All, After many years, I just rejoined this site, having returned to the wonderful world of Benz, it must have been some kind of mental sanity lapse. Anyway, I just bought a pretty nice '89 300E, 205k miles, which I took to a trusted benz specialist for a serpentine belt tensioner replacement and A/C conversion. The guy tells me these cars are very problematic with expensive parts and to run as fast as I can. This guy definately knows his stuff, but he's a bit direct, which I like, until he tells me what I don't want to hear.

I'd like second opinions from guys (gals?) with real time experience. I do a bit of wrenching, but mostly basic stuff. The car looks good, nice interior and runs well enough, still needs front end alignment, tires and windshield. After that it will be close to cherry for an '89.

What say you?
Thanks!