If you are not inclined to do the work yourself, and cannot afford to have someone else do it, then you should get out of Mercedes and into a Honda or Toyota.

If you simply must have a Mercedes that you can run into the ground, find a 240D with manual transmission and windows. The rest of us here will just have to mourn the eventual demise of another 240D.

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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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