My biggest irritant was the location of the oil filter. Unlike the W123, the W115 oil filter is only accessible from beneath. The result was hot, filthy diesel oil running down my arm and across my chest with every oil change. It eventually irritated me to the point of taking it to Grease Monkey for my changes. Let the oil run down HIS arm.

I loved the car otherwise. It was baby blue with white interor, sheepskins and wide whitewalls, a real attention-getter. It eventually succumbed to a wiped cam shaft, a congenital defect I was told.

Sold it for my first W123, a 1984 300D and never looked back. The W123 is like more W115. Now drive a 1983 300CD.