The following two things can happen

1) All of the rubber parts on the suspension are rotted and dead
2) Cheap alignment places often do not get the job done correctly


It is not uncommon to find W123s that handle like the "Good ship Venus" but look at the design => It is a nice design and can be made to make it feel a little bit more like you're driving on rails (not the sleepers). Saying that you'll not get the handling of a Mazda MX5...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!