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[henryd]

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Depends if you use it as an every day car, Entwoods install was around that cost, he has more than paid it back.
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We'll wait for Mr Opti to confirm  but I doubt many 10 yr old 5 liter Mercs are bought to be used as everyday transport.

Nige's gassed Omega is his only car, so will obviously clock the miles up & go towards justifying his gas install

Agreed. It would be used as a 'weekend toy'

I doubt that I would add more than 2-3000 miles a year to the mileage, so the cost of petrol shouldn't be a problem.

As a sad old bastard the cost of insurance shouldn't be too much of a problem either.

However, parts are bound to be expensive, and any one major problem would probably result in a trip to the crusher.

Hmmm......heart says yes......head says no.

Merc main dealer parts are cheaper than you'd think especially on older stuff

[albitz]

I had a Merc about 3 years ago and was surprised to find that parts generally werent as expensive as I thought they would be.
The owners forum is one of the better ones ime,and can provide a lot of info on less expensive ways to sort problems,similar to OOF.

[05omegav6]

The killer seems to be their diagnostic and labour rates

Most firms have a discounted parts facility for older models, Mercedes consumables have always been on a par with Vauxhall

[albitz]

There are members of the forum who have the diagnostic gear etc. with much cheaper rates than dealers,same as OOF.

[rikki_essex]

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Even professional install say £2k, on £4k Merc, means you get a £60k car which is quite cheap to run

 ......... and £2k is 200 tanks of fuel. That's a lot of miles in a ''boy's toy'' before you even begin to pay back the cost of the install.   

200 Tanks i wish i could buy it from the same place as you lol

[Andy B]

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200 Tanks i wish i could buy it from the same place as you lol

Well spotted  ...... I got my dot in the wrong place!     

£100 per tank ......... 20 tanks     

[Sir Tigger KC]

I agree with the others about Merc parts. 

I've found them to be very reasonably priced compared to Vauxhall and the two Merc dealers that I have used have been very helpful!