[joeygambino]

guys..

I need your advice , on whether it is still safe to drive this car. THis is a w124 300E 1990 with 160K on the meter.


i was on a 300 mile trip .( AT the beginning, I fill up the oil level a half quart or this time i had slightly overfilled it.)

Anyway I saw on my dash the battery red light would come on and disappear every couple of minutes when i was starting. 6 months ago we had replaced the battery completely and then and alternator. 6 months ago, it would go completely dead . This time, the light would wimper up a little and then disappear a few minutes later.

Well, the entire way there and half way back the car was great..but

250 miles into the trip, the car just started choking and then I pulled into a toll booth building. Luckily , the cars were going very slowly as It was a toll booth, but HAD TO BEEEN the highway , my life could have been in danger.



THE car shut off and I tried to start it again . The first pass, iginition would light up and the second would light up the dash board but when I tried the third press it would just do nothing.

So I wait and wait for 3 hours until AAA comes by. He jump starts me and the car starts up ! surprising. THe AAA guy says to me "well if it happend once, it can happen again" ....SO then I am freaked out so I leave the car at the towing facility and catch a ride home .

Today, I come to the towing facility , start up the car and I drive the remainer of 50 miles home.


Now My question is, MONDAY MORNING I HAVE TO drive another 300 for WORK reasons, ANY IDEA what caused it and it is a 1 time deal or could it happend again ? Should I Avoid taking this car on my

TRIP again ?

THIS Incident really freaked me out and I m stayin away from older cars if I can help it!