BACK IN AN AMG.....AGAIN!!

Kiwibrit

Kiwibrit

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Different car completely but I have had our old daily S320 (via @dem maser , cheers) for a month now and love its drive, smooth and dead quiet. Quality cars all round. Probably our 10th or Merc but the 1st S class and I have to say they are in a different league.

Picking up the Grancabrio from its storage depot tomorrow for a weekend of catching up and watching Pete Gabriel in Birmingham. If the weather keeps up, the roof will be down all weekend!
 
DLax69

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Had several Mercs, but the only "estate" I had was a 1990 300TE...which I bought with 100k mi; sold at 300k to a friend for his kid's first car; and it's still running at 500k...for whatever that's worth.

Love the car, Dean; congrats on finding it!
 
Guy

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DLax69 said:
Had several Mercs, but the only "estate" I had was a 1990 300TE...which I bought with 100k mi; sold at 300k to a friend for his kid's first car; and it's still running at 500k...for whatever that's worth.

Love the car, Dean; congrats on finding it!
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That's when Mercs were built for 500k. Sadly no more. They now know how to reduce cost/quality so the last long enough for warranty and reputation but not that long. I had one of those 300TE estates but made the mistake of going for the 24v model. What can be wrong with an extra 50bhp I thought. In a Merc, lots. The extra horses were stolen from low and mid range so the car needed to use all 7000 rpm to get a move on and the final drive was lowered to compensate. The Sportline suspension spoiled the magic carpet ride. Not what you really want from that sort of car.
 
DLax69

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DLax69 said:
Had one. It's what put me off the brand, likely forever (as per @Guy 's post)...unless I could find a 500E unicorn with the Porsche powerplant.
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1993 Mercedes-Benz 500E

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Apparently spoke this into existence...ugh.
 
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