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Old 02-17-2009, 04:59 PM
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Skip the diesel - find a euro 280E or 280CE. The manual part is the hardest to find, but the Euro 280 version is not slow at all - probably drives more like your 420SEL. What the w123 lacks over the w126 is refinement, but where it trumps the w126 is in character.


That is very well stated, thank you Brian
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