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Six Years of W210 Expenses
Just a data point for any who may be interested in this kind of stuff...
Bought my 98 E300 in 2013 with 73,000 miles on it for $5500. Dealer serviced, everything working. I do some things myself, but most work done by very competent indie. Labor rate currently $130/hr....but he lets me provide my own parts. When I bought the car, there was some wheel well rust and some spots here and there. Spent $700 to get that repaired. Over the last six years and about 55,000 miles there's been all the normal/routine stuff you would expect: fluids, filters, tires, brakes, etc... Some highlights by way of additional items: AC leak, ball joints, lower control arms, brake calipers, brake lines, front springs (twice!), delivery valve seals, fuel lines, engine mounts, exhaust (muffler and center pipe), heater control valve, K40, MAF sensor, shifter bushings, front shocks, sway bar links, tie rods, voltage regulator, window regulator. And last but not least a cracked exhaust manifold! Other than the cracked exhaust manifold and having to replace the front springs a second time, none of this is unexpected given the age, mileage, and location (#Ihatesalt) of the car. But it all adds up. About $11,000 over the course of 5.5 years! About $2000 a year is not the end of the world. But I'm finding it increasingly difficult to make the case for the W210 when the W211 is available. I've owned one of my CDi's 3.5 years. Put 30,000 miles on it (now 175,000), spent a total of $1400. That will go up as the years go by. But I'm fairly confident that a good condition W211 will always be significantly less expensive to maintain than a W210. Will need to address glow plugs later this year. And the steering rack has a leak which I stopped with Lucas product. Oh, and there's a minor tranny fluid leak.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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I always say, the devil you know is the better devil.
My Jeep's paid for, and I've dumped ~4k into parts the last 3 years(no labor but my own). That's just how it goes. Cheaper than a new one, and I'm much more confident in a vehicle I know inside & out.
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To me this is an apples vs oranges thing. You bought a rusty (210s IME had pretty bad rust issues) at a point when lots of repairs were pending (around 100k). The 211 likely had a bunch of stuff done on it in advance of your ownership.
Unless I’m missing something that indicates that the w211 is so much better of a car. History is also a question here. A 210 with 72k for $5500 seems cheap. Yours seems to have had issues like rust from the start.
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Current Diesels: 1981 240D (73K) 1982 300CD (169k) 1985 190D (169k) 1991 350SD (113k) 1991 350SD (206k) 1991 300D (228k) 1993 300SD (291k) 1993 300D 2.5T (338k) 1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k) 1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k) Past Diesels: 1983 300D (228K) 1985 300D (233K) |
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If you're not going to DIY almost everything these cars aren't worth owning. Same goes for the 211. Parts are cheap but labor is expensive.
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The rust when I bought it wasn't bad...just beginning on the wheel wells. But, once it starts.... Rust on a W210 in New England is absolutely inevitable unless you completely keep it off the road during the winter. Rust resistance on a W211 vs. W210 is night and day.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife Last edited by shertex; 04-23-2019 at 11:15 AM. |
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That's my feeling as well. The only alternative for my son (he owns the car now) is to cut his losses on the MB and buy a Honda CRV or something.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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My wife drives a 2009 Nissan Versa that could be used as a clown car in a circus. Purchased it in 2009, she has put 75,000 miles on it, and outside of shocks, brakes, tires and a battery, the car has not required any other major expenditures. If you drive an older Mercedes diesel, you had better be in love with the car. That is the only way you can explain away the time and money you put into keeping it running. Both cars will get you from point A to point B........................
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Another point of comparison: our Honda Odyssey, now with 245,000 miles on it, has cost about $10,000 to maintain over the course of the last 145,000 miles and eleven years. Around 7 cents a mile. Much cheaper to maintain.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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How many transmissions did you power through? Honda till date do not know that a transmission can be designed with a downward valve body and a removable sump.
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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model) 1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017) 2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017) |
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Transmission replaced under warranty at 38k miles due to bad torque converter (a known problem for that year)....been perfect every since. Fluid change every 20-30k miles.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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My Accord will be scrapped or sold when the tranny dies. What a turd of a transmission. I don't plan on investing the time/effort/money into repairing it when it dies. Everything else on the car is rock solid, I just sit around waiting for the tranny to go. Not as bad in the 4 bangers, but still a weak POS.
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Current stable: 1995 E320 149K (Nancy) 1983 500SL 120K (SLoL) Black Sheep: 1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™) Gone but not forgotten: 1986 300SDL (RIP) 1991 350SD 1991 560SEL 1990 560SEL 1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!) |
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My 135i has better road feel, but it’s a high performance, 4000# small car...
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Current Diesels: 1981 240D (73K) 1982 300CD (169k) 1985 190D (169k) 1991 350SD (113k) 1991 350SD (206k) 1991 300D (228k) 1993 300SD (291k) 1993 300D 2.5T (338k) 1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k) 1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k) Past Diesels: 1983 300D (228K) 1985 300D (233K) |
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Just for fun, I think my 2002 wagon was on the other side of the $ hump. Bought it for $1400 with 320Kmi, 2 years ago or so, have driven it 30KMI, failures have been shifter, water pump, and 2 ebay coil packs, not too bad.
The car looks great inside and out, much better than the mileage would indicate. I do think the engine is getting tired, CEL is on, misfire after replacing plugs, and the passages are plugged. Have had no luck keeping the misfire away. |
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OBD2 will tell you which cylinder is misfiring on the m112. The most likely failure point is the plug wires followed by the coils. It's very easy to leave a plug wire not fully seated.
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Not MBZ nor A/C trained professional but a die-hard DIY and green engineer. Use the info at your own peril. Picked up 2 Infractions because of disagreements. NOW reversed. W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html 1 X 2006 CDI 1 x 87 300SDL 1 x 87 300D 1 x 87 300TDT wagon 1 x 83 300D 1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry. |
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