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10-20-2012, 11:40 AM
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What Will Be The W116 Of The Future?
Funny how we all drive these old cars about on a daily basis. My W116 is 35 years old and I drive it like a new car. So, I was thinking, what will MBZ guys be building up in 35 years from now????
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 Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013 100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership 
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10-20-2012, 12:15 PM
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I would have said the w140 but it seems to me that, notwithstanding the fact that there's now decent DIY knowhow on them (or so I hear), they seem to have fizzled out in terms of long-term interest. Though there was a time that described the w116 too.
I am really not sure the w220, nice as it is, will be a long-term proposition. Or any really recent model, for that matter. Years from now there may well be no older cars on the road. Period. Sort of like the situation in Japan now, where long-term car ownership is made as unattractive as possible.
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 Mac 2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d “Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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10-20-2012, 12:16 PM
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I would love to see MBZ issue a re-make of the W116 450SEL 6.9, where the body shared similar lines, but with modern electronics.
of course, I couldn't afford one until it was 35 years old...
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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013 100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership
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10-20-2012, 12:16 PM
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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013 100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership
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