Agreed on the '80s Mercedes seats, in a word they suck.

I test drove new Mercedes (among others) in '85, the dump-truck steering wheel and barco-lounger quality seats turned me off instantly, bought a quattro instead with far superior Recaro-built seats. My wife's '85 Jetta seats were also far superior to the Mercedes seats in comfort and support.

Fortunately, in the early '90s they improved. I was able to buy my '91 300TE with "orthopedic seats" which had IIRC 13 airbags and much better springs/foam in the seat. You won't find an '80s Mercedes with decent seats, they were dismal when the cars were new, might want to look at a '90 or newer.

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