1991 Mercedes-Benz 190-Series

190e Coupe

6 - Cyl.

Automatic

WDBDA29D5MF786606

Gasoline

HELLO! LET ME START OFF BY SAYING I AM NOT A DEALER AND ALL OF THE CARS YOU HAVE SEEN WERE AND ARE MY PERSONAL VEHICLES!!! THIS IS A NO RESERVE, SOLD "AS-IS" AUCTION! I BELIEVE MY FEEDBACK OF 7 years without a negative while selling MANY expensive VEHICLES AND FERRARI PARTS around the world speaks for itself!!! (which these 2 listings are NOT OF THE EXPENSIVE NATURE!!) These are EXCEPTIONAL VEHICLES NOT BARRETT JACKSON FRAME-OFF RESTORATIONS!! I had 2 Ferrari 348 Spiders for 5 years, the Hummer 1 for 6 years. I have had the ML55 (all OUR paid $70,000.00) of it for 100,000 miles and 9 years! I am 46 with 5 small children and the home you see is where we live. I lived in Europe for 15 years.... I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED CARS AND MERCEDES IN PARTICULAR!!!! You will see as you EXAMINE THE PAINSTAKINGLY DETAILED (NOT PHOTO SHOPPED) ORIGINAL DIGITAL PICTURES I TOOK THAT THIS NO RESERVE 1991 190E HAS LIVED IT'S ENTIRE EXISTENCE GARAGED IN PALM DESSERT AND PALM SPRINGS, A VERY WEALTHY AREA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!! I was born in San Diego, my mother was raised there and my grandparents lived there for 57 years. I always make an excuse of the weather here in Utah to ESCAPE and visit Southern California a few times a winter (and summer) to fly in, buy an EXCEPTIONAL VEHICLE and drive it home while usually visiting the Temples of THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. The San Diego Temple is in #23 picture with the 1982 500SEL EUROPEAN EDITION - EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION GREY MARKET VEHICLE I ALSO HAVE FOR SALE starting 3-18-11. 500SEL didn't come to US until 1984!! Both of these vehicles were purchased EXPRESSLY to re-sale. The 2002 SILVER E430 SPECIAL EDITION IS NOT FOR SALE. I love to drive both of these and DETAILED them to their maximum splendor and NOW WILL let someone else who wants the uniqueness and quality ENJOY them on a permanent basis. I have driven both of them more than 1,000 miles and over 20 times each since being back in Utah, as WELL AS PUTTING IN OVER 100 HOURS EACH IN "TOUCH UPS", DETAILING AND POLISHING!! Now the details!!! THIS WAS BUILT IN GERMANY by GERMANS FOR THE AUTOBAHN!!! This 1991 190e 2.6 was the most luxurious of the smallest of the Mercedes Line-up. It was nearly $40,000.00 20 years ago. It was extremely over engineered and over designed!!! It is known as the baby Benz... anyone who doesn't know what they are looking at can find almost ALL the details they want via Google or Wikipedia. THIS WAS AND IS AN EXPENSIVE, QUALITY, EXCEPTIONALLY BUILT EUROPEAN SEDAN. FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IT IS AS SMOOTH AS SILK AND NO PULLS AT 110MPH... AS IT WAS AT 80-85MPH THE ENTIRE TRIP FROM LA, SAN DIEGO, LAS VEGAS TO SALT LAKE CITY. I ONLY USE LUCAS FUEL INJECTOR ADDITIVES WITH 93 or 91 Chevron premium gas - Techron really is the Best - don't cut corners. I personally only use Mobil 1 Oil Filters and Mobil 1 FULL SYNTHETIC OIL. 10W/40 6.3qts I used THEM BOTH in this car, even though the previous oil had only been in there 2,000 miles!!!! I also changed the automatic transmission pan gasket, fluid and filter even though that all looked perfect as well. I didn't do a perfect job, so there is a small leak if the next enthusiast is anal and wants to have a go at perfection, have at it. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS AND DRIVES FLAWLESSLY - DOWNSHIFTING AND UPSHIFTING AS IT SHOULD VIA MANUAL MANEUVERING OF GEAR SHIFT LEAVER OR HITTING THE GAS PEDAL SOFT OR HARDER! I HAVE A SUPER CLEAN UTAH EMISSIONS ON THIS STRAIGHT 170 HP - 6 CYLINDER ENGINE! - (Idle test is HC (ppm) standard 220 at 1.2% CO and the reading was ACTUALLY ONLY 91 and 0.14) AMAZINGLY CLEAN and high speed test was 80 and 0.18 on the same 220 and 1.2% scale -- EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN BURNING and EFFICIENT ENGINE RIGHT NOW!!!!! REGARDLESS of WHAT THE true mile ODOMETER READS!!! THE CURRANT EMISSIONS AND INSPECTION REPORT CAN BE USED BY THE NEW BUYER IN UTAH BUT NOT IN OTHER STATES. I HAVE HELPED IN SHIPPING MANY VEHICLES, SO PLEASE IF YOU'RE OUT OF STATE and you want to fly in and drive it home, it will go anywhere SAFELY as it is, or if you prefer I will garage it as it looks right now until YOUR shipper picks it up. These ENGINES will last 1,000,000 miles if treated as they should be!!! You can't fake the TEST to see where an engine is at!!!! This vehicle has NEW SPARK PLUGS, WIRES AND CAP. - NEW SERPENTINE BELT - NEW ENGINE MOUNTS, VALVE COVER GASKETS - NO LEAKS - EVEN THE NEW MUFFLER IS OEM FROM THE DEALER... THAT ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT EVEN ALL THE HOSES AND HOSE CLAMPS ARE OEM AND NEW