When it come to an automatic transmission, changing the fluid whenever you do it, is a good thing.

Another thing is how a person operates the transmission. Personally, whenever I get to a red light, or have to stop for almost any reason; the shift lever by habit goes directly into neutral. The enemy of any piece of machinery is heat. My thinking is that instead of the torque converter sitting in traffic on a hot day generating heat, putting the tranny in neutral reduces heat.

Quick acceleration, (not a problem with W123 diesels) is also counter to long fluid life.

I have gone 60k miles on the same fluid, and it drained looking fine.

Works for me.