Don,
I know you mentioned getting Debbie a 190D, but just thought I would mention
the 300TE I picked up for my wife.
I had bought her a 83 300TD to drive around in, and she HATED it. She was not a
fan of the fumes and noise, so I sold it and used the money to buy her a 1990
300TE. It gets
LT Don wrote:
Iowa women don't normally object to diesel because they have grown up
around tractors. Do the Benz gassers (i.e., a 300E) have the longevity
of the diesel models?
The bottom end of a Mercedes gasser can last almost as long as a diesel,
but the top end (valve guides, valves,
Ouch! That is an expensive rebuild.
As luck would have it, I saw (and was passed by) a black 300E (W124) just a
few minutes ago, on a rural Iowa road. Texas plates, youngish female driver
but the car windows were too tinted to really see her.
Also, the brake warning light came on at the very
