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I have been driving a 240 since 1991. 16 years driving the same model car. That tells you something. My first was a '90 245 purchased used with 15,000 miles. I retired it in 2005 with 302,000 miles when the electrical gremlins and glitches got to be too much to deal with. It only stranded me once when the LH CPU died early in it's life. (known problem) Except for a couple of spots on the leading edge of the hood and the lip of the tailgate, the body had no rust. In 2005 I replaced it with a '93 245 with 88,000 miles. I'm still driving it and it currently has 170,000 miles. They did a lot of nice things to the '93 240's before they ended the production: suspension upgrades, more sound insulation, R134 A/C, quieter blower motor, misc. interior upgrades and they even added squirters to the block to lube the undersides of the pistons. The nice part about owning a 16 year old car is that I can drive it until a major failure ends its service and no hard feelings or disappointment. Until then, just fix the routine normal stuff as it occurs. The way it's running, I expect to reach 250K without any repairs to the engine or tranny.




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