"It is such a great highway performer and very comfortable to drive. I don't think I have ever had a car that I could drive 7-8 hours straight without stopping and stretching and fighting an aching back or legs. If I didn't have to stop for gas or nature's call --I could drive forever in this car. I now know why so many 126 owners rave about these cars."
EXACTLY! My dad asked once, "What's the big deal about this car?" I said drive it for three hours, then tell me. I used to HATE road trips. Now I love them. The longest I ever spent in a car b4 my 300SD was 12 hours (driving) and it nearly killed me, I was exhausted. A year ago, I drove 17.5 hours striaght, with three girls aged 5 and under(!!!) and I too could have gone forever. This is what the 126 is for. Chris Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Back in January/February I bought a 1990 300SEL. This car has the M103 engine for which many people have strong opinions (both good and bad). Well, I really enjoyed the car, it is roomy and extremely well appointed and comfortable. Plus, I just think it is a good looking car. At any rate, I was ready for the slow acceleration from the 3.0 six cylinder. After all, it doesn't have all that much horsepower and less torque and the 126 LWB is a big heavy car. I picked the car up in Florida and drove it back to Kansas. I enjoyed driving it, but during the 14 hour days of driving I couldn't really appreciate it or love it. I just wanted to get home. While the 103 motor is not exactly zippy around town, I loved it on the highway. I took it on a long trip this past weekend and put about 1000 miles on it. It is such a great highway performer and very comfortable to drive. I don't think I have ever had a car that I could drive 7-8 hours straight without stopping and stretching and fighting an aching back or legs. If I didn't have to stop for gas or nature's call --I could drive forever in this car. I now know why so many 126 owners rave about these cars. Now if we could just do something about the gas mileage. I guess I am going to have to get an SDL. Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 126K _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 152K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 213K, "Wulf" -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 26 19:23:46 2006 Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.8]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FYpc1-0004XX-Rf for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:23:45 +0000 Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id 5.2ea.6009050 (4214) for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:23:39 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:23:39 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Thunderbird - Mac OS X sub 308 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Paint to sample X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:23:46 -0000 <<Wasn't too many years ago that Porsche would paint your car "to sample" providing you gave them enough green stuff.>. Paint to sample and interior to sample is still available at great cost and added production time. A lot of equipment that MB includes as standard is optional at astonishing prices at Porsche. That's why a Cayman or Boxster S is about 50% more costly than a C350 with about the same equipment. And it's why I can't buy one. I think 80 grand for a Cayman is just too much. RLE
