May be a dumb question, but any w124 years better than others?

[andrew540]

I'm thinking of getting a W124 wagon- after thinking about it, I like the 94-95 with the updated styling, increased power and computer calibrated transmission shifts, even though the purchase price may be a little more (I'm getting as an extra car and didn't want to spend much, but don't want junk either.).

Are there any people that feel/know of any build quality issues of the later ones vs say the late 1980's cars? Any other than the the fact that I need to check the head gasket on the DOHC 3.2 litre motor and the engine wiring harness?

I'm hoping to get what I think is one of the last of the old bank vault build benzes (I guess that would technically be the 500SL before it switched to the current body style, but it's close enough )

Specifically, I guess what I'm wondering is if the 94-95 had any more squeaks/rattles or any cheaper parts, and if the engine/transmission is as good as the earlier 3.0 liter and earlier tranny (excluding the aforementioned head gasket/wire harness), given that some of the over-enginnering was being worked out of the new crop of benz models around this time and the cars were becoming more high end well made cars vs high end built to last forever cars.

Thanks for any imput- I do appreciate it.

(PS this is my first post- I'm a certified car nut, but never had a benz. I always remember the couple of times I drove my friend's parent's 1984 300SD almost 20 years ago and how utterly solid and well built that car was!)

-Andrew