[V8] New car? Ah, no.

ron_01056 at yahoo.com ron_01056 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 3 10:39:24 PDT 2010 

If i'm not mistaken u have an 01E transmission so u should have no problem finding a clutch slave for ur car.

 Ron

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de>
Sender: v8-bounces at audifans.com
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:55:23 
Reply-To: b.homburg at web.de
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] New car?  Ah, no.

Same here. As true long-term cars, nothing beats the old-style 
(=prechamber, inline-injection pump) diesel Mercedes. These engines will 
be around even after the world runs out of oil as you can drive them 
with vegetable oil, the parts situation is incomparably better than any 
other brand. Don't forget that the W126 was a huge sales success, with 
over eight hundred thousand ones built and maybe a quarter of them still 
on the road, which alone will ensure continued support.
I just had to replace the clutch slave cylinder on my '94 6-speed V8. 
Guess what - that part is "no longer available" , there is no part from 
other models that will fit and according to Audi it's "sorry, but that's 
how things are". . With MB, that would simply be un-imaginable.
I'm looking at getting me a convertible right now, and am undecided 
between a 1992-1996 W124 and a 2004-2006 Audi A4 - the funny thing is 
that the Benz commands about the same prices as the ten-years-younger 
Audi although they were comparably priced when new.... that's resale 
value...

And ALL cars of that vintage rust. To blame is steel quality and 
automakers only learned to use proper anti-corrosion techniques in the 
'80s.



Roger Woodbury wrote:
> Anyway, the W123 and W126 Mercedes were the last of the true, "generational"
> cars, and in 1991 Mercedes announced that they would no longer attempt to
> build to the same standards that they has used for forty years.  True, these
> cars were somewhat prone to rust, especially in the 1950's-early 1980's
> because the Germans have never really understood US weather until the mid
> 1980's, but when maintained as the elves in the Black Forest intended, these
> cars would go for generations.
>
> So the question is "would I actually buy one?"  I dunno.  I guess it would
> depend on a lot of things especially what the mission was for the car in
> question.  I live in eastern Maine and I will absolutely NOT drive another
> rear wheel drive car through a Maine winter.  I have little to no interest
> to becoming a snowbird, so Maine it is for us in our planning.  So, if I
> bought one of these cars it would have to be a three season vehicle, and
> then parked through the winter.  Then the car would need to have a purpose
> for those nine weather tolerable months, and if we were planning on doing
> the kind of short to medium distance auto touring that we have talked about
> for some years here, then one of these cars would be perfect.  So the answer
> is "possibly".
>
> But it would have to be the perfect example and this one in Texas certainly
> looked the part.  There is another nice example in New Jersey with 140k on
> it, and that is not going to bring five grand, I'll bet.  It's being sold by
> the nephew of the original owner, whom I will assume is either deceased or
> not able to drive.   A car that went to Florida in the winter supposedly,
> and its very clean.  Too many miles for me, but it's pretty clean looking
> considering that the pictures are amateurish.
>
> There is a very nice looking SD, the diesel version for sale in Philly.
> That's pretty interesting because it is some shade of dark red and black
> interior which are MY colors of preference.  79k miles and they're asking
> above twelve grand for it. If I was shopping I would be on the road right
> now to go and see this car because my favorite of all is this diesel variant
> of the short wheelbase W126.
>
> I think an exceptional example of either the gasoline OR diesel W126 might
> bring around ten grand to a very patient seller.  That's cheap money
> compared to what one is expected to fork over for a Taurus.  And now that we
> are seeing the Great Toyota Melt Down, I think an older Mercedes might be
> just fine.
>
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angie Olson [mailto:davidolson at kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:48 AM
> To: Roger Woodbury; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] New car? Ah, no.
>
> The '88 Mercs were solid rides. I've had an '88 300E for about ten years
> now. (My mom owns it now but I maintain it). The interior quality is better
> than my daily driver '99 E320 4M wagon, which has been a solid investment
> also.
>
> I'll mention my 1990 V8Q, automatic, now for grins which is in storage (for
> sale) waiting for front struts, a water pump/timing belt, headliner, and a
> remedy for four toasted Bose amps, oh yeah one tire. I also have a '94 S4
> driver in storage that I want to change the timing belt on if anybody has
> instructions on I'd be grateful for. Both Audis were my late brother-in-laws
> Ian Jones whose name I wanted to get out in print. RIP Ian man.
>
>
>
>
> On 6/30/10 8:14 AM, "Roger Woodbury"<rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Aw, it's a good thing that I am not in the market for a new car today.
>> Otherwise I would be enroute to Texas to look at what might well be my
>>      
> last
>    
>> car.
>>
>> We all paw over the offerings on eBay and other places from time to time,
>> and today I found what might be the jewel in this year's bunch of oldies
>>      
> but
>    
>> goodies.
>>
>> This one is a 1988 Mercedes 300SE (W126) in smoke silver over Palomino tex
>> (NOT my favorite combination!).  The thing about this car is that it shows
>> 33,000 miles from new. Based on the pictures and firm belief that no one
>> ever lies about what they sell on eBay, this car was a one owner, owned by
>> two elderly people.
>>
>> Well, it could happen.  It could be true. The car certainly is sweet.
>>
>> This is the six cylinder, so the big body will be graceful if a bit slow,
>> but as a long distance touring car, it would be perfect.  For me it would
>>      
> be
>    
>> a three season car of course.
>>
>> It's in Texas, and no, I didn't run a Carfax...I was just interested in
>> looking at the pictures.
>>
>> And of course, like some other German cars we all know and love, Mercedes
>> still supports this one with parts.....
>>
>> Roger
>>
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