I'm glad to see we're back on the subject of side crashes. We got a little side tracked comparing apples with oranges for a while. The 300D that I have was the latest addition to my stable. I bought the 300D on the idea of something a little more economical than the rest of the vehicles that I own. I bought it last year in March when fuel prices rose considerably the last time. The only reason why I bought the 300D was that I was sick of Japanese cars and their difficult seviceability. I didn't know much about the W123's but I assumed that they were very reliable based on what I had heard in the past. I learned a lot about them since joining this forum and a couple of others. I had heard that they are quite safe crashwise and I wanted to hear more about their side impact survivability. I'm still interested in hearing more about it.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012