RE: SOTW: Mercedes-Benz 190E
Discussion
One of my brother's has has two of these, one auto one manual. Everyone should try one out, they have a certain aura about them. Downsides are fuel and they are quite hard to sell on/ not worth much at all.
There is an ultimate beard forum dedicated to 190s out there, worth looking at for advice etc.
There is an ultimate beard forum dedicated to 190s out there, worth looking at for advice etc.
Hi all,
This is my car, I feel deeply humble at all this fame.
Based on some of the comments I have clearly underpriced it as it is absolutely solid, no rust anywhere. Any worries on the relatively short MOT are easily remedied as I could put a fresh one on - it will sail through.
The car has only been owned by RAF Officers, originally it was the retirement wagon for an Air Cdre Surgeon who passed it on to his son when he got too old to use it. It was then bought by a Wg Cdr Engineer before I bought it 4 years ago.
Someone is coming to see it this morning so they could be getting a bit of a bargain.
Thanks for all the comments.
This is my car, I feel deeply humble at all this fame.
Based on some of the comments I have clearly underpriced it as it is absolutely solid, no rust anywhere. Any worries on the relatively short MOT are easily remedied as I could put a fresh one on - it will sail through.
The car has only been owned by RAF Officers, originally it was the retirement wagon for an Air Cdre Surgeon who passed it on to his son when he got too old to use it. It was then bought by a Wg Cdr Engineer before I bought it 4 years ago.
Someone is coming to see it this morning so they could be getting a bit of a bargain.
Thanks for all the comments.
very goodI've owned a 190E 2.3-16 and a 190D 2.0, both manual, and both bought & sold for less than a grand. They are amazing cars, but very heavy (the cost of being well built) so don't expect any decent pace from one, particularly an auto.
Despite SOTW being an auto, I like it.
Good find (after last week's pee poor effort) :-)
Despite SOTW being an auto, I like it.
Good find (after last week's pee poor effort) :-)
SeaBox said:
Hi all,
This is my car, I feel deeply humble at all this fame.
Based on some of the comments I have clearly underpriced it as it is absolutely solid, no rust anywhere. Any worries on the relatively short MOT are easily remedied as I could put a fresh one on - it will sail through.
The car has only been owned by RAF Officers, originally it was the retirement wagon for an Air Cdre Surgeon who passed it on to his son when he got too old to use it. It was then bought by a Wg Cdr Engineer before I bought it 4 years ago.
Someone is coming to see it this morning so they could be getting a bit of a bargain.
Thanks for all the comments.
Great car! GLWS This is my car, I feel deeply humble at all this fame.
Based on some of the comments I have clearly underpriced it as it is absolutely solid, no rust anywhere. Any worries on the relatively short MOT are easily remedied as I could put a fresh one on - it will sail through.
The car has only been owned by RAF Officers, originally it was the retirement wagon for an Air Cdre Surgeon who passed it on to his son when he got too old to use it. It was then bought by a Wg Cdr Engineer before I bought it 4 years ago.
Someone is coming to see it this morning so they could be getting a bit of a bargain.
Thanks for all the comments.
I purchased one for the Ex when she needed an auto, i loved it. Then when the ex left i told her she could either take the Mr2 or the Merc.
Heartless
took the 190. 
Also the most fun snow commute i have ever had was in that old auto Merc, hugely controllable drifts at will and no problem getting it back into shape. The only time i ever really appreciated what a good chassis it had was when there was snow about.
I miss that car.
Heartless
took the 190. Also the most fun snow commute i have ever had was in that old auto Merc, hugely controllable drifts at will and no problem getting it back into shape. The only time i ever really appreciated what a good chassis it had was when there was snow about.
I miss that car.
SeaBox said:
Hi all,
This is my car, I feel deeply humble at all this fame.
Based on some of the comments I have clearly underpriced it as it is absolutely solid, no rust anywhere. Any worries on the relatively short MOT are easily remedied as I could put a fresh one on - it will sail through.
The car has only been owned by RAF Officers, originally it was the retirement wagon for an Air Cdre Surgeon who passed it on to his son when he got too old to use it. It was then bought by a Wg Cdr Engineer before I bought it 4 years ago.
Someone is coming to see it this morning so they could be getting a bit of a bargain.
Thanks for all the comments.
Great stuff SeaBox, makes it even more of an attractive purchase! Top motor.This is my car, I feel deeply humble at all this fame.
Based on some of the comments I have clearly underpriced it as it is absolutely solid, no rust anywhere. Any worries on the relatively short MOT are easily remedied as I could put a fresh one on - it will sail through.
The car has only been owned by RAF Officers, originally it was the retirement wagon for an Air Cdre Surgeon who passed it on to his son when he got too old to use it. It was then bought by a Wg Cdr Engineer before I bought it 4 years ago.
Someone is coming to see it this morning so they could be getting a bit of a bargain.
Thanks for all the comments.
joncon said:
a couple of years ago, helped my son purchase one to take to the le mans 24hr, aged 21 , his insurance was 280 quid including euro breakdown cover , it never missed a beat , great car for wafting around the roads of france...oh and it was the 2.3 16v cosworth !
fantastic car !
Good parenting.fantastic car !
The other thing I thought of is that it's RWD, and auto - so maybe not the best winter car out there. I have bad memories of going to get petrol in my W114 250 2.8 Auto, and the thing not starting afterwards - then it started snowing. Getting home 2 hours later when the AA man had been & sorted me out was horrendous - no grip, back end kept going wide - I had to keep flicking the gearlever between N & D to control the beast! Come to think of it, it may have sat on cross-ply's... ;-)
Colleague has just MOT'd an 133000 miler on a Gplate,one track rod end and ....well that was it no rust issues and it has leather and aircon all for £1200. Minor issue when first bought last year was an intermittant starting issue (ABS warning on start up)turned out to be a voltage relay and a simple fix.Dodgey rear window lifters is usually down to frayed cables within the lifter mech.Check the jacking points if there solid chances are the rest of the car is good.
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