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Originally Posted by Jim Anderson
I'm looking to buy one and was wondering how they were. What I'm really interested in is a W203 with a manual transmission and I've seen several of them around but was wondering about their performance and reliability.
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Avoid the 4 bangers, get a v6. The m111k and m271k are packaging nightmares. Every repair begins with drain the cooling system and remove 5 miles of intake tubing. The m271 has stretchy timing chain among many other issues. If you want a manual look for an m112 powered c240 or c320 6spd, they're rare but they do exist. Also avoid the later m272 v6, it has balance shaft sprocket wear and variable intake manifold problems.