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Originally Posted by tram
Hey John-
What do you mean you used to have a '69 Squareback??? I'll be getting to it soon... I promise.
I'm a W123 fan. We've had our 1985 300TD-T for over ten years and put 150K on it. It had 130K when we got it. I've probably put $3K in it in all those years including batteries and tires. But then, I do all my own work. They're not difficult, but they ARE labor intensive... and don't you dare cut corners!
We just sold it for little less than twice what we paid in 2002 and are graduating to a W211. The W124s just never appealed to me.
We should start a Samba Refugee club over here- Hazetguy, The Don, Ghoti, and a few others are here too. In fact, Hazet got himself a W123 wagon last year, and is now whoring Fintails.
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Saw this thread, and figured I should check to see if my thinking matched that of this thread, and mostly does.
Tram, interesting I am not the only one! Some folks just got wise about better German steel!
Club sounds fine to me, but know in you... I mean, you turned down membership in the club that can't be mentioned.
I am a wagen folk, have tried a sedan, and just didn't work especially with a Golden Retriever and Border Collie. I had an opportunity to get a used Edge, and I refused. I have driven my Mother's minivan, and hate the length as scraped a rental trying to get out a poorly designed parking garage (should have gone with my gut and gone out the entrance which was wider). Having all that length behind the rear wheel is the problem. Wagons can fit in places vans can't especially with the roof loaded. I just don't get why the average American with no more than two children needs a seven passenger van. I Opa and Oma had a 1984 Toyota Corolla and Oma and us three fit fine on the back seat.