Originally Posted by 83w126

W210s do drive nice and I don't mind how they look, they are still everywhere here so unless its an E55 I don't really think about it beyond oh, I have one of those too. Mine is probably going to be off the road for at least 6 months while I try to figure out how to get the transmission to shift again or decide a replacement car would be preferable, so I don't think I could recomend one as a reliable daily driver. I do think they are probably the last reasoonably modern diesel that a normal person could maintain without having to pay someone else to do a lot of the work.