Having spent time in both, I'd say the W211 is a much better car than the W210 in terms of quality of materials and general feel. I've logged a large number of miles of W211s over the years and always enjoyed them.
Jaime On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:15 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My $0.02 is the E300 you already own. > > The newer Benz are crap. I am ashamed to say that I was heading to my > S430 in a parking lot and tried to get into a Kia sedan. The look and > everything just screams cheap korean car. The W210 is junk, and the W211 > is not going to be less plastic and kruft than the W220. I was getting > 36mpg highway in the W124. I doubt the newer diesels get anywhere near > that distance > > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 2015, at 2:39 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > > If I were looking for a used MB diesel sedan, that is the most recent > year / model I would buy. Terrifically low fuel consumption, powerful, > quiet, reliable. > > > > I don't think they are quite as reliable as a 123, which is a relatively > simple car, but for a modern car you can't do much better. > > -- > > Max Dillon > > Charleston SC > > '87 300TD > > '95 E300 > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ 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
