im 25 years old and want 1983 Mercedes Benz 300td as a daily

>>17789543
How much expendable income to you have? Is it enough to be $1000 to death when issues start? If no, get a Volvo or a subie

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>>17789548
Are you saying I should have $1k put aside just in case if something were to go wrong? if so yes. Also even though I want to work on it myself, if I were to run into problems i have a few euro indy shops in my city.

Also FCP Euro is based in my city as well so that helps a lot.

pic related is the car for I'm interested in.

>>17789543

Good choice.

>>17789543
>rust free
>new england

>>17789543
those cars are a meme. yes the engines will last forever but everything else will fall apart.

>>17789564
$1k
every. month.

hydraulic shock absorbers are a meme
i have an SL500 from 2002 and while mine aren't leaking (yet) the car will lower when standing still for 2-3 days because the fluid inside the shocks flows back into the reservoir
want a fix? $1k
shocks start leaking? your car is RIP unless you pay $1k... for EACH shock

>>17790045
You're a retard. You can re-seal the valve blocks completely (that's what's leaking, not the struts) for $100 a piece in seals, and that's still overpriced.
Now leaking shocks are a different matter but so long as you keep the fluid fresh they should last for a long time.

>>17790045
Or you can just throw the sedan shocks on there instead of the wagon's complicated load leveling system if you don't intend on putting 1000 lbs in the trunk.

>>17790045
W123 don't use air shocks. At least my dads '77 300D doesn't. They use regular coil springs.

>>17789961
thanks.

>>17789975
see >>17789564

>>17790036
Elaborate dont just use buzzwords.

>>17790045
Sounds good. Thanks for the info anon