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Originally Posted by sixto
I drove 50 miles in a 202 today; a 98 C230 kompressor. I came away disappointed. Size isn't an issue for me unless I have to sit in the back. The short sloping hood results in a closeness to the road I'm not used to in MBs. I see the wiper and the top of the hood star but no expanse of hood. The seats were 90s Nissan stiff and unsupportive. The plastic door cards and monolithic center console were a far cry from a 124 let alone a 140 quality wise.....
Sixto
87 300D
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I've been using a W202 for my daily driver for the last 6 years, I guess it depends on what your looking for but I prefer the smaller frame of the C-class over the E or S class models. Never really considered the 'issue' of being able to see an acre of hood before the MB star as much of an issue but at least for me the much, much better chassis dynamics of the smaller car would more than compensate for hood square footage issue. Same deal with the door panels and center console, do you really care what your door panels look like?
Over the years I've made at least 10 round trips to Florida and spent 15 hours in a single day in the drivers seat and I've never noticed they were hard and unsupportive. My car now has 140K miles of service with me and while it hasn't been Honda-like in its reliability I will say its been much better than any W123, W124 or W126 I've ever owned.
I agree 100% with the HVAC observations and I'd also add that the HVAC system in my car is GM like in its ability to deliver gobs and gobs of warm or ice-cold A/C on demand and it has been Honda-like in its operation over the years.