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Originally Posted by Mxfrank
I never owned a 211, but I did own a 210 wagon from new. My motto is "friends don't let friends buy 210's". I understand that there are lots of 210 fans, but I have no explanation for it. Maybe they live in the sunbelt where there's no rust, or maybe their cars are garaged in bad weather. Maybe their cars went down a different line. Maybe white cars were more problem prone. I don't know. There are cars I've liked less, but I've never liked a Mercedes less.
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The rust seems like more of a problem on the earlier years of w210. I had a '97 which came from Florida, and was starting to look like swiss cheese when I sold it. Rust-through on almost every panel. Disgraceful.
I replaced it with a '98 that spent its whole life in northern Maryland according to carfax, and there's not a spot of rust anywhere on the car, over or under. Its pristine, at 19 years old and 155k miles. White, btw.