, it was pretty awesome, more comfy than my w124. Never been in one of these before but I was surprised how comfortable it was after hearing all the feedback from w126 owners. Might have a new car on the list to get....

Yes they are.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=276039

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Went with a guy you met in a bar in the back of his expensive car.
Geeez. Not the sort of thing you want posted on the internet is it

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

What annoys me is the fact that a fricken drug dealer is driving a CL class.....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

synthetic pot...some people will do anything to catch a buzz..

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I know, especially since the organic stuff does such a fine job. IIRC.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Yeah, I keep looking at local classified ads for a 2003 CL55....




Might just happen..

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Well its because it is legal (for the time being at least) and now that I'm sober I'm not sure why I started this thread

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

The part about looking at the newer CL and liking it was fine. The rest was simply a case of too much information

Besides, you've got quite the mountain to climb before you equal our resident drunken poster

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Yeah the new ones are nice, I find most of the people who bash them have no experience with them.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Wait until you feel how infinitely better the suspensions feel in pretty much all driving conditions... you will get sad.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

I don't know. After owning an '06 E3504matic all I can say that they don't make like they used to and that's not a good thing.

In theory it was a much better car than the old ones. Quieter, safer, faster, more fuel efficient, prettier, and the 4matic is amazing.

But....

It was such a complicated delicate piece. It might have run forever but it sure as hell doesn't feel like it was going to. The whole time I had it under warranty I could never get the dealer to fix a rattle in the rear window shade. In the old days they would have rightfully seen that contraption as unneccesary or properly developed it so that it wouldn't rattle. The head rest rattled before and after it was replaced. After a year of complaining I finally got them to fix valve in the evaporative canister system which would pop everytime I came off the highway. On and on. When I would drive over a bumpy street on my way home the chassis felt like it was going in every which direction. On roads which appeared smooth I would still feel crap coming through the steering wheel. Hardly the epitome of solidity that their cars are supposed to be. I took great care to try to keep the car perfect. I once wiped the command screen with a microfiber towel and left a scratch in it.

My whole sense of the company and the cars up to and including my 190E is that the deal was this you will pay a lot for this car but we have designed and built the best car that we know how to build and we expect it to give you good service for the forseeable future.

The E350 was more like we lured you to purchase this car based on our reputation. It's real mission is to be a conduit between your bank account and our profit statement.

I sense that the more recent cars such as the W204's are a return to the old business model and am considering owning one but something like a W216 really should be out of the question unless you have so much money that you don't know what to do with it.

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'59 180 Dad's original
'59 180 Dad's 2nd one
'67 250SE Dad's last one
'59 220 SE My first one
'62 220SE Coupe second one
'89 190E 2.6 5spd third one
'06 E350 4matic (sold)
'10 E350 4matic

That is well said. I'd NEVER want one of those delicate, fussy, cantankerous, failure prone, gadget laden things in my garage.

Only worth it ----M A Y B E ---- if it was leased as a company car for you to drive and not worry about, and consider it a disposable item when the lease was done.

They are still ultra safe in wrecks, I will concede that.

But durability, reliability, longevity and Gottlieb Daimler's "cost-no-object" (Die beste oder nicht --- the best or nothing at all ) philosophy - has fallen by the wayside since around 2000, when the engineers were shoved aside by the marketers chasing short term profits by electing to squander the brand equity.

Things have improved a bit in the last couple of model years, but there is a LONG long way yet to go.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Nice edit

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Just wondering do you have any personal experiance with them? I had a C280 from 2000 and it was the bigges pile of crap ever. I have a 2002 E320 with 100k and its fine and I have had the 05 C Class for a year with no issues. They had a hard spot thanks to Chysler. Now there back. the W211 from 03-06 where issues. 07-09 are strong. No matter what car you buy unless its a exotic its not build like it was 20 years ago. Nothing is due to cost. Look at Toyota, Honda, GM, Nissan with their quality issues. There getting the hammer now.

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2015 ML350 4Matic. Wifes DD
2015 GLK350 4Matic. My winter DD
2012 E350 4Matic. Road Trip car
2009 CLK350 Coupe Designo.Kleemann Tune For nice days/DD
2006 CL600. V12.Eurocharged Tune. Enough said
2005 CLK55 AMG Coupe.Kleemann Tune. For the sound and style
2004 CLK320 Cabriolet. 2005+ Interior swap. For the sunny Florida days & beach days