Midwest,

If you find a 1994 S500 for 16K go ahead and call the tech for an appointment because it will probably need lots of AC and electrical work....so the 7-8K that you save by buying a car under market value will be spent anyway...and that is not including the possible paint and interior wear

Rich,

In regard to your pricing/value statement I think that the 140's hold value better than the 126 cars ...although the 140's had much higher sticker prices they were heavilly discounted ...I am not sure what the actual transaction prices of the 126 were when they were new...but in case if you look at the actual transaction prices of the cars the 140 may have been a better value new(..?)

to me,as I have owned both,the 140 is a definite improvement and evolution over the 126...the car,to me,gives you the feeling that they spared no expense in the materials of the car....and of couse the price or repairs reflects that...my personal car had a window sticker of a little over $72K and it was originally bought in December 1991 so it was one of the early ones and that in itself may be the reason I have had ALL the problems associated with this series. Maybe before any of the updates were done

I am curious as to the initial reliability of the new 220...as I have heard some stories from the tech at the dealer that works on mine about $1000 seat computers....so it seems the repair cost if anything will be more than the 140 as the 220 is an electronic marvel
but with evolution of the S class you probably get a car that is safer as it has more features and that is important to me...which is why I will be looking at newer vehicles because I see merit in systems like the side/curtian airbags and ESP and brake assist


Warren
1992 300SD
Columbus Ohio