I'm all for PM. I appreciate your desire to dump cash into your car, you love it....that's a good news, bad news thing! But think about this, it is wearing out every time you use it. You KNOW over time the compression will get low...just wait until it gets there and THEN spend the money to fix it.
Frankly, these old MB are not great collector type cars. Sure, we love them, but most folks could give a rip....to them, it's just an old car. But, I tend to look at things like cars with a "loose money/break even/loose lots of money" kind of mind set. Notice there was no "make money" in the above? Now I really don't care what you do with your car, that's your business. I just what to show you a different line of thinking.
In the words of the singer/songwriter John Prine..."Stop wishing for bad luck and knockin' on wood". Enjoy your ride while she's purring...she'll puke on you soon enough! Don't let "budgeted money" burn a whole in your pocket.
