My current daily driver is an 84 300SD. I sold my previous 85 300TDT to my little brother. This weekend I picked up a 97 e300d and drove it home 16 hours (thanks to Zackb911 for hosting me).

The 210 is worlds above the 126/123. I love the simplicity of the 126/123 and the ease of working on them. However, for many other things, the 210 just outdoes them. Mileage, handling, performance, conveniences -- those are all aspects that gained from the additional decade of technological advances that show up on the 210. That was the exact reason I bought the car -- to try to convert my wife to a Mercedes diesel that wasn't slow or old school or "quirky".

Now I'll still drive my daily driver 300SD but when we go out together on date night and take her e300, I can't say I won't be tempted to jump ship. Also, I do have to qualify all this by saying that I am still in the honeymoon period with the 97 e300 and I haven't had to do any maintenance or work on it. I'm sure I'll curse it later -- like I have my other Mercedes diesels and American gassers.

But for right now, I hope my wife takes the bait.

.....Dan

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99 e300
98 e300
90 Suburban 1500 4x4
92 ZR-1
04 Tahoe 4x4
05 Scag 52" zero turn
97 e300 - totaled on black ice
84 300SD - gave to a friend
85 300TDT Euro - SOLD to my little bro