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G-Benz · #14 12-23-2005, 11:52 AM

What I love about these cars?

Ease of maintenance...although with 3 of them, it's hard to keep all of them at 100% all of the time. I probably do well at 95% on average (the W124 being at the lower end of the bell curve).

At least cup holders were engineered in my later models...I have to settle for jamming a coffee mug in the console on the W124.

Cavernous trunk space is a real plus! I could stuff all of the soccer gear in the trunk of the R129, and my bass amp, cabinets and guitar will fit in the W124! The CLK cabriolet was a bit of a surprise though, as the trunk is occupied by the softtop receptacle??? Forget tall items in that car.

I grew up around MBs all my life, so it was an "unconscious" decision when came time for me to consider some long-term vehicles.

I miss the old manuals though...your car used to come with a thick manual consisting of pages and pages of exploded diagrams with an index of part numbers for every nut and bolt. You could actually assemble a car just off of that manual!