Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! Ive put countless hours of blood sweat and tears into getting her in that good a shape (surprisingly no body work). For 207K, I would say the old girl looks pretty damm good. The interior is even cleaner if you can believe that. The MB TEX does NOT age, I repeat, does NOT age. It must be made out of some secret NASA material. I will see if I can snap some pics before I put her away.
She is all prepped to be put in a barn for the winter
. I keep putting it off because I dont want to put it away. I drive 70 miles everyday for work and the comfort, mpg (26-30 avg), and the shear enjoyment it brings to me everyday is going to be missed. Especially since I will be driving a chevy truck for the winter time up here. Kind of hard to go from that to that. But once the NY salt starts flying everywhere, I will be humble knowing she is tucked away.
Normally I would drive my 400E in the winter with Nokian studded snows. But I have since given that car to my father. The gf will be driving her E320 this winter as well. I probably should get her a set of snows soon...
alphadeltaromeo, the best way to refinish the plastic is to take it to a good body shop. You might find the cost more reasonable than you would think. I had all the plastic on my 400E painted (bumper cover, side skirts, rear facia, and door/fender plastic) for around $400, cash deal. And that was from a very high quality body shop.
I absolutely love this car so much, I want it to last a lifetime. They dont and probably never will engineer them like this again. To me, its like owning a piece of engineering history.
