Old Mercedes... W210 E220 CDI
Discussion
old PH thread said:
Only looked at one in that price range, rusty rear door tops, under the rubbers, badly done wheel arch repairs (outside of the Merc warranty, despite full MB history), rusty at the front on top of the spring hangers and squeaky a/c...
You'll end up looking at several, but a proper MB warranty repaired one, which has full MB history would be the way to go... or just buy as non rusty a one as possible, and run it until it falls apart - the drive was superbly smooth and the rear load space was great....
Trouble is, MB may have fixed the rust they can see, but every W210 ever made will still be rusting somewhere. Front subframes are known to fail through rust as well but not all will have been caught by the MB goodwill program. One of the front spring pockets simply fell off the chassis on ours. Fortunately it happened at manoeuvering speed rather than on the motorway eek
I wouldn't touch another one with a barge-pole unless it was a disposably cheap hack and I didn't mind driving a car with obvious rust. I wouldn't recommend that anybody pay more than a couple of £k for a W210.
Tread carefully. Although the floors are usually solid You'll end up looking at several, but a proper MB warranty repaired one, which has full MB history would be the way to go... or just buy as non rusty a one as possible, and run it until it falls apart - the drive was superbly smooth and the rear load space was great....
Trouble is, MB may have fixed the rust they can see, but every W210 ever made will still be rusting somewhere. Front subframes are known to fail through rust as well but not all will have been caught by the MB goodwill program. One of the front spring pockets simply fell off the chassis on ours. Fortunately it happened at manoeuvering speed rather than on the motorway eek
I wouldn't touch another one with a barge-pole unless it was a disposably cheap hack and I didn't mind driving a car with obvious rust. I wouldn't recommend that anybody pay more than a couple of £k for a W210.
Northernchimp said:
Don't have time to view bit it looks tidy and the description says no rust anywhere.
The insurance is cheap and I've never seen cheaper winter tyres on such a big car.
Actually, having looked on ebay if it's the 1999 blue one it looks spot on - mobile armchair express - Contis, original floor mats, correct radio, glowplugs done etc etc. Looks very tidy, unmessed with. Bid and then really get under it with a fine tooth comb before you pay. Good luck The insurance is cheap and I've never seen cheaper winter tyres on such a big car.
I noticed that car myself, it looks pretty good but "no rust" sounds optimistic.
If the ad asks for non-refundable deposits etc I would run a mile because there could easily be a rusty subframe (or anything) lurking under the shiny paint. That's the trouble with ebay- you can go to the hassle of viewing without a chance of actually buying or even knowing what the seller wants for it. Total waste of time.
If the ad asks for non-refundable deposits etc I would run a mile because there could easily be a rusty subframe (or anything) lurking under the shiny paint. That's the trouble with ebay- you can go to the hassle of viewing without a chance of actually buying or even knowing what the seller wants for it. Total waste of time.
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