You will be plopping down that $4,000 either way - do you want to keep spending it on the car you know, or on a different one? My experience is that when I buy a $4,000 car, I put in another $1,000 to $2,000 getting it up to snuff. I traded off a great SDL because the paint was in really bad shape, but otherwise it was very sound car. I just couldn't bring myself to spend $2,000 or more on a decent paint job that only made it look better. My wife hated having it in the drive as it was. Your experience with the bearing is one reason we have more than one car for me to drive - there's no pressure to get it fixed today - I have the luxury of ordering parts from Rusty --
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Kathmandu <kathma...@cableone.net> wrote: > I have a 1989 Mercedes 300 SE with 175,000 miles on it. I put the last > 40,000 on it and it has been a really dependable car even though I have done > a good bit of work on it. Thing is, the car is 20+ years old and it needs a > paint job and the seats are cracked pretty bad. I had a front wheel bearing > go out on it this week and spent the entire day today trying to get the > right bearing turning a 1.5 hour job into an all day affair because all the > car part stores in my area have the wrong bearings and seals listed on their > computers. (This isn't surprising but it is an example of owning a > relatively rare car ) Thing is, do I put any more money into it? It > doesn't have a speck of rust on it but it has enough hail craters to make it > resemble a golf ball yet I still get compliments on it. Just today a black > lady said she really liked my car even though she was driving a $40,000 SUV. > Upholstery shop wants $800+ to redo the seats, needs exhaust from the cat > converter back, hail dents, oil leak and the rear springs are sagging. Do > I put $4000 into a $2000 car to have a $2500 car or plop down $4000 on > another, newer car? > -- OK Don Panic! (the national past time). _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
