1989 Mercedes-Benz 300-Class Reviews
| “The Last Of The World-beater Benzes” One of the finest handling cars i've ever owned. Brakes wonderfully, turns sharper than anything i've ever seen, and handles like as champs. It was fairly cheap to own, very fun to drive, but it could have been better on gas. I loved the way it looked. I just wish that this page would go more in depth with models, as mine was a 1988 300ce, the coupe model.
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Great handling, wonderful performance, amazing quality
Cons —
So-so mileage around town.
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| “Grand For Driving, Even Grander For A Mechanic” Peformance times on the car were quite impressive, my specific model was a 1989 300E with around 150,000 miles, and for the age on the inline 6 cylinder engine it had some impressive sprints and moments of torque. Handling in the car was very precise and cornering made cutting through windy roads a blast. However, the reliability, probably due to age, was completely horrid. Blown head gasket, blown gaskets, surprise leaks, faulty transmission and air conditioning, made this car a hard thing to keep running. I sold the car just due to the estimated mechanic bill for the blown head gasket (a little over 2 grand, when car was worth 3500) but it still was a grand car especially since it was the one I learned how to drive one.
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Overall feel behind the wheel
Cons —
Reliability
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| “M-b 300e” Pretty nice car, Has its oddities but then again its german. Makes rather good power once you get above about 3k rpm. The odometer went out at about 150k miles and the ball joints began squeaking those were easy replacements though. Overall a fun car to drive. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Good car reliable.
Cons —
Noumerous oddities.
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Used Mercedes-Benz 300-Class
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| “300-te Y'all”
I love the color and the economy gauge, which I spend
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Many
Cons —
Few
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| “300te, Wagons Are In” Just got it, interior still looks like it's sitting in the showroom.
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3rd row seat, GANGSTA
Cons —
no cup holders, 8-trac wtf
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| “I Love This Car!” 300 E, its actually an 86, and it has a manual transmission, its one of the best manuals ive ever driven, no complaints really, she has 350,000 miles on her and the engine is original , they are amazing cars they go forever
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everything is electric, everything! Freakin awesome little wipers on the head lights! really comfotable seats, reliable and durable as hell!
Cons —
this is kind of not to bad of a con considering its more then 20 years old and has 350,000 miles on it the only problems it has is the detereoration of the electical in the seats and windows.
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| “My Tank” Well my aunt Carmela owned this car back in the 80''s & 90"s I do was in love with the car and five years ago i have the opp. to purchase this one with no regret... I own 3 mercedes but this one is my favorite. I do love it and never will change this car for anything else.
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turbo diesel
Cons —
nothing
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| “Quality” in 1989 it was a great car, now its more or less ordinary
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Recaro Seats and 4x4
Cons —
The automatic gearbox
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| “Strong Running Car”
I work on these cars for a living. The 124 class is my favorite, I'm a 103 motor specialist. The 103 motor is the 3.0 inline 6 cylinder. Although the headgaskets seem to go every 5-7 years, these cars last way over 200,000 miles. These cars are great, my boss has a 300D 2.5 turbo diesel, car is great gets about 26 mpg, runs very strong. If any of you are in New Jersey and looking for a good shop that works on these, go to my shop
Pros —
strong running car
Cons —
must keep up with maintenece
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| “Engineered Like No Other Car” Build quality is timeless, things don't fall apart just because the car has aged. The engine is a straight six with a cast iron block and is probably one of the strongest engines that was produced at the time.
Pros —
You get noticed that you're driving a Mercedes
Cons —
Good mechanics who know these cars are hard to find
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