Larry:

If you think the W124 is bad, wait for the newer ones -- Hans had a blower resistor on the parts counter the other day, fancy aluminum casting with long fingers for coolin -- $175 for a BLOWER RESISTOR for christ's sake! What happened to a set of nichrome wires on a box? Infinitely variable fan speed ain't worth all that much.

Ditto for all the electronics -- the W123 climate control box is about $200, the W202 climate control box is $2500! Ack!

Somewhere along about the mid 80's we collectively got computer disease -- everything has to be computer controlled (as opposed to electronically controlled) at great cost and complexity. Longevity has gone down the drain, everything is disposable these days, unlike the recent past when people cared about the environment and the cost of things, to say nothing of the value.......

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!