Going to look at a 1993 500E tomorrow. Diamond Blue over Grey. 54k miles. All options (CD, phone). Belongs to the shop foreman of a dealer down here. Looking forward to seeing it. Maybe I'll join the club ;-)

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1988 Mercedes-Benz 260E

Good Luck i hope you buy it. I think that its good that your possibly getting it from a shop foreman, (trained MBZ tech) The car was probably very well taken car of.

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-Admiral Farragut




-1987 300E Smoke Silver
-1997 S320 Black on Black
-Soon To be E55 AMG
-27 foot Grady White Offshore Sportfish.

I think that a meeting that Michael has is planning would be cool. The only thing is that I would not race my 300E. It would be a complete destruction of my car, I would get DUSTED BIG TIME< then I would get LAPPED. However a 97 E420 won't get slapped around quite as much by the 500E's, even though it will still loose. I'd love to see a 500E, I've never seen one yet.

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"Damn the torpedos, four bells full speed ahead"
-Admiral Farragut




-1987 300E Smoke Silver
-1997 S320 Black on Black
-Soon To be E55 AMG
-27 foot Grady White Offshore Sportfish.

Anyone have some ideas for a west coast gathering of Mercedes Benz Super Sedans? I'll travel anywhere for a good time!

Perhaps something held in conjunction with an MBCA event would work best. Any regional members out there want to extend an invitation?

Diane and I will be back to Nevada this September for the Silver State Classic open road race (hopefully in the max. 165 mph class if I can get a rollbar waiver) and would love to fit in a gathering of Benz's around that time.

Unless, of course, you all would like to come up here to Edmonton and visit the worlds largest indoor shopping mall (what a horrible thing to be known for). Gretzky, come home!

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Dean Albrecht
"Lead, follow, or better yet, get out of the way!"E500 owners motto

Got registered (finally)at MercedesShop so the reply's a bit late. Have thoroughly enjoyed your discussions on the e500/500e!

94 E500
58,500m
Pearl Black/Grey
Tinted
Stock
Mission Viejo, CA

500phil:

We're almost neighbors! I am in San Juan Capistrano. I would love to see your 500E sometime - did you buy it several months ago, maybe from the Mission Viejo Mercedes dealership? My friend test drove a black/grey 94 500E to replace the M6 that was T-boned, but wound up buying a BMW 850 instead. (His loss!)

[Edited by JCE on 01-03-2001 at 02:40 AM]

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John

2003 Firemist Red/grey leather SL 500
2015 Palladium Silver/black mbtex GLK 350
1987 Smoke Silver/burgundy mbtex 300E Sportline (SOLD)

Click to see 87 300E

Dean,

The BC Section of the MBCA has an annual rally to Whistler for a weekend. Talk to Evelyn Siren. I'm pretty sure she's in Edmonton. She and her husband came out last year.

BTW, it's not a timed rally...just one for fun :p

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'94 W124.036 249/040 leder; 8.25x17 EvoIIs
'93 W124.036 199/040 leder; 8.25x17 EvoIIs, up in flames...LITERALLY!
'93 W124.036 481/040 leder; euro delivery; 8.25x17 EvoIIs
'88 R107.048 441/409 leder; Euro lights
'87 W201.034 199/040 leder; Euro lights; EvoII brakes; 8x16 EvoIs - soon: 500E rear brakes
'70 R113.044 050/526; factory alloys; Euro lights

1992 stock 500e
92K
Black Pearl with tan interior.
Currently in the shop for head work. A Plastic piece somewhere in the timing chain area broke. Debris all over the inside of the engine. A $3500.00 affair. This happened right after a new radiator was installed at 92K miles.

Orange County, California

Happy motoring

sorry to hear about your head-work.
the culprit was probably a broken timing chain rail guide. Why did you put a new radiator in? Was the engine running excessively hot? I noted that the original owner replaced the radiator also... I think there were some enhancements made to it but not sure...

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Mark Herzig
1995 E300D 153K
1985 300D 142K (sold)
1979 450SL 122 miles (sold)
1992 500E 127K (sold)
1987 300SDL 132K (sold)
1986 300E 161K (sold)

Mark,

My radiator broke while I was going to lunch last week. Had to have it towed to the shop. My mechanic said the radiatiors on MB lasts about 100K. So I guess it was normal wear and tear.

regards,
Thanh Nguyen

I'm in Toronto, Canada but take a lot of very satisfying roadtrips to places within a six-hour driving area...
This includes Manhattan, Chicago, Boston, etc

I'm rolling a Pearl Black on black leather '94 E500 with 120,000 km, a PAD chip (Thanks, MoEck!) and K&N filters.

In the winters (late Oct - late March) I use Nokian Hakkappolitas on stock 16" 8 holes.

I just purchased 17" AMG Monoblock II's (17x7.5 fronts, 17x8.5 rears) but may have to replace the fronts with 8.5's too.... anyone know for certain?

I have a Valentine One and a Phazer passive jammer (anyone have any experience with these?) and a spotless record.
Knock on wood

Anyone else near here?

John Epstein

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'94 E500 (Black on Black)
'88 750iL (Black on Black)
'89 Kawasaki ZX10 Ninja

How many of us are in the Toronto/Hamilton/Buffalo/Rochester area?
Niagara on the lake would be a nice place to do lunch some day
John Kennedy MD

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John
92 500e, 85k, silver/gray,all stock.
96 Club Wagon,Hypertech chipped( College Hauler)
97 320 SL 50k
1980 BMW e21 323 Baur conv.
1990 300GE 99k

Can't answer the Toronto question, but can be added to the line up:

1994 E500
Brilliant Silver
Black Interior
All factory original incl. phone and CD
60K Miles
Starmarked through 2003

Might be interested in adding more rubber (EVOII 17x8.25, 235/45/17), Euro headlights, upgrading the audio quality and a digital phone set up. Also may want to consider additional cooling - I live in the SE.

Steve

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94 E500 (Silver/Black)

Forget Niagara-on-the-lake -- after a drive like that, I want Dinosaur BBQ! (Rochester or Syracuse - either one...)

Dino's has unbelievable food, and I never fail to stop there on my way to NYC or Boston from Toronto (I can AVERAGE 120MPH from Toronto to Kingston on the 401 fwy, then south to Hwy 81 straight down to Syracuse at ~100, eat, then fly the rest of the way along I90 to wherever...)

And the Oneida Reserve has a massive and beautiful Vegas style casino and hotel 30 mins away along I90... (I don't really gamble, but the hotel is nice and inexpensive since it is a loss-leader to seduce people to visit...)

If I am going to Buffalo (or Rochester, etc) I drive more slowly since the police are thick and fast along the QEW (Queen Elizaibeth Way) to Niagara falls....


Anyone interested in doing a roadtrip, please let me know

John Epstein

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'94 E500 (Black on Black)
'88 750iL (Black on Black)
'89 Kawasaki ZX10 Ninja

Jim's newest 2001 acquisition is a:

1992 500E
spruce green/parchment
122 K
K&N s
color coded lower panels
Euro-lights

soon:

17" and 18" wheels
shocks/springs
ASR defeat switch

other cars:

1992 190E 2.6 (my first Benz)
1986 16V Scirocco (SCCA auto-xer)
1995 Volvo GLT (grocery/dog hauler)
1999 Chevy K1500 (truck)

Manchester, CT


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