A big Thank You to everyone who's helped me here....
 

Long story short is this; As of today I am out of the old Mercedes business. I just sold both of my 87 300Td's today to a pair of friends from Columbus. Though the cars will stay with me till the end of June (when they fly back to pick them up) - I won't be spending all my free time working on them anymore. I've also sold off my 97 Ford F-350 Diesel (340k miles).

Throughout my time with these cars I've gotten a TON of help from many of you here, for which I am thankful.

Warm wishes to all

Jeromie

Best wishes for happy trails to you.

Sad to see you go, but you have your reason and life must move on.

What are you replacing the MB`s with? having the Ford Diesel, were you on the
Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums ? That`s a pretty good one and has helped me.
Are you replacing the truck?

I wish you the best, take care. Hope to see you come back with a new MB. :)

Charlie

Yup, I replaced my MB wagons with a new 2014 VW Sportwagen TDi. We were spending on average $1000 per month on car parts keeping all of our daily drivers running. That's twice what a new car payment would be. So it came down to money and time, now I can spend more time working on my other projects :)

Well the way these cars effect me, I have a sense we will see you back here with another one....they tend to follow diesel heads home.

At least you stayed diesel.

Let us know what you think about the TDI. I have several MB's and I can't imagine how you could have been spending $1000/month on them in PARTS! At some point you HAVE to have replaced everything on the car!

You'd think ! The $1K per month also included work that we sometimes had to farm out - new tires - not just parts.

So far I really, really like my TDi. The guys who came to buy my wagons actually showed up in a 2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi - how cool is that?

There is NO such thing as a cheap Mercedes. My experience from members when they bought their first MBZ is

Euphoria - can't wait to put it 'right' and 'enjoy' it.
Frustration - Nothing goes right, Hard shoulder car, AAA Tow membership, breakdown constantly. Nothing but a garage junk.
In denial - It can be salvaged. dump more money and time. replace all suspected parts while 'I am in there'.
Despair - Running out of time, money, motivation.
Junk or sell - Cut my losses and run? Let other MBZ enthusiasts take over.
Peace of mind - Car gone to a good home.
Itchy feet - do it all over again ??

Enjoy that new VW Wagen. I'll always remember selling my first 300D, then the 79 SD, the 300Cd's and even the gasser 190E 5 speed. I felt like I sold my children.

My 2 c. Keep those guys phone #'s for a few years down the road.


AA....

Maybe I should write a book - "How to turn a $750 car into a $1500 car while only spending $4500 in the process!" ;-)

LOL hell if you started a club for those of us in the MB world who've done that, you'd have to rent a stadium for the first meeting. :D

The wife and mom of a friend have one each. They really like them, though they find that the one with DSG is more fun to drive than the one with the manual box.

You'll be back!