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Originally Posted by arnoneh
good comments thanks. A few more reasons that I'm considering this is that:
- he did a full long block replacement of the engine a short time ago....it has lots of power, climbs hills, and essentially runs like new.
- the owner has basically kept everything in 100% working order. What he has not done, the dealer here did.
- my mechanic contact at the dealer who is familiar with the owner and the car basically told me it is super clean, not a thing that needs to be done to it right now.
All in all, I'm pretty confident, the condition is in the upper 5% of what you see out there on the market. Also, I'm usually ho-hum on the non-turbos, but this one really runs well and one way to look at it is one less thing to maintain. If I keep the car for the long haul, it can be my son's first car when he starts driving.
decisions, decisions....thanks for your comments. -harv
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If you like the car, what the heck. Get it. That's how much you'd pay in depreciation just driving many new cars off the lot.
That said, there's many fish in the sea.
There are many, many OM617 motors with 200K miles that have great compression and run "like new" in terms of power. They might need glow plugs replacing, valves adjusted, etc, but any of these things can be done by a trained monkey (which I am). A new motor sounds appealing to me, but its still an old car. Fortunately for you, fixing most everything on this car can be DIY much easier than your current ride.