Mercedes 6.9 anyone?

"Deputy Kovacs" (grandbudapest)
10/16/2013 at 10:58 • Filed to: None

What's the reliability like on these things? I love the history that these cars have (Rendezvous in Paris, Cannonball), plus they still look great today. I'm not looking to buy one now (college student) but who knows what will happen once I get a job.

DISCUSSION (5)

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Deputy Kovacs
10/16/2013 at 11:13

It has a hydro-pneumatic suspension......It will not be the best daily driver as it will require a lot of maintenance and parts. However, the rest of the car is probably made of parts chiseled out of granite or forged with unobtanium and engineered by the finest. Parts will be a bitch and a half but besides those two points it will make a great weekend car.

Nibby > Deputy Kovacs
10/16/2013 at 11:16

It's a gas guzzler too, you'll get in the low teens. It's a reliable car but if something breaks be prepared to pay.

Fl1ngstam > Deputy Kovacs
10/16/2013 at 11:19

If anything goes wrong with the hydropneumatic suspension, it's going to be a costly thing to put right...

This is a cool article:

Pistonheads Heroes

"Fangio took us around the Grand Prix circuit flat out, beautifully smoothly and uneventfully. We didn't appreciate quite how fast we were going until, approaching the old, fearsome, mega-fast Woodcote corner Fangio pulled to the left to overtake a racing Pantera that was being shaken down. It was flat out, on the racing line. Its driver was working away at the wheel as it twitched and hopped around through the corner.

"Fangio, driving with one hand, making just tiny movements at the wheel and talking to Leonard all the while, slipped up alongside the Pantera and eased past him. I looked out the side window and grinned at the Pantera driver as we were alongside, just a couple of feet away. I'll never forget the stunned look on his face as he realised he was being overtaken, in the middle of one of racing's most challenging corners, by a Mercedes saloon with four people on board. It was too much for him. He backed off and just trundled around slowly until we did a couple more laps and pulled off the circuit. I wonder if he ever knew it was Fangio behind the 6.9's wheel."

Also, if you're really serious, talk to Bruce:

BenzWorld Forums

"Don't even get me started on reliability. A good 6.9 (not great, but nicely kept, 120K or so miles, records, needing nothing major like suspension, engine, or trans work) will set you back $10K. If you drive it regularly, you will spend another $10K on repairs and maintenance in two years. If you do not drive it, you'll spend more!! That's the problem.....if not driven enough, stuff rots and leaks and needs fixing. If driven, due to age of the components on a 25+ year old car, things will also need fixing. You better have a BIG budget for that car."

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Deputy Kovacs
10/16/2013 at 11:19