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Originally Posted by Zacharias
Hanging? What, your opinion means the world to him so you didn't want to leave him a second too long in anticipation of your breathless critique?
The w210 came out just after I got my first Mercedes, a w116 300sd. The w116 also elicited varying comments from people as the design aged, so I got used to nasty comments when I had mine.
In any case, I could not disagree more on the w210. I was initially taken aback by the front end, but it grew on me almost instantly. I remember scoring a prestige brochure from the local dealer, a 55-page tome. It was THE Mercedes I aspired to own after my w116. It actually took me some time to warm up to the w126.
Well times changed and a w210 wasn't anywhere near my reach when that time came. I may still end up with one now, who knows.
The worst thing I can say about the looks is that I find that, unlike most Mercedes, they look better in lighter colours.
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I'm with jt20 on this one. I love the w123, w126 and w116/5 cars growing up. The w124 took a little longer to love, but it's firmly in my heart now. However, the w210 had be sworn off from believing that MB could produce anything worth looking at again. It's 2016 and only a year or two ago I liked the w212 and they slowly had me looking back to the w211 with some fondness.
The w210 nearly killed my appreciation for modern MBs. It is so unbelievably bad looking, especially compared to the glorious final versions of the w124. No joke, the w210 reminds me more of the 96-99 Ford Taurus than any MB.