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Torpedo Fodder · 06-06-07, 08:15 PM

I'm about to take on an old Mercedes restoration project, an '88 190E 2.3, with 219,000 km on it, and boy is that thing made to last. All I had to do to get it running again after two years of dormancy while exposed to the elements (without any long-term storage preparation, I might add) was unstick the brakes, clean the battery posts and add fresh fuel and she ran almost immediately when I jump-started her. Unfortunately, she's not going anywhere just yet, due to a gas leak (hope it isn't the tank, because I'd have to drop out the differential and driveshaft to replace or repair it). Those cars are little tanks, and I still see plenty of 190s on the road here today.

But yeah, unfortunately M-B simply doesn't make their cars the way they used to, and the recent black eye the lack of their current cars' reliability has given them attests to that. In less than 20 years, Mercedes' have gone from one of the most reliable cars on the road, to one of the least.

06-06-07, 08:15 PM	#4
Torpedo Fodder Ensign Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Whitby, Ontario Posts: 234 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm about to take on an old Mercedes restoration project, an '88 190E 2.3, with 219,000 km on it, and boy is that thing made to last. All I had to do to get it running again after two years of dormancy while exposed to the elements (without any long-term storage preparation, I might add) was unstick the brakes, clean the battery posts and add fresh fuel and she ran almost immediately when I jump-started her. Unfortunately, she's not going anywhere just yet, due to a gas leak (hope it isn't the tank, because I'd have to drop out the differential and driveshaft to replace or repair it). Those cars are little tanks, and I still see plenty of 190s on the road here today. But yeah, unfortunately M-B simply doesn't make their cars the way they used to, and the recent black eye the lack of their current cars' reliability has given them attests to that. In less than 20 years, Mercedes' have gone from one of the most reliable cars on the road, to one of the least. __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war. "Those who turn their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't"