I love those giant boxes of steel and am looking into buying one.
Coudl anyone tell me things to look for in terms of reliability
issues. They are old cars, and as well built as they were, there have
to be soime problems with them. Thanks in advance.

Thanks to who have replied to my previous posts/questions.
I have been driving the 230CE with a 190E 2.3 engine transplant around town
this week. It starts, idles,and runs great. It does have a bit of a hot
start problem but I think that I can control this by holding the gas pedal

I have my 500 SEC for 2 Years and she always started.Sometimes I had to
recharge Battery but she started no Problem.until recently.I connected
re-charged Battery.She starts ok but after 2 seconds engine stops.I hear
the Fuelpump priming when I turn Ignition on.I changed Fuelpump ...

The first official shots of Mercedes’ new high-performance C63 AM
saloon have been released showcasing Stuttgart’s new sledgehamme
sedan that’s set to compete with the upcoming BMW M3 and Audi’s RS4
Sporting the familiar hand-built 6.2L AMG V8 engine, the C63 churn

Excerpts from
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100082886/index.htm
Consumer Reports discovered, after polling its readers, that Mercedes
is the least reliable car brand sold in America. A Mercedes

Our 1996 Mercedes C 250 single arm wiper has intermittently over 4 years
operated with difficulty. It struggles, almost stalls at two points across
the windscreen - appear to coincide when the blade arm performs its cunning
extention and withtraction trick.

When it runs it appears to keep excellent time but it seems to stop
intermittently. Any insights? How hard is it to replace? '92 300D.

RE: 98 ML320
I need a little help,  in ordering all the right parts, please!
I have a very experienced mechanic that's willing to do a few repairs for
me( and save me the trek to my regular guy)

After removing the hoses, lossening the shroud, and popping the clips
on each of the radiator on my 380sl, I can't get it to budge, though I
thought that it would just slide up.
Is there some trick to getting it out? I notice that there are rubber

..specifically the paint job? haha, just got it the other day... I
personally think it's ballin!  Xzibit eat you heart out:
http://www.thepollspace.com/polls.php?pollid=1699
Word.

 Some of you may remember that my starter began to operate intermittently.
I checked it 'repeatedly' myself, took it repeated to a Car part place where
they tested it on a maching (presumably measuring the current draw) the
starter worked flawless.... I took it apart to make sure ...

Once warmed up, the vacuum gauge moves off the peg about halfway to the red
when the car is put in gear and idles rough. Runs OK on the road.
Does this sound like a vacuum leak? Could it have to do with the vacuum
modulator on the transmission?

does anyone know where the windshiel wiper rest positioning sensor is and
how to fix it? my wipers are stuck up but still work.

Hi Guru's,
My son has a 2002 SLK230 which starts fine in cold weather and in hot
weather but not in damp weather.
The way he describes the problem is: "sometimes it will start but run real

When will they be legal in the last states holding out?