funny you should mention my e300! i wanted to expedite repairs so i let my mechanic take on some stuff so the car wouldn't be tied up for a month while i found the time to work on it.....well i dropped it off on 3/6 and still don't have it back!
not totally his fault but i could have parked in the garage, pecked away, and been several hundred to the good, but what the hell? spent the time with the wife and kid so i'm still ahead.
since the wife will be away the entire summer i will have her car as well as the e300 so i'm putting off buying another car for the time being.
thanks for the input, gents.....as usual!
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Originally Posted by jake12tech
I had a 97 c230 for a little bit. It's the same motor as the 99 c230, just has a supercharger and more power. A family member had a kompressor for about 4 years and it was a good car. Never anything nasty going on with the superchargers, they're pretty reliable. Ride quality and comfort will definitely be a lot less than your e300 for sure. It's a good 4 cylinder motor and my C230 peaked at 39.5mpg on highway at 70mph. Both cars had to have the timing chain tensioners replaced, they idled like diesels at idle both about 150k. They rust in the same places as a w210, rockers, quarter panel arches and doors and just about everywhere else possible.. Especially the trunk lock cylinder hole
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