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Originally Posted by 450slcguy
Why a $14k used car? Plenty of reliable used cars under $7k, including most MB 124's. Spending $3k on an Old's with 150k+ miles that at best is worth $2500 fixed makes no sense. She got the car for nothing and drove it for a couple of years, cut your losses and move on to something that runs good with lower mileage. How many more thousands in addition to the 3k motor job are you prepared to put into that Old's to keep it running another 3+ years?
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Au contrair mon frair...
IMHO, a reliable Mercedes for less than 7k? Reliable is relative, but compare the price of parts and repair for GM vs MB. Yearly upkeep on a 124 will run close to $1000, and it will alwways be a tired car. The climate control on a MB can cost more than the cost of the rebuilt motor for the Olds.
A used car is going to have issues, and better to stick with a car you know, rather than buying someone else's problems. It's a 1997 Olds, it's not
that old. No pun intended.
It's cheaper, in the long run, to fix the Olds. If you bought a 7k used car, the engine might blow in six months, after all, it's just a used car. With advent of leasing, people don't take care of cars like they used to. People will tell you that GM is junk, the other side of the coin is that they forgive MB for many sins.
Here is a great link for fuel injector service:
http://www.witchhunter.com/index.php4
They charge $15.00 per injector.