Reminds me, the last repair on my Lotus Esprit. The alternator needed replacing. I was quote $650 for new one. Shop decided it was much more economical to send the old one off to get rebuilt. I've a V8 Esprit. You sort of half to drop the engine to replace the alternator. All told bill was around $3500.

On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote:

> I wanted one of these for a long time & decided against it because of
> maintenance cost.
>
> Recently I picked up a 1963 190Dc. For those of you who have spent any time
> in Germany during the 60's you will immediately recognize the car as a 4
> door taxi!
>
> So, it should be relatively cheap to keep on the road, right?
>
> Wrong!!!!
>
> The starter went out and Mercedes quoted me $1160 USD for a new replacement!
>
> I found a good used replacement out of Kalifornia for $120 USD.
>
> Thanks,