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Old 09-12-2013, 12:37 PM
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115? Yes, it's puuurdy.
123? Boxier, but still good lookin'
124/6/anything newer? either a knockoff k car or a bugeye

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Theres some hardcore luddites around here. Do you guys also use late 70s cell phones and TVs?
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If visual aesthetics and ease of maintenance were the only issues in play, I could see the case for the W123. But there are other issues.

And I don't at all doubt that a really nice W123 can command a significant premium, even more so than a nice W124. My initial observations have to do with the VAST MAJORITY (not the exceptions). So when someone on CL advertises, say, an 1985 300D with 250k miles, decent interior and exterior, this and that don't work, and wants $5,000.....it just ain't gonna happen. These people are not living in reality.
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Old 09-12-2013, 01:43 PM
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Did you mean 210 instead of the 201? the 201 is not a bad looking little car.

When I see the W210 it reminds me of the old comic strip "Little orphan Annie" the way the eyes were drawn. lifeless with no sole. the headlights on these are deal with no life, and most are all yellowed.









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lol, thanks for this comparison. I completely agree.
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Theres some hardcore luddites around here. Do you guys also use late 70s cell phones and TVs?
cell phones?

rotary is the wave of the future, get with the program.
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Old 09-12-2013, 02:38 PM
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I guess the dodo birds are all migrating to my area (Asheville, NC), because I see 123's on the road almost every time I go somewhere, many times I see ones that are new to me (haven't seen before). I just saw a nice 123 Coupe this morning that I had not seen before, less than a mile from my house. There are several shops here that work on them. CL always has some for sale (prices all over the place, but always seem high to me). I don't even really pay attention to 124's or anything newer, as they just look like any other car on the road to me.
I enjoy my 123 wagon.
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Theres some hardcore luddites around here. Do you guys also use late 70s cell phones and TVs?
Actually they are very very very very very hot overseas......they take the old phones and install modern technology inside....and sell for good monies....

And yes some of the 70s TVs are very very nice....
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I guess the dodo birds are all migrating to my area (Asheville, NC), because I see 123's on the road almost every time I go somewhere, many times I see ones that are new to me (haven't seen before). I just saw a nice 123 Coupe this morning that I had not seen before, less than a mile from my house. There are several shops here that work on them. CL always has some for sale (prices all over the place, but always seem high to me). I don't even really pay attention to 124's or anything newer, as they just look like any other car on the road to me.
I enjoy my 123 wagon.
Asheville is....different. A wonderful town, but different. Does not surprise me at all that it's a W123 haven.
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Old 09-12-2013, 03:22 PM
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Did you mean 210 instead of the 201? the 201 is not a bad looking little car.

When I see the W210 it reminds me of the old comic strip "Little orphan Annie" the way the eyes were drawn. lifeless with no sole. the headlights on these are deal with no life, and most are all yellowed.









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I've always liked them.
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cell phones?

rotary is the wave of the future, get with the program.
Funny, I actually have a rotary that I like to use.
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fine, send all the w123s here, plenty of mechanics work on them, lots of parts, people enjoying them, etc. hardly ever see a 124 or 201 diesel, saw a single 190d in the last two years
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Old 09-12-2013, 10:30 PM
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The W123 is an unassailable styling classic, but I gotta say the styling of the W124 is a little too understated for me. I kind of fell in love with the W210 and even though it's been a real bear getting it sorted out, I still smile when I approach it in a parking lot.
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Old 09-12-2013, 11:15 PM
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Funny, I actually have a rotary that I like to use.
In my house I still have an actual honest to goodness analog phone line. The following devices are connected to it. All of them function and ring. When the phone rings at my house there is no doubt the phone is ringing.

- a 1939 WE model 302 (the "I Love Lucy" desk phone, bakelite and zinc)
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- a late 70s WE 2702 ("Princess") in beige, this one has the modular handset and the * and # keys
- an early 80s WE 2220 ("Trimline") in beige with the LED lights

So in addition to my Mercedes collection I have a bit of a WE phone collection too.
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