I'm right there with you, Larry. My second MB was a 1987 300E that I bought in 1997 with the intention of driving it 30K miles a year. But in a little less than two years I had spent $8,000 on maintenance and repairs. The straw that broke the camel's back was when the evaporator sprung a leak. The thing that bugged me the most about that car was that things didn't stay fixed, just like your flex disk.

I'm also with you on the economy. I'm making less than 2/3 of what I was two years ago, and pretty much working month to month. That's a big part of why I bought the 240D - so I can park the E300 while it still has some warranty left on it. I'm really afraid of what the E300 will start to cost if I continue to drive it like I have been. Since getting everything sorted out, the 240D has been great.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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