Well we need to sell a car now and I can't figure out if I want to get rid of the E or the C. Both have identical mileage (around 113k), yet I am not sure what would cost more to maintain. I've had the air pump on the E go, that and the belt tensioners were fixed, but the engine itself is running fine (albeit with the typical need to top off a quart of oil every couple months or so). The C220 runs well also and hasn't had any major repairs (but the fuel gague doesn't work properly).

What do you guys think? The C looks like it blue books for twice as much as the E, so I think it might be the best choice to sell right now.

The car would be used for commuting about 40mi round trip, 3-4x a week.

hoinestly sell the c-class. The w124 was mercedes 2nd best model ever. I have 190,000 on my e300 4matic with the original transfercase still wokring strong. Plus why would you want a 4 cylinder of a 6. And you'l get more money from selling the newer c-class.

^ Ditto.

Agreed.

sell the c-class

K, thanks for the advice I'll go ahead and keep the W124.

I'd better clear out that EGR tube as well so I keep that check engine light from coming on again. I'll try the flexible cable that people mentioned.

But I was wondering, has anyone here ever tried using Seafoam on their W124as a caked carbon solvent? I keep hearing things about it on other forums for other cars but I've never tried it. Seems like it would be interesting to give a shot.

I tried cleaning my EGR tube with a flexible steel cable. What a b!tch! I ended up disconnecting the tube from the intake manifold and cleaning it with a peice of wire. I stil couldn't run the cable all the way through, too many bends. My "check engine" light quit coming on, but the computer still throws code 23 on every now and then.