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- From: billb@geac.com (Bill Bain)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations re: 82/83/84 Mercedes....
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.162102.17933@geac.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:21:02 GMT
- References: <715622639.F00002@blkcat.UUCP>
- Organization: Geac Computer Corporation
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- In article <715622639.F00002@blkcat.UUCP> Frank.Mallory@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory) writes:
- > JG> For that much money you can get your self a nice digitally fuel
- > JG> injected
- > JG> BMW 528e '82 or later. This car burns clean and gets good gas mileage.
- > JG> Diesel mbz's are very expensive to repair. At 100k miles the car has
- > JG> a good chance of being in need of a rebuild, unless it was taken care
- > JG> of
- > JG> in which case 100k miles has not really broken the engine in yet.
- >
- >I've heard that there has been a lot of trouble with the "eta" engine used in
- >the 528e. True or not?
- >
-
- NOT!
-
- If you ignore the 3.2 or 3.5 big six, the eta is a great engine (I have one
- of each).
-
- Perhaps the only 'problem' is that you MUST change the timing belt every
- 80,000 kilometers (50,000 miles) because if it breaks, it'll bend the valves.
-
- Compared to 'other' cars, it's very fast.
-
- Bill Bain
-