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Originally Posted by crit1
Thanks for the info Jim. I'll give him a buzz next week. My wife is starting to lean on me to just sell it and get a Honda. I haven't had the car 6 months yet and have had the head gasket and wire harness replaced. Now the throttle actuator and my mechanic mentions that the rear differential needs to be rebuilt. The problem is that I really like my C280. The wife says to get a Honda with 4WD and don't put any more $$ into the C280. What do you think? Time to let the Mercedes go? It is stressing me out (which is worth something).
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I'm certainly not one to advise you as to what to drive . . . I'd probably tell you to get a "W140" car and then your wife would hang you . . . and me too!
But that's a decision that often comes up: sell or fix?? Hard to answer that question. You are unfortunately coming up against a series of costly "fixes" and it's hard not to want to sell. If the car didn't have proper maintenance before you, then looking at the records of repair might help you make that decision.
On the other hand, since you have 'done' the head gasket and, the valves, and since the wiring harness is 'good' meanin you SHOULDN'T have problems with on-board ECUs, you may be at the end of this high $$$ replacement cycle after the TA is repaired.
Just as I say this, your A/C decides to go bad . . . and another high $$$ repair. Anyway, it's something that you and she need to decide.
BTW, my wife drives a '91 Honda Accord LX and she wouldn't trade it. Go figure??
The 'Beckmann' advantage is the lower cost of repair b/c of their expertise in
rebuilding these devices. When my ETA went bad, I didn't know about their repair expertise so I replaced mine with a new unit. Talk to Robert and let us know.