We could not agree with you more! Incredible cars!

Same! 35 mpg city/42 mpg highway. Bosch PES4M-style mechanical inline injection. No engine beauty-cover, no-fuss and relatively simple maintenance. Oh and no computers!

Me too, but 73. -124. 320-Auto Wagon. Fantastic.

Me too, but 73. -124. 320-Auto Wagon. Fantastic.

Thanks for watching!

It's interesting, BenzWorld says the issue doesn't include '94, but mine had it.

@@TheCarCrush All cars that had the new fuel injection, ie, non Bosh KE Jetronic had it. The W140 when It debuted, the 129 when they switched the engines from the original fuel injection to the new. Other models as the change was implemented as well.

Thank you for that info!! @@petercollingwood522

Ok so....why did he put a 1.8 badge on a 2.6?

@@TheCarCrush May be a UK thing, a lot of us Brits took of badges from the back so other drivers never knew what it was, it's called de-badged in the driving world here. Because if someone wanted a race they would wanna race a slower car. 😅😆😆

You're right! I guess we were thinking 2.5-16 Evo when we said that, one just sold today (March 1 '24) for 280k at Sotheby's Moda Miami

What reliability issues are you dealing with? Sorry to hear that.

@@TheCarCrush I'll discount a blown head gasket due to a low pressure turbo 25+ yrs ago, but otherwise.. front ball joint failure while fortunately driving slowly, one alternator brush wore out prematurely, blew a coolant hose in steady driving, and it leaks quite a bit of oil.. I can't seem to get all of the parts I'd like, so have something else now for daily duty. Non-breakdown faults would be a leaking rear window, closed sunroof, OVP relay, broken injector fuel line on a long journey. It once had a small engine fire when I was a child. One door card is a bit crappy. I've replaced most of the front and some of the rear suspension, changed the head gasket, partial cooling system refresh (parts I could obtain). Still have jobs to do but am having a rest to do other stuff for a bit.

Wow you've had more than your share! You must really love the car to keep up with all this?! @@beautgrainger147

@@TheCarCrush tbf, what it does do, it does well, you can tell Mercedes spent some money developing a generally good product, stuff like air circulating really well round the back of the car from one side to the other without being really loud, heat-reflective window glass so it's not totally roasting in hot weather, being easy to drive and quite forgiving on the edge etc.. in some ways it's still a good car which does things better than a lot of new stuff. I have been extremely pissed off at times, but it's also my late grandad's last car, so I can't really justify setting fire to it when I do feel like it, and I calm down after a bit. I was young but old enough to remember different trips out and about in it from new to the present.

That's no fun. At least it wasn't likely a fortune to buy?

Nick's is a '93. Thanks for watching!

@@TheCarCrush You have to connect! The model came out in 1982 so the technology is from that time that is what matters!

I was speaking to the absence of creaks and rattles in Nick's car, specifically, which is 30 years old. In the intro there's tons of context about the era of manufacture, "the final year of Mercedes first-ever compact car," etc. I think we can agree the car was well ahead of its time?!

Thank you!

W211 outperforms our older Mercs in every way but...lacks the style, character, and bank-vault feel of the older cars. I (Joe here) wouldn't call them classics. I do quite like the facelifted W211 E350 (2006 onwards I think) both in terms of style and performance plus, they ditched the SBC braking system which -- although warranted by Mercedes through 2029 (!) -- can be a pain in the ass. I actually helped launch the W211 when I was on the PR team at Mercedes-Benz USA - so I should know, too :-) -- and those earlier W211's I would NOT recommend, there were a ton of issues.

I'd traditionally have preferred rack and pinion but have ended up with 2 cars that have steering boxes.. one's loose due to the coupler bushes wearing, but both actually feel quite fine in terms of the driving feel and responsiveness. There are some newer mercs with rack and pinion which don't feel very good, so the box may contribute less than the suspension geometry, specifically castor angle.

I'm probably in the same camp. Haven't driven too many cars apart from rentals once in a while, an old Opel and an Audi. I'd still dare say that I'm most at ease and biased towards the W201 combo of it's geometry/recirc ball box. Where I to spot a rim-eating/blow-prone pothole while at speed (no frost) - I would feel that the w201 is the most predictable and safe automobile to do relatively powerful evasive maneuvers @@beautgrainger147