Gilly,
Those were two of your more spirited responses
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I had a ’91 TE 4-matic and it was the most enjoyable car I ever owned. Except for one little thing. Well, really, something like 40 little things -- called days in the shop having something related to the 4-matic system replaced. Even though it was all done under factory warranty (Starmark), I just couldn’t take it anymore. So I traded it for a new ML.
A friend has had a ’90 E 4-matic since new and he loves it, and it has been low maintenance, except for some of the typical E class issues. He has driven it about 140K miles.
I think the implied point is that if the car is in good shape, you aren’t likely to see it for sale. If there are problems looming that’s when folks put their 4-matics on the block. BTW my ‘TE had well over $20K (USD) worth of repairs and it never went 3K miles without needing something else. And this car had about 70K miles on it when I bought it….
Friends don’t let friends buy 4-matics….
