I love these cars as much as anyone on this page. But, all of us in the older cars need to be very careful. I say this after owning a 1970 280S - talk about a tank!!

The reason why more modern cars calapse during impact is so that the force of that impact is taken by the car and not by you.

"I had a NYC taxi hit me in the ass in my 300D with the metal push bar. No damage to me, and it snapped my neck back."

- Turbodiesel

Turbo, if your bumper/rear deck gave way during that incident, you would not have risked a head or neck injury.

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1996 (W210) E300D 86K - Traded in for a Lexus
1992 (W124) 300D 2.5 Turbo 202K - Sold
1983 (W123) 300D, 146K - Sold
1970 280S, 263K - Sold - Beginning of addiction