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Originally Posted by Tcoat
You probably could not chose two worse cars to learn to wrench on. There are German car techs that shudder about working on such vehicles.
That said since the car itself will not cost you anything it leaves you lots of cash leeway to mess around. In the end you should be able to work with anything.
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Totally disagree on the E46, it's nuts and bolts like anything else. The only tricky thing would be a VANOS rebuild but even replacing the whole unit with a remanufactured one is easier and cheaper then fixing the same problem on an FA20 which is $200/cam sprocket since they're not rebuildable. And they learned their lesson on the E36 so most of the plastic parts got beefed up and go longer between replacements.
Can't speak to the Merc, but from what I've seen the V6 is tight in that engine bay and I expect the bumper has to come off for anything not routine.