Over the last 6 weeks or so, and 5 thousand miles driven I have seen exactly--

2, Two, TWO!

Only 2!

One was a Coupe and the other a Wagon....

Getting rare here.....

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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member

W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....

Getting scarce on the east coast of Canada now as well. At least people no longer drive them through the harsh winters anymore in general.

Not too many going to the salvage yards or laying around for spare parts around here. I wonder when they will make the quantum leap to antique status. It should not be too long.

I live in Nashville, TN and I still se them on a pretty regular basic. Probably average one a day. I saw three today. All three were 300d's just like mine. One was black on tan, the other two were silver and tan, but I didnt catch the interior since I saw them on the road and not in a parking lot like the black one. I hope I never stop seeing them, but I'm sure the day is coming where I see them next to never! One of the greatest body styles of all time in my personal opinion.

GLIDEHM

I think they have achieved that status here, recently there have been articles in three classic-car type mags on W123's....

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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member

W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....

I see atleast two every day, the one in the garage and the one in the driveway. But really I see one just about everyday. Since the biodiesel crazy hit a few years ago there are diesel MB's and VW's all over the place here. But all be damned if I can find very man in the local junkyards.

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Yes I was under the general impression almost everyone had one model or the other out there. The high prices for scrap metal awhile ago got a lot of parts cars crushed all over the country unfortunatly. We probably will be reduced to a few people specialising in the parts for the 123s etc before long as about the only sources for used parts.

Wow. You must be out a lot or something because I've only seen maybe 5 or 6 in the last month, if that! I actually saw one yesterday on my way to work in Brentwood. It was beautiful Burgundy 300D with a female driver! I see another one parked at a house atop a hill every time too so that doesn't really count. Thank god I get to see my brother's coupe every day or I'd go crazy It's kind of funny though, I was just telling him the other day how we don't see them too often (as opposed to when we used to live in Florida) and how it'd be nice be able to find a different model to drive and put the coupe up for a "weekend driver." It needs a paint job anyway so if that ever gets done we're definitely going to use it as a weekend car.

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*1985 300CD, 214K miles, Pearl Black/Palomino MB Tex-Stuck in FL
*1985 300D, Smoke Silver/Palomino MB Tex, 280K miles--Dad's car--Sold May 2015
*2014 VW Jetta SportWagen TDI Premium Pkg, Platnium Grey w/Black VW Tex- Dad's new car- 55k
*2017 Chevy Cruze LT Diesel, Silver w/Black leather, 26k miles, brother's new car
*2017 Chevy Silverado 1500 Z71 Crew Cab, Pepperdust w/Black leather, 15k miles, my new ride

Other than some mint euro-spec wagons with elderly drivers and some rusted 240d's, my coupe is the only coupe here, and one of the few w123's left

Rust never sleeps!

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1980 240d
1999 SL500

dozens a month. they're plentiful here.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Maybe 3. I see the guy down the street quite often and some other random guy in the area every few days. So that leave about 1 random 300d sighting a month. I also had a TD twin in town but I think he sold his wagon since I saw one just like it at a car lot a couple months ago.

I see plenty of newer MB's in the neighborhood but they are mostly driven by house wives who cannot stop at four way stops. I swear I am the only person around here that actually stops. I see a lot of ugly SL's and several 126's.

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08 R320 CDI current

Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D

Not too common around here, Usually I see one and am like "hey there's a nice looking 300d, oh wait... hi Dad."

I crossed paths with a 300D last Tuesday going to lunch. Friday I parked one row behind a nice blue 240D at Walmart. I almost just waited to talk with the owner. A week or two ago I moved over a lane to let a car merge from a side road. As I approached I noticed it was a red 300CD. We both exchanged waves as I passed him. That guy lives maybe 5 miles from me and I may have to drive down there and look him up. I want to be in line if he decides to sell it.

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Scott - K3PSO
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1984 300D turbo ~203k miles
2008 FourWinds Hurricane 31' RV

Past
'85 300D turbo ~280k miles
'83 300D turbo ~300k miles
'05 Mini Cooper convertible
'96 BMW R1100-RT
'71 Honda CB175 - multi-winter project
'82 Honda CB450 NightHawk
'85 300D turbo ~328k miles
'75 BMW 2002
'66 Beetle

I sent you a PM DieselClan!

I dont keep track. Maybe 2-3 per week. (?)

There are many in the area. It is nice to see them from time to time.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I drove to SC to pick up a coach last week, saw 4 123 TDs in NC and SC on the trip. Only one here/locally, a TD also.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff