You need the wider sweep to better get in and out. Longer door = less angle to open, meaning it has to angle out farther to allow easy egress/ingress.
Having owned one of these as well as an R129 I can attest to the need for the wider sweep. -D Sent from my iPad > On Aug 13, 2021, at 11:30 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Does anybody, for example South Carolina Floyd, have a 123 coupe and a 123 > sedan/wagon handy? > If so, what's the angular difference between the fully opened doors, and why > would the larger door need a wider sweep angle, other than to whack nearby > parked cars with? > > >> On 2021-08-13 11:20, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> >> I also wonder if you couldn’t use a sedan version and just have a >> limited door swing. I realize the coupe door is longer, so I wonder >> how much that 114mm translates into door swing? > > _______________________________________ > 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
