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[mattsbeamer]

Hello Guys. My name is Matthew. My little brother aged 15  is a mercedes fan. He really wants to buy a little Mercedes, not including the A-class or the smart, there to expensive. I'm gussing that the smallest saloon is the 190E (sorry I don't really know my Mercedes). What body kits are there for it, and whats the cheapest for him to insure?. Thankyou for you help and time. []

 

[Carabosse]

Hi Matt, I'm new to this forum too! I'd try and persuade your brother to go for a BMW...bit more of a young guy's car than a Merc. :biggrin:

I maybe wrong but I doubt they do bodykits for the 190 - it's quite an old model now. But hopefully someone here may be able to think of something?

 

[mattsbeamer]

Hi Carabosse. Nice to meet you. This is the body kit he would like

 

[Matt Crooke]

Hi Mattsbeamer.

The 190E isnt the smallest saloon, as its size and engines are comparable with the later C Class, although being the oldest and the cheapest to buy nowadays, i would go for one for sure. Ive had my 2.0 litre 190 for a while now, and to be honest although the bodywork isnt 100% they are a ****** nice car. Excellent build quality and mechanics. They are also simple to work on (essential on a first car!) as the 190 seems to be the last of the "Traditional not ruled by electrics" style of car

Definatly go for a later model with the bigger bumpers as they look a lot better than the earlier models like mine. I believe the dash layout is slightly better as well. Engines available are 1.8 up to a 2.6. There are a couple of Diesels thrown in for good measure as well.

cheers

 

[Matt Crooke]

ps, they also do injected and non injected ones. The injected ones are denoted by the "E". short for the German word Einspritz....which loosly translated means Injection. However i dont think there is really much difference in performance between the E and non E versions, as its only the old fashioned Bosch K Jetronic mechanical fuel injection installed. None of this new fangled Multi-point EFI business lol!!!

cheers

 

[mattsbeamer]

To matt. Thankyou VERY much for you reply. It would probably have to be the 1.8, due to the insureance reasons. I can't believe that the insurance group for the 1.8 is 13. My 85 BMW 318i Auto 4-door saloon is insureance group is 14.  

 

[Matt Crooke]

Im not sure what group mine is, but im 25 years old and pay about £255 a year full comp. Not to bad i thought. Thats with the woman on there as well.

 

[mattsbeamer]

Thats good. Im only 18. If i deciede to run my Mk3 Fiesta it will cost £1000 to insure her. Or my 85 318i will cost about £1750 (thats including pass plus discount).

 

[Matt Crooke]

£1750??? for a 1.8 car. Scandalous isnt it. No wonder these ****** insurance companies are raking it in!!!

I feel really old all of a sudden :-(

 

[mattsbeamer]

LOL.

 

[white190]

ODD I chose the 2.0 because my insurance company (Norwich union) had the 1.8 and 2.0 in the same insurance group
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There are still plenty of Kits / spoilers / tuning goodies available for the 190....
I still think the 190 looks smarter than a bimmer..

(Edited by white190 at 9:18 am on July 16, 2002)

Bloomin MSN playing up again haveto have small pic

(Edited by white190 at 6:20 am on July 17, 2002)

 

[mattsbeamer]

nice looking car there.

 

[Tony]

The 190 is a classic. It looks better than most modern Mercedes. All the modern ones are beginning to look the same - they just come in different sizes and with a varying number of seats. The CLK used to look a bit different, but the new one is like a C-class without the B pillars.

By the way, if you're stuffing a body kit on the car check with the insurance first. They take any opportunity to load the premium.

 

[Matt Crooke]

Vive la 190!!!!!

 

[mattsbeamer]

Thanks for the advise Tony. My little bro should like his future Merc then, going by what you say.

 

[shiraz]

Matt, taking an opportunity here - I have a 2.0 190e for sale - see later post...

Adam (grenachenoir)

 

[mattsbeamer]

Your Merc sounds nice, but the only problem is he wants a black one with black or cream leather seats. Have you any pictures of her.

 

[shiraz]

Sorry Matt, she is metallic blue - blue cloth - not your sort of thing at all!

 

[mattsbeamer]

i think your car sounds lovely, and owuld love to have one. Its not my brothers colour. Have you any pic, or look alike photos. I ll ask my friends, and see if they would be intrested. Its ashame that the insureance wasn't cheaper on her, because it would look impressive, having a BMW,your Merc at my age.

 

[mattsbeamer]

i think your car sounds lovely, and owuld love to have one. Its not my brothers colour. Have you any pic, or look alike photos. I ll ask my friends, and see if they would be intrested. Its ashame that the insureance wasn't cheaper on her, because it would look impressive, having a BMW,your Merc at my age.