I was driving my 240D to Atlanta last year when the starter began giving me problems in Oklahoma. My temporary solution was to disconnect the shutoff actuator so that I could start the car once in the morning and then lock it up while still running when I stopped for meals and such. This way it ran about 11 hours a day until I got it to my dad's house and got a replacement starter.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.