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Did you have a look at the underside of parcel shelf area by poking your head in the boot? Just like in a 190 they can rot out their rear screen surrounds badly, an expensive repair. Other than that it depends on price. If it was around what the Montego owner wanted then get it bought. Very veg oil friendly once filters changed.

2005 MG ZS, low miles, X power kit whatever that is. Nice looking cars with the side vents in the front wings. £1150 Newcastle. https://www.gumtree.com/p/mg/mg-zs-2005-57-000-miles-with-xpower-kit-/1433390594

About a year ago i went to view a T1N Sprinter 416 cdi mwb, Ex police riot van. Proper torque converter auto. It was advertised on Gumtree with just a few crap photos and a brief description. Rang the seller and arranged to view. Had 8+ months MOT on it and mot history did not mention any rust which i thought was a positive for a T1N. Up for £6000. Get there after an hour and a half drive and the van looks quite nice. Nice silver paint with the ex police dark tinted polycarbonate rear windows and even the front side windows are double thickness (smash proof?) . Engine sounds sweet, starts on the button and the auto box seems to work fine. Has a leisure battery, split charge system, big invertor, TV, microwave, gas hob and sink unit. Even has a little bed in the back. The van does however have a bit of rust in all the doors but i figured i could tidy that up over time. The seller takes me on a short test drive due to not much fuel in it and all seems well. I offer the guy £4000 and after some umming and ahhing he accepts. Arrange to come back a week later to pay and pick the van up. While i was looking the van over i was taking photos of it and only when i got home i noticed that the near side front step in the front bumper was bent downwards. Very odd. This step is a L shaped metal plate used so you can stand up to reach inside the engine bay and it is bolted to the front crash bar behind the plastic front bumper. Spoke to the seller about it , had it been in a crash? Could he send me some photos of the crash bar behind the bumper or even just a close up photo of that area in the engine bay and he would not acknowledge the step was bent and there was a problem. Deal off. Couple of months later the van turns up on Gumtree with another seller about 50 miles from where i viewed it. This time the new seller has taken most of the interior out and has pictures of the rot in the rear doors. No mention of the bent front step even though i can see it is still bent downwards in the photos. The van has now been MOT less since November 2021. GX54HCN. Glad i did not waste £4000 on it.

One for the true crime fans. Volvo S60 T5 ex police car used in the Raoul Moat police man hunt back in 2010 in the Newcastle area. https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/2008-volvo-s60-t5-2.4-260bhp-ex-police-manual-/1432728124

My 190 has an electric heated passenger side mirror and a manual unheated drivers side. Cost cutting possibly but functionally makes sense. Have no idea if the heated passenger side mirror was an option back in 1991.

Good vid on how to not damage the threads when drilling a bolt out.

Could be wrong but i always assumed diesel when mixed with engine oil would have the effect of thinning the oil in the sump.

Look at the fucking state of this 190e. I do not object to the window louvre it is the wet paint look (black dulux?), wrong offset w210 alloys, tinted lenses, DTM back box and dukes of hazard smoke screen shot that grinds my gears. It has (had) 122bhp (34 years ago) not 400 FFS. https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/1988-black-mercedes-benz-190-classic-2.0-automatic-with-mot-for-repair-/1431392007