Re: [MBZ] 210 v 211 v 212

2023-10-03 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
I have bought several decent cars at copart. Sometimes they are donation vehicles, or dealer wholesale Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2023, at 11:49 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have a 05 211 4m E320 wagon with 235kmi or so and it’s great. I love it. > The 04$400E500

Re: [MBZ] 210 v 211 v 212

2023-10-03 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
What the others said as well as understand that it’s a much more complex car than a W210 or earlier models. If you’re not equipped (or your Indy shop) to work on them it could be expensive relative to repairs, although my experience with the W211s suggests that they’re pretty robust like their

Re: [MBZ] 210 v 211 v 212

2023-10-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I've never owned a W210 but as I understand it the biggest concern is rust. Front spring brackets on the RWD cars (not an issue with the 4matic) and general body rust which rapidly becomes terminal once it starts. My W211 E500 sedan is definitely a complicated car compared to my W123 and W116

Re: [MBZ] 210 v 211 v 212

2023-10-03 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I have a 05 211 4m E320 wagon with 235kmi or so and it’s great. I love it. The 04$400E500 is mechanically solid at 144kmi or so. 211s are decent and more comfortable and a little better equipped than 210s although the 210 is perfectly competent though not particularly exciting except maybe for

[MBZ] 210 v 211 v 212

2023-10-03 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
According to Dan and Rick the 210 is the Camry of Mercedes. I was casually looking at wagons and found two 211 wagons. One has 99K on it and is sort of a boring beige with dark gray interior. I’m wondering if the fact that it is almost to 100,000 miles that means a bunch of neglected