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All that is still less than 18 months' depreciation on a 3 year old Mondeo...
With the added bonus that you get to drive a rad old merc not a mondeo.
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It never stops, but you do get ahead of stuff going wrong.
High idle: air getting in somewhere?
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You decide what needs fixing and what doesn't.
In my case the line was £6000 on a car that I bought for £800.
Hefty
Dammit
bq
@kboy
Update on the w124 saga...
Throttle body - manufactured 1994 = probable cause of high / odd idle. Found a replacement at a breakers for £100
Wiring loom - probably old, tbc though = probable / imminent cause of issues. Cheapest replacement I've found is around £300
OVP relay - need to test, but looking at £25 if I'm lucky on ebay.de
Handbrake shoes - £100 + work
MAF - replaced = £180
Ignition leads - replaced = £100
Front + rear wheel bearings - replaced = £500
Then we have the clunk in the diff, prob another coupla hundred...
This is all within the last 18 months and the next few weeks to get it through the MOT
Where do you draw the line for keeping an old car running? As much as I like it, I think I'm about to step over some kind of repair-at-all-costs line soon