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I noticed as i had the W210 on the lift and had a tire off that the plastic shields under wheel wells to keep debris from flying up there were still nice and tight. I pulled it off and there was tons of wet dirt / sand / leaf mixture in there that i cleaned out. I wonder if that contributes to the rust, lots of underbody panels you need to clean out every now and then. I'll post some pics of mine when I investigate for rust. I didn't see any off hand.
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So the question is are people being anal about a little rust on an old car or are frames and spring perches rusting out everywhere? I think from people in this thread , rust is not really a problem on a W210. Peter, you need to think about a road trip to buy your car. I'd plan a family vacation around it if i were you. I'll keep my eye out for you. Cross country trip from Florida to CA . Hell, we just had a hail storm here that put about 10 dings in every car that wasn't in a garage. State Farm set up a drivethrough claims processing in the Wal Mart parking lot and in 45 minutes my friend had a check for 3000.00 for a few dings in his 1998 beetle. My W210 has a few dings in it but i'll never care. You can't see em in pictures. Maybe you can find something on the cheap like i did.
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Critiquing other people for their concerns is not as useful as trying to answer their question. Ad hominem comments are not useful in my eyes. |
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There are several "autobahn" videos on youtube for the e320cdi
E320 CDI. 0 - 210 km/h. - YouTube Who needs a V8?
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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It's also a monster Mercedes-Benz OM642 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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!!!! Is this body improved over the E300? Now I have to get money together somehow for a gently used 320 CDI. By the way, your Avatar got me reading about the historical St. George. Very interesting. A noble person. Thanks Last edited by Peter4; 05-01-2012 at 11:28 AM. |
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2006 Mercedes E320 CDI Diesel ( local and rare trade---Must See)
Here is one a couple hrs away from me. For 100.00 i'll go test drive it for you and check it for rust Been on there a while. Interior looks nice. A bit sportier looking. But i don't know how they hold up.
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I'd wish we got the 4 cylinder or 5 cylinder versions of these things . They put a 604 engine in a W210 somewhere in the world. Probably with a 5 spd gear box.
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When I mentioned that my 210 was a Southern car and still had a rust bubble it was my way of relaying to you that even a car in the South could have cosmetic rust. Then when I made a comment about rust on a 20yo car I was implying that even if you find a 210 with rust it is not always a dealbreaker. I was trying to be helpful, once again you are the only one who was offended by my observation. Remember, this is a forum and someones comments may not always be useful in your eyes.
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Have you ever driven one of these? So...I take it you're driving an SVO or WVO conversion? Thanks |
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WARNING - the dreaded abbreviations have been used! Now I'm not sure what you're thinking but just in case here goes...
...he stands on soap box => The injector pumps on these modern Mercedes are not designed to take serious punishment - in fact filling with petrol instead of diesel will be a serious problem if the petrol reaches the pump. SVO or WVO would probably kill them too. If you want the luxury, performance and speed of a newer MB don't expect it then to be "cheap" to run on old chip fat as well. I've read about problems with bio diesel content added to diesel (in Europe - perhaps this is also done elsewhere?) that separates leaving a water content that causes corrosion... so don't not use 'em either.
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Nope . I'd love to drive one though. WVO is all i do. Mostly for fun and it saves a little dough too. 16K is a big chunk of money for a car. I couldn't do it. One thing I hope is you don't need 100 different special tools to work on these newer cars. I had to change a diff mount on a W124 and the tool to do it that pretty much only works on that car, the W210 mounts are different, was 125.00 .
I'd love to hear how the W211's are.
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16K is a lot for me, too, but the idea of all that torque... You should check out the youtube of the guys driving it in Poland at crazy speeds!!!! So do you have a filter setup for restaurant oil? |
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Thanks for the tip about biodiesel. I once, bleary-eyed, put gas in my 300SDL. Luckily all my mechanic had to do was drain it, and it was fine. I do like the simplicity of the all mechanical 3.0 Litre. |
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