Reciently I purchased a lovely '88 300sel .
What a great car to drive it is , kinda reminds me of my first '56 Belair..... ( perhaps I'm remembering thru rose tinted specs )

Well as you know ,, not all the world drives on the left , and the manufacturers also know this .
SO ... when a MB is built for , say , Britian , Singapore , Australia or New Zealand ( yep , thats me ) various things just have to change .
Like the complete dash , steering , wiring loom etc etc .

It rained today .........

Next time you are in the rain , in your LHD w126 , look across at where the w/screen wipers are putting all the water .
Yep right in front of the passenger .

Now here I am in my RHD benz ,, safest car in the world ,, with my visibility impared , because the engineers deemed it unimportant to change the sweep of the wipers on RHD w126 cars .

Imagine it , if you can , having a constant stream of water bubbles flowing up the screen in front of your vision , , how daft is that !!

Still at least "she who must be heard" can see .. ..

Despite that glaring omission in the design ,, I still love the w126 .

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'72 240D
'76 300D
'88 300sel
'40 Chev pickup , the shop hack.
'73 Monte Carlo Landau, for "Super Chevy Sunday"

theres got to be a simple change over to fix your wiper problem, long live the 126...........

William Rogers.........

Why do you drive on the wrong side of the road? Not trying to offend you but, the whole world drives on the Right side of the road.

John

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President Minuteman Section MBCA
www.mbca.org/minuteman

Uh...been to England?

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

Except for Japan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, the UK and a few other places totaling something like 1/3 of the world's population.

One more, why didn't they make all the hard fuel and break lines out of stainless steel? On a $65k car in 1987 there is no excuse, the start of the cost cutting?

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

ha ha... John, you're a punny guy! right v. wrong get it everyone?

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Cannondale ST600 XL
Redline Monocog 29er
2011 Mini Cooper Clubman
2005 Honda Element EX

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I sure agree about SS brake lines , and why not SS exaust systems on a car in MB's price range........

William Rogers........

Oh come on! The dealers have to have something to do!

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Regards

Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

Didn't teh DeLorean make use of a lot of stainless steel?

I saw one in a junkyard several years ago.

B

wiping pattern for LHD cars is mirrored in the RHD cars, unlike the C107 SL series where the wipers are the same for both LHD & RHD cars.

I like how the inside door handles warm up in winter. Not sure if that's purposely designed that way.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Monoblade. Problem solved.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

That 1/3 don't count none!!!

So, does anyone know the "real" reason why they drive on the "wrong" side of the road in England?

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Current Benzes

1989 300TE "Alice"
1990 300CE "Sam Spade"
1991 300CE "Beowulf" RIP (06.1991 - 10.10.2007)
1998 E320 "Orson"
2002 C320 Wagon "Molly Fox"

Res non semper sunt quae esse videntur

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Not in this weather!

stainless is brittle. if it were better for fuel line they would be using it.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.