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Originally Posted By: ET16 The car is very clean and has 45k miles or so. It looks as if I could get the parts I need for between $350 and $500, maybe less. Turbos don't normally go out that early. Unless the seller can give you a rock solid alternate explanation, I'd be taking a very close...

If that's all that's wrong, and the price is otherwise right, why not? A turbo replacement is not overly involved. Just expensive.

Don't let my handle fool anyone. I'm loyal to whatever brand is making the best vehicle when we're shopping for one. We buy on vehicle first, price second, and dealer third. A high quality dealer won't overcome a low quality vehicle with us. The dealer is very low on our totem, as there is a...

d00df00d, I saw it first on a set of Pilot Exaltos, circa 2005-2006 (not mine). They were surface cracking on the sidewalls on one side of the car only, which we figured out was the side of the car facing the sun more during most days. It started about 2-3 years in, and then didn't worsen after...

No doubt about it, Vikas, as regards Michelins. Generally speaking, from my experience Michelins are the easiest to balance and present fewer problems as they wear than many others. Some do have an early surface cracking issue. And they are never cheap tires. I have the LTX M/S 2 on our truck...

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy History, Hitler was a big Mercedes enthusiast and the company did well as a result. As did Ferdinand Porsche, and Auto Union. Great art deco advertising. Most of the big pre war Mercedes had some very notorious owners; although I think in terms of body...

Originally Posted By: Trav . . . i like it as history and have a lot of stuff that era including Hitlers and Himmler's signature on a few items. What i don't care for is posters throwing the term Nazi around loosely for no reason. No offense Trav (actually I am), but pot, meet kettle.

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 ^^^Stunningly accurate, and true on all counts. Why anyone would NOT want good wet grip is beyond me, but I don't live in Arizona either... Everyone wants good wet grip and stopping performance. Which is why my wife's latest set of tires are Conti PureContact...

Originally Posted By: Garak But there is Godwin's Law, and perhaps it needs another corollary. Garek, you must be referring to this guy: Beware the Wiki-Nazis With just three days' notice to the staff, Mike Godwin is out as Wikipedia's GC It seems to be a more recent cause célèbre...

Originally Posted By: The Critic http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/...wears/index.htm Cliff Notes: - Premier A/S mostly lives up to its claims on maintaining wet traction as the tire wears - Dry Traction on the Premier A/S is a bit deficient compared to the Primacy MXV4, but not by a...

Originally Posted By: Trav Originally Posted By: Volvohead Other than the parts Nazi aspect to it I wish someone would add that word to the censor! Trav, Why? The general term "Nazi" has become popular vernacular in modern American culture, through such events such as Seinfeld's "soup...

No. A good parts man can work around the system for most manufacturers with just a part number. Do it all the time with other makers. If an MB parts department has it in local inventory, they can work with you, too. But not every dealer has every part for every car. So then they must log in to...

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy Mercedes parts support puts everyone else to shame, as you said you can get just about anything for any car they have made and the prices are usually pretty good. You can still get brake parts for a 300SL Gullwing, right from the dealer counter. Try doing that...

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 Yes. Immediately after the unions were happy. Isn't that the truth. That was a pure union bailout. GM was just the gift wrap.

Originally Posted By: bdcardinal . . .O and my mileage has dropped to 14.4 now, oops... Ha ha! Your mileage should go up a little with a performance exhaust, not down. Sounds like you're breaking it in the fun way. Mmmmm, better take that brick out of your boot when you get around to it.

I don't know about today's engines with cats, but we used a lot of this stuff in engines calling for lead (mainly pre-'71) once the leaded fuels went away. And it worked in keeping the valve seats from wearing on unleaded. This was in carbureted delivery systems. As far as the other posters...

Originally Posted By: slowdime I use this stuff called "Bleche White", I've got my tires mounted with the white band facing outward. Stuff does a great job at cleaning the tire; doesn't leave it gloss or anything, just clean. Westley's Bleche White has been around for at least 50 years. It's...

To the OP, huge congratulations. That is a fantastic automobile. One of the finest from that marque. The best quality from top to bottom was standard on the early generation big LS. They were still making a name against the big Germans then, and spared no expense on them. At that mileage, it's...

Fords have always had problems deciding what gear they want to be in. I recall more than one late 60s-70s Ford deciding it liked reverse over park. I saw one, left unattended for 30 seconds, almost backup through the front of a house 200 feet away. They never remedied the problem to my...

Originally Posted By: Nick1994 I didn't say anything about them not being safe, just that they're junk. A nightmare to repair and put back together In all due respect, I again disagree. If anything, it's the exact opposite. The better Europeans are designed to be disassembled and reassembled...