Regular Car Reviews: 1986 Mercedes-Benz 190E
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2015
- The car was ordered in 1986 from 231 - Coblenz Branch in Germany and was the 1,537 car ordered from the Coblenz branch in 86. It was ordered in 172 Anthracite Gray with 071 black cloth. The option codes are 410 - electric sliding roof, 466 - central locking system, 534 - Manual antenna without radio set, 580 - manual air conditioning, 591 - green heat insulating glass with heated rear window made of single sheet safety glass, 620 - vehicle with catalyst / emission control system. You are correct about being able to order a euro car with english instruments but your particular car had the standard metric speedo originally. If it had english instruments from the factory it would have option code 461, 467, or 469. Rare it was ordered with the cat since most euros were ordered as catalyst ready since it wasn't required in europe yet and unleaded fuel was not as common. The seat belt buzzer and warning light is not factory but is easily removed. Obviously all the outside lights are not the original euro ones.
The slowest car I've ever driven next to my stock Falcon...but, oh man, I look so cool and hip driving this little Merc!
As a German, I'm frightened by those non-original headlamps
Hey everybody! This is the owner. After looking into it. The owner was a U.S. military guy who purchased the car in Germany. He ordered the gauges so it would be legit back it the states. I was confused. I'm sorry internet... I'm sorry.... But everything about this car is confusing and it's not like I can get a carfax. Ha!
Car owner's knowledge about Germany and German cars is zero to none.
The Mercedes 190 was not a fast car but it had VERY good build quality.
The Mercedes 190 is a good solid car, it was never meant to be fast or a race car. The Merc. is perfect for European roads, where I am in the UK the roads are narrow and were built for horses, not wide enough for two cars to pass, a few of these roads are Roman and I drive on them most weeks. On roads around here, 50 mph is a good speed, some roads 30mph is the advisable speed due to the twists and turns. It's a gentleman's car, let the world pass you by and sit in comfort and safety.
Someone put German papers in it, a German plate and sold it to this guy. The denial with him is strong.
Still daily driven in the Balkans, making literally millions of kilometers
Today I learned that you can't take way a owner says about his car at face-value. That Merc 190e is not a true Euro Import. This is not the owners fault, this is mine.
190E. One of the best cars ever built. Also with the larger engines they are kinda not that slow
This isn't an Euro import -.-
Such a simple and classy looking car.
So it's a European import, but the headlights have been converted to the USDM spec? That's a waste...
You forgot the most important part, It will "run forever".
The most appealing part about the 190E to me is that they don't break. I've seen several with the odometer stuck at 999.999km in Europe, mostly cabs.
That dial is for leveling the headlights, so when you're carrying weight in the back you can aim your headlights down, it's there to avoid dazzling drivers on the other side of the road.
As a classic Mercedes fanatic, this was fucking painful. This, physically, hurt me...
I love 190s. They just look so nice.
yeah, uhm... I'm pretty sure that speedo isn't european and neither are those ugly headlights
190 E is still such a timeless looking design - to think it came out before the W124 E-Class but looks much more modern.
As a person that lives in Europe I have to say that I've never heard a sentence spoken by an american that starts with "well, y'know, in Europe..." that didn't make me facepalm.