[W126 Coupe] MB BMW & My SEC

[Kivendren Moodliyar]

Thanks for this Kent, I was beginning to Doubt my 380 SEC we have
capitalised about R 17 000 ($ = +-R6.58) we are seriously considering
Selling this car but its this website that allows me to get access to the
best experts around, Guys Like Dick really go into detail and help us. 

 

Most of the time our 380 is in the mechanics shop, suspension parts, idling,
performance, timing, co, stalling, vibrations, electronic failures.. She is
currently at the Mech due to stalling costs so far are:

To replace the following:

>Both suspension in the rear at R3000 each and explanation for my Susp fluid
loss

>Rear Bushes (R2000)

>Ignition Module at R4000

 

So now the question is do we keep her?

 

I really need some sort of checklist that will help me restore this lovely
car, presently I feel as I I am emptying my money in an empty well. 

 

Please Advise 

 

Kindest Regards : Kivendren Moodliyar '83 380SEC 

Johannesburg

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of Kent Kihl
Sent: 02 August 2006 09:25 PM
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: [W126 Coupe] MB BMW

 

I had first 500 SEC 1984, then a 560 SEC 1986, then a 420 SEC 1987 and then
a BMW 750i 1988. Between 1985 and 1991 all of them except the 560 for about
2 - 2.5 years, the coupes kept their value fairly well, the 420 I actually
sold for just little more than I had bought it for 2 years earlier, the BMW
was a complete disaster, lost 75% of the purchase price in about 2 years, it
was impossible to sell. It is of course good if you are buying a few years
old, you can get them for next to nothing, but it is likely you thereafter
have to keep it for the rest of your life.

 

After the BMW 750i and some more various MB's, a Jaguar XJS V12 and two
Rolls Royce Silver Spirit, there is no doubt the car (cars) that was the
best was the Mb coupes, so now after many years I bought myself the fourth,
the 560 SEC 1989. Not as sporty as my Saab 95, but for weekends it is great.

 

Kent Kihl

Cape Town

 

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