in the states. be nice to have one up here sometime in the summer....