low mileage for an 87. was it in storage for some years before you bought it?

i ask this because benz had a real problem with rotor warping when they switched over to asbestos-free pads. if my recollection serves me well, this problem occurred in the mid-90's.

i know that my 1986 560sel warped 2 sets of rotors in months. now, i am a fast driver and hard braker, but i had never warped a rotor before. when i warped the 3rd set and took it back to the dealer, the service mgr told me that the problem was with the asbestos-free brake pads...that benz was suddenly seeing a deluge of warped rotors.

all i know is that all the expenses of my rotor replacements were refunded, new rotors were installed gratis, and asbestos-bearing pads were installed.

never had another warped rotor.

if i remember correctly, benz even devised a special device for asbestos-bearing pad replacement so that any asbestos was confined and collected, not exposing the mechanic.

on the other hand, all of this might have been a deceptive explanation. benz might just have been supplied a lot of defective rotors.

others out there might know that story better than i do.

all i know is this, i acquired a 1987 560sec from a widow in 2000. with all of its service records. it only had 42,000 miles. everything about it was as if it had just been delivered by manhattan benz. original battery. original brake pads. original rotors. it was a time warp car. the only thing unoriginal about it was the first vintage cell phone that had been installed in the center console and the antenna that was fitted to the right rear[imagine, the cutting of a hole was countenanced].

i mention this because if you acquired your car where problemmatic pads were installed, and then the car wasn't used very often afterwards, you might have acquired a problem that was solved years ago.

just a thought.