PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Head gasket replacement on a 95' S500 ($2400 sound right?)

STORMINORMAN · #28 02-28-2007, 02:22 PM

I kinda' like the fact that my W126 S-class's are pretty much done depreciating...

I'm not convinced that EVERY 1992 & up S-class has been ignored maintenance-wise, but there surely are more than a few out there where the repairs or scheduled services have been neglected once the car was out of warranty.

On the other hand I have heard of W140 cars that were for all intents and purposes permanently parked by their original owner when, the 1st time they went into a Dealership after the warranty expired, an "estimate" for some needed repairs or service was presented... Driving in and having that little "problem with the Merc" taken care of under warranty and looking at a $4K tab to have the air conditioner worked on are concepts from two different galaxies for even some of the "rich". I imagine that a $2.5 to ?K head gasket might occasionally have the same result.

People with a lot of dough either got it the "old fashoned way" (they inherited it!) or they actually earned it! Neither condition has to include the propensity to "Just pay the man, Dear!".

Cheers!

p.s. I KNOW what my reaction would be if my 1st (& current) wife were to sashay in one evening and announce she had just Mastercharged a $3,000 repair bill because they "told" her it was needed.

Ouch!