Mercedes W140: Buy, Maintain, Repair, and Love the 1991 to 1999 Mercedes S Class

That $3,000 Mercedes S-Class just handed you a $10,000 repair estimate. Welcome to the Billion Dollar Affordability Trap: the deceptive chasm between this car's $3,000-car acquisition price and its $100,000-car maintenance schedule.This book transforms you from a financial victim into an empowered steward.Stop guessing. This is the finite, predictable curriculum of the Great W140 Pathologies:The Eco-Conscious Catastrophe (the 100% failure-rate wiring)The Evaporator Abyss (the $5,000 dashboard-out A/C job)The Pneumatic Heart (the $1,500 pump that kills your soft-close doors)The NLA Terror (the parts you can no longer buy).This book is an investment that pays for itself on page one.DON'T BUY until you know why 1995 is the Trap Year and 1996 is the Gold Medal Year.SAVE $1,000+ with the $20 Cheap Insurance fix for the 722.6 transmission's pilot bushing that prevents a 100% guaranteed TCM failure.STOP GUESSING with your useless OBD2 scanner. Learn why the 38-pin port is the only one that matters.You are the steward of a Billion Dollar S-Class. The W140 was the last cost-no-object Mercedes.This is the guide to prove you're worthy of it, without the frustration and pain. Read more