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Originally Posted by 300SD81
The fuel mileage is great, but until everyone starts driving them, I'd be afraid of getting squished like a bug in any kind of accident... Think what would happen say, if my nearly 5000lb 300SD hit one of those cars..even worse with a Hummer or semi...
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I see comments like that a lot. When I told the guys at crownvic.net that I'd sold my Town Car in favor of a W123, I got a few dire warnings of the danger of driving around in a "little" Mercedes. The thing to remember is, there are plenty of folks riding around on motorcycles, and you can't get any less crash protection than that.
I really wish you could buy a (preferrably manual transmission) diesel C-class in this country.
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.
83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
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