Thread: E320 woes
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Old 01-28-2008, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rjk View Post
I hate to say this but...after almost 40 years of driving primarily Fords & Volvos (and a Chevy once but I rarely admit to that), I can honestly say the only vehicle that has EVER stranded me on the side of the road, dead in the water, is a Mercedes.
I never been stranded not even with my Chevy Astro with 190K miles. I mainly attribute that to not owning any Ford products.

My 98 E320 has 143K miles with the original tensioner. With all the sound insulation it may have been difficult to hear a bearing noise inside the car.
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1998 Mercedes E320, 200K Miles
2001 Acura 3.2TL, 178K Miles
1992 Chevy Astro, 205K Miles
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