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Many of us here have 200+ K miles on our 200's.
Many of us get our hands dirty. As mentioned earlier. If you depend on a Mechanic to do all the work, the car may beat you up $$. Not too many dealers want to work on them and many Independent Shops have to reinvent the wheel to figure out what's going on. If you do the work yourself and you ask the questions here, you will have a very inexpensive maintenance vehicle.
This Swede car is very good in the snow as compared to many Rear wheel drive cars. I can't explain why but I've been driving through New York Winters for 20 years now in my 200.
Like any car they have their quirks. I think between the many people on this Site, we have seen them all and can probably finish your sentence when you ask a question.
I own an '89 but there is nothing wrong with a'90. Actually it might be a prefered year.
200K miles. yup, it's time to look at some things. Repack the front wheel bearings. If you get Clunking going over speed bumps slowly... Rear Trailing arm bushings or Torque rod bushings would be suspect. Timing Belt change is every 50K miles. Relatively easy as compared to may cars.
Many of us mail order parts from a few reputable places. They don't kill uyou on shipping either. These cars are as easy to work on as an early 70's type car, hardly any 'crap' in the way.
You are asking a bias bunch of guys.... I am the original owner of my '89 and at 300K miles, I don't have any new purchase in my future.
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