proves how anal and SMART THE PAST OWNERS WERE!!! That's even more anal than I was with both MY Ferrari's!!!! The BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE NEARLY BRAND NEW AND THE TIRES ARE 90%. THE FACTS ARE SIMPLE, AS YOU SEE THE NEW TIE RODS AND BUSHINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, EVEN LOOKS LIKE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER BRAKE REBUILD AND ABS SYSTEM WORKED ON. (look VERY CLOSELY at the 2 pictures I took of the engine bay as there is NO WEAR or discoloration on the Exhaust Manifold after 20 years) - OBVIOUSLY I took off the air filter and cover and bottom engine plastic guard for the pictures but it it is all there... THIS CAR HAS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED AND NO EXPENSE SPARED!!! AMAZING!!! THERE IS 100% NO RUST!!!! on this 2 OWNER CALIFORNIA CAR, THE LAST HAVING IT 7 YEARS. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A COMMUTER CAR. The windshield looks amazing for OEM, the DASH IS FLAWLESS!!! THERE ARE EVEN 4 KEYS THAT ALL WORK AS THEY SHOULD IN ALL THE LOCKS AND EVEN MORE AMAZING STILL IS THE FACT THAT THE DOOR LOCK SYSTEM FUNCTIONS PERFECTLY AS YOU LOCK AND UNLOCK FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR IN LIFTING UP OR PULLING DOWN THE DOOR LOCKS AT THE SAME TIME!!! LOCKS THE TRUNK TOO. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, ALL MERCEDES ARE SUPER RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE TO OWN - EXCEPT ORIGINAL UP FRONT PURCHASE COST - IF YOU PERFORM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE!!! ENGINE OIL, FILTERS AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS AND FILTERS BEING KEY!! THE INTERIOR, EXCEPT FOR THE VERY SMALL CRACKS ON THE ARMREST IS 99%. I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN -- 99%!!! THE CARPET IS PERFECT ALL AROUND... IT IS ORIGINAL!!! THE WOOD GRAIN HAS NO CRACKS, NOR DOES THE DASH!!! THE POWER MIRROR WORKS GREAT, EVEN THE CHILD LOCK BUTTON BY THE WINDOW SWITCHES WORKS AS DESIGNED. ALL THE LIGHTS WORK, FOG LIGHTS, EVEN THE 4 LIGHTS IN THE PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING - SEEMINGLY NEW - VANITY MIRRORS!!! ALL THE READING LIGHTS, DOOR LIGHTS, ETC. ETC. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS GO ON AND TURN OFF AS THEY SHOULD!!! THE ELECTRICAL DEFROSTED REAR WINDOW WORKS, THE ELECTRIC SEATS WORK, THE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS ALL GO UP AND DOWN EXTREMELY FAST EXCEPT THE PASSENGER REAR DOESN'T MOVE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WENT ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY IN THE ENTIRE TRIP... I NEVER USE THEM ON ANY CAR, AS I DRIVE A LITTLE FASTER AND MORE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED THAN MOST!! THE CENTER OUTSIDE AIR VENT WORKS PERFECTLY, ALL 4 LEVELS OF THE BLOWER MOTOR WORK AS THEY SHOULD, THE HEAT IS HOT AND THE A/C IS COLD! IT DID TAKE IT A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE VACUUM LINES TO SWITCH THEMSELVES OVER TO HEAT AS I'M SURE THEY NEVER USED IT!! THE POWER SUN ROOF WORKS FLAWLESSLY IN ALL POSITIONS, NO LEAKS OR GRINDS AT ALL, PERFECT!!! THE MOST AMAZING THING TO ME WAS THAT THERE IS A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING EXPENSIVE REMOVABLE FACE PLATE KENWOOD CASSETTE PLAYER!!! I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO CASSETTES FOR 10 YEARS ON A CAR SYSTEM - ANYWHERE - BASICALLY THESE INDIVIDUALS BABIED THIS CAR WITH UNLIMITED FUNDS AND DROVE IT EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN!!! THE MILES ARE OF NO SIGNIFICANCE ON THIS CAR -- I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WASN'T DONE AT REGULAR INTERVALS. SO HERE YOU HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF A CLASSIC 20 YEAR OLD - SEEMS MUCH NEWER - MERCEDES BENZ!!! THIS IS A REAL, LEGITIMATE, NO GAMES, NO RE LISTING, NO RESERVE AUCTION!!! IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN 10 POSITIVE FEEDBACKS YOUR BID WILL BE REMOVED AS SOON AS YOU MAKE IT UNLESS I HEAR FROM YOU BEFORE, NO EXCEPTIONS... I DETEST THE ABUSE GREAT EBAYERS WORLDWIDE HAVE HAD TO SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF GAME PLAYING, TIME WASTING INDIVIDUALS. AGAIN, THIS AUCTION IS SOLD AS-IS, NO REFUNDS!!! FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO SEE OR DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN PERSON -- THIS CAR IS NOT LISTED LOCALLY AND WILL ONLY BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER VIA EBAY AND ONLY WITH A PAYPAL DEPOSIT!!! EVEN IF YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ME!!! THANK YOU FOR BEING A MERCEDES BENZ ENTHUSIAST!!! THE BEST TO EVERYONE!! HAPPY BIDDING!! - MAY ALL OF OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO SO MANY THE WORLD OVER WHO ARE SUFFERING SO MANY DIFFICULTIES AT THIS TIME!!