At the time the 140 was designed and built, MB spent more money designing it that any other car in their history. Was the most advanced car of the time. This told to me by and old german dude way back when they first came out with them. The next S was just cheap compared. Hell, even the later years of 140's were cheaped down. Didnt have as many features as the earlier ones
E M wrote: > Good points. You have to remember to when this car hit the scene, many ppl > enjoyed bragging about how much they would spend for a service. :-) Todays > climate, we are more likely to complain about it. :-) 126 was and still is > a great car that mercedes got a LOT of years out of. I think they wanted a > big push forward with the 140, and the car was not made or designed on the > cheap! The car was very complicated, and the more stuff you have, the more > there is to fail. Look at the recent threads on locks and tumblers. I > don't hear anyone saying, oh the tumblers in 124 or 123 are junk. They're > older, they fail, Add 5 times the number of parts, 5 times more parts to > fail. After test driving a 140, it made the S that followed look like it > was build down to a price, and I'm pretty sure it was. I also think leasing > now plays a much larger part in the lack of long term maintance some of > these higher end cars receive. I think there's a mind set as to how many > treat cars when they bring them home new, and they know it won't still be > sitting in their driveway 400,000 miles later. Drive the crap out of it, it > only has to last 3-4 years. It shows too when they go to auction after a > few owners. > > Ed > 300E -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
