Peter, I have found the W140 to be a pretty robust platform, and relatively cheap to maintain and work on. My 95 S500 coupe is rapidly approaching 275k, and it's running great and has had minimal issues. Parts are readily available and not terribly expensive.
I will be adding another W140 to the fleet in the near future, only this time it will be a later model and a sedan. For $5k-$7k you can get a nice late 90s W140 with less than 150k on it that will go another 200k easily. They are comparable if not better than a W126 when it comes to comfort and ride, and the later amenities make them even nicer. I have looked ahead of the W140s, but not liked what I saw. With this in mind I'm sticking to W140s and older. Dan On Aug 30, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We have the same dilemma -- the 300 SDL is getting up there in years and > miles, so is the 87 300D, and I am not excited about the replacements. The > quality is simply not there, after Chrysler got involved Benz seems to have > decided to make very expensive disposable cars, with electronic everything. > Very annoying, I prefer the longevity of the older ones. New ones end up in > the dump about the time I'd be buying them because they need several thousand > dollars of electronics to fix stupid problems (i.e. two, not one, $2500 > computers to get the f...king brake lights to work.) > > Peter > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
