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My choice would be the E320.......... |
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All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to stand by and do nothing. Too many people tip toe through life, never attempting or doing anything great, hoping to make it safely to death... Bob Proctor '95 S320 LWB '87 300SDL '04 E500 wagon 4matic |
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The E430 - Xenon headlights can be pricey to fix and eventually you will have to fix them. Also, not sure about cold air intake and muffler delete. I'd rather have an MB that's stock.
The W220 S-Class - It's a W220 S-Class.............'nuff said. The E320 - By far the simplest and easiest to repair/maintain of the three choices. I own an 00' and an 01', both RWD. They suck in the snow, but other than that, they're reliable, relatively fuel efficient, and drive like a dream. |
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From a diagnostics perspective the W210 is by far the most difficult and expensive to work on since it doesn't comply to the same canbus standardized architecture as all other MBs that came after it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked the W220 hit the market after after the W210.
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I have a 97 SL320 , 97 C280 and 97 E320 < parts car , all use the same system that is easily accessed with a star clone through the 38 pin connector. The systems are mostly the same and not difficult of expensive to work on. Please let us know what cheap CAN bus scan tool will allow version coding and access to all systems in the newer cars you speak of. |
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I've done a fair amount of wrenching on the W210 and I find it very easy to work on, things are laid out quite well and generally I find them to be easier to work on than the W124/W126/W201. I'd also like to point out the ILUVMILS is (i believe) a dealer tech somewhere in New Jersey with decades of experience fixing these cars. His opinion/counsel in this area would carry a great deal of weight in my decision making process. The spring perch issue is indeed an issue, lots to read about it on the web. Never had it happen to me but its worth looking out for.
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Anything I'm looking at would be a 4matic at this point as I partially work on call for emergencies in the winter. Had a few situations with snow, etc and trying to get around in a rwd. I don't like fwd. A further question on the 220. Did the 722.6 tranys stop in 2003 in the 4matic, or do they go further?? Right now, I don't have any intention of getting a non 4matic car based on a few problems last winter... Was looking yesterday, and was wondering what would be some good years in the ML to look at?? Were there any good years with the 722.9 tranny?? Or were there any updates to that tranny that would make it reliable?
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All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to stand by and do nothing. Too many people tip toe through life, never attempting or doing anything great, hoping to make it safely to death... Bob Proctor '95 S320 LWB '87 300SDL '04 E500 wagon 4matic Last edited by amosfella; 05-05-2017 at 11:39 PM. |
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