The '91 has 170K and has only had tranny issues. Engine has been maintained and is solid. Burns half a quart between 3k oil changes. It does suffer from poorly performed body work, though.

The '90 has 295K miles and has had the same tranny issues as well as valve guides and seals replaced. It sucked oil at an alarming rate until the valve work was done at about 250k. Now it drinks about a quart between 3k oil changes. Decent for the mileage.

These engines burned a little oil even early in their lives at high RPM. I saw vapor out back at full throttle and I'm quessing it was oil and fuel. CIS seems to over-fuel as a safety measure. I much prefer EFI on gasoline engines.

That's good service from a relatively cheap car in my opinion. Auto trannies suck in general so I'm not surprised by one replacement and one rebuild.

I'll take my OM617 powered cars over the gassers any day. I've got a W220 S430 and even it usually sits in the garage while I drive my old, trusty '82 300D. It has character that the W201's nor the W220 could ever dream of.

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Sam

'76 280 Time Capsule
'00 S430 Long Trips
'91 190E Seeing how far it will go. 366k
'04 American Eagle Motorcoach