Rate the ride quality of your Mercedes-Benz, as well as your other cars (if any).

Is your ride:

1. Excessively soft & bouncy - (point that it is dangerous to drive - almost as if there are no strut/shocks there)
2. Very soft, very floaty & very cushy
3. Soft & supple
4. Average (not too firm / not too soft)
5. Firm
6. Very firm & harsh

Also, are your shocks original, or have they been replaced?

Mine are as follows:

85' Mercedes 380SE 4dr- Soft and supple. Rear suspension on the borderline of "super soft", but not excessive". Front is soft. I think they are originals.

69' Chevrolet Caprice 4dr - Super soft