If the car can't make it 500 miles..... you haven't taken care of it very well. Sure, something can happen on any car but if you have a MB in good condition you have the RIGHT to take it on as long of a trip as you want. If it breaks down along the way, so be it.

There's something to be said for rental cars, that's for sure, but if you're afraid to drive your Mercedes on a 500 mile trip, you should sell the car.

[QUOTE=jbach36;3907244]If the car can't make it 500 miles..... you haven't taken care of it very well. Sure, something can happen on any car but if you have a MB in good condition you have the RIGHT to take it on as long of a trip as you want. If it breaks down along the way, so be it.

There's something to be said for rental cars, that's for sure, but if you're afraid to drive your Mercedes on a 500 mile trip, you should sell the car.


Roger this. Not being a collector, I would not have a car that I cannot drive. Just returned from a 1600 mile trip with our '83 with 35400 miles on it.

your photo of the passenger side. The engine computer is buried about two layers down under that cover. Remove the cover then remove the next cover which the cabin air filter. The engine computer is below the air filter. That is the arrangement on the 2008 and 2009 E320 cars. yours may be the same.