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Thanks for that write up.
I really appreciate your effort to enlighten those of us who have no exposure to the 129, or any newer Mercedes, as a driver, as to the differences between the it and the 124.
It gives me a sense of satisfaction to know that my 86 300E has not been left with nothing to offer
I have driven a series of late 70's & early 80's cars as daily drivers. (Toyota Landcruser -for about a month and a half, WV rabbit diesel -for 2 years, a string of bicycles, an 86' Toyota 4Runner, an 84 Toyota Cresseda, and finally the 86' 300E [while the wife drove the 96 Cammry Wagon and the 2000 Mazda MPV])
I have always loved something about all my cars... there own unique souls.
In each of them you could feel the make and model... its limitations, its specialty... made it a culture onto itself... something you could fall in love with.
Today’s cars have grown into androgynous children of wind tunnels and fast food cup sizing.
Don't get me wrong they are better at what they do in almost every respect dollar for dollar... depreciation aside... from there predecessors. But you end up with cars that all look alike and thump on your inner ear when you roll down a rear window at highway speed.
I like knowing what I'm driving. I'll put up with no cup-holder and although my engine is not as efficient as a newer car's I like seeing the nicely machined Finnish on the OE parts I have to take off and put on with such frequency.
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