I’m looking into buying an early ’70s 200 series Mercedes, and I have some
questions.
1. How reliable are these cars? Of course they are Mercedes, but everyone
has a run of lemons now and then.
2. How much do they generally cost to maintain? Are repairs rare but
expensive? Frequent but cheap? Frequent but expensive? How about routine
maintence?
Thanks in advance,
Graham
’69 VW Squareback
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Georgia Institute of Technology * I wanna be, a Nacho Man!
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In article <2usapo$…@phantom.oit.gatech.edu>,
grah…@phantom.oit.gatech.edu (Graham E. Thomas) writes:
I’ve had two 200 series mercedes from the early 70′s, In my family
when I was growing up. They where a 4.5 V-8, and a 6.? V-8, both
where exceptional.
They weighed well in excess od 4,000Lbs, but could still easily blow
I’m not sure of the top speeds
off Corvettes and the like
probably no greater than 135 for the 4.5, and 145 for the 6.?
We had both cars for approx 4 years, they NEVER broke down,
misbehaived, or gave any sort of trouble. From what my parents tell
me they were expensive to service, but were only serviced as required
by the manual, never anything unscheduled.
Sean Alexander
kmor…@advtech.uswest.com (Kevin Morgan) writes:
>I am thinking about buying a 93 Mustang Cobra, it only has 3500 miles on
>it. The previous owner put larger tailpipes on it and performance shocks
>and springs for the suspension. Any mustang owners perceive this as a
>smart purchase since 93 was the first year they came out with this model
>and it has the old body style? BTW they are asking $20,000, I looked and
>the blue book is only $14,500.
>Kevin
I wouldn’t buy it. If they put performance stuff on it, they probably
voided the warrenty. They are asking way over blue book. It only has
3500 miles on and they may have flooged the crap out of it before it
was properly broken in. Your choice, man but I wouldn’t do it. For
$20,000 you could get one of them new fangled Z28s brand new.
In article <kmorgan-290694111…@hyatt.advtech.uswest.com>
kmor…@advtech.uswest.com (Kevin Morgan) writes:
> I am thinking about buying a 93 Mustang Cobra, it only has 3500 miles on
> it. The previous owner put larger tailpipes on it and performance
shocks
> and springs for the suspension. Any mustang owners perceive this as a
> smart purchase since 93 was the first year they came out with this model
> and it has the old body style? BTW they are asking $20,000, I looked
and
> the blue book is only $14,500.
> Please e-mail all comments and suggestions back. thanks in advance.
> Kevin
Only a Ford fool would pay $20,000 for a cobra. The Cobra is
kinda rare for that year, and I suppose that would make it a good
investment. However, for $20,000 you could get a Firebird Formula with
275 horses. I don’t look at a Cobra driver and think "wow – what awesome
exclusivity he has. I’ll never see one of those again." Remember, you’re
only dealing with a horsepower increase of 25, so now it’s 240. Still
pretty weak for anything more than $15,000 (used). One thing though – the
stock cobra sounds good – terrific exhaust note- so the one with larger
pipes might sound even better. I’d say talk him down and then think about
it.
Good Luck
Mike