I don't know which one of you posted which comment, but I am responding to some comments made during the thread.

Someone indicated that their 124 took 5 miles to even start blowing cold air. To this I reply that there is something wrong. My '88 124 car, midnight blue, is very comfortable in a very short time, even after sitting in the afternoon Texas sun in August.

Then back to the 124 issue, the comment involved several complaints about weaknesses of the 124. I have experienced no failures of any of the indicated components in my 300E in 226,000 miles. One of those components was the heater control which is indeed one of the climate control related items that is a known weakness and mentioned in the MB Buyers Guide.

It could be that you are just having bad luck. Anything can break on any car. I hope you are able to get past the bad luck and enjoy the reliability that I have enjoyed.

Have a great day,