I know that we all love our 123 diesels, but there are some things on this car that could be done a bit better. Don't get me wrong, I love my car, but I just felt like listing the few things that I found are kind of cheesy on the 123's.

- Door map pockets are cheap looking
- Climate control overcomplexity (I'm sure we can all agree...)
- Door frame molding tends to wrinkle up. MB changed this to thicker plastic on the 1986+ W126 and on W124
- The inside of the trunk lids look cheap and sounds like a tin can
- Glove box doors rarely line up properly
- Front seatback pockets sag and look terrible if anything is ever put in them.
- Old style vacuum lock system. The W126 has a much more advanced system, allowing locking and unlocking of all the doors from the trunk and passenger side.