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Old 02-22-2014, 08:20 PM
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That's why I got rid of the W123. Every once in a while I'd walk out in the morning and have to scrape the hipsters off the car. It got irritating after a while.
I keep mine in a garage, behind a wall, far from the street.

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Old 02-22-2014, 09:49 PM
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As you can see on here, the non turbo models are hated like the ford pinto....so they are coutinuly being junked or parted.
Not everybody feels that way. I prefer them for their simplicity. Less to go wrong, which is the whole point of a 123 in my opinion.

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I keep mine in a garage, behind a wall, far from the street.
But what about when you rive around town? It doesn't become a problem then?
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Old 02-23-2014, 09:37 AM
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Not yet. Then again, I'm in Houston. Pretty damn conservative.
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Not everybody feels that way. I prefer them for their simplicity. Less to go wrong, which is the whole point of a 123 in my opinion.

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That's my exact feelings, now if we can just convince the rest of the crowd...
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Old 02-25-2014, 12:35 AM
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I third the motion !

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