Hello:

I'm looking at a 1992 190E 2.6 California car for sale in Canada. It appears to have been legally imported, looks sharp, and I am interested. However, I have a concern and that is because it is a CA version whereas MB cars destined for Canada were, for all I know, largely similar to the 49 state version.

Therefore, two questions:

1) What are the differences between CA and the 49 state version? I read that the ECU and the on-board diagnostics (OBD) are different. Any other differences?

2) Does this difference make servicing any more difficult especially in Canada? Anybody in Canada speak to this issue? Is this a non-issue or do the differences cause difficulties?

Again, many thanks,
Paul

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1989 300E
1999 C230 Kompressor
2005 Toyota Highlander AWD

Also owned:
1964 Chevrolet Impala (first car)
1972 Fiat 124 Sport Spider (first sports car)
1976 VW Scirocco (first new car)
1970 Pontiac Parisienne (epitome of bland)
1980 VW Scirocco (last new car)
1953 GMC 6x6 (amazingly well engineered)
1967 Austin Healey 3000
1987 F150 4x4
1978 F150
1987 VW Jetta
1992 Toyota Previa AWD
2003 Toyota Sienna
2001 Nissan Pathfinder 4WD
1949 John Deere Model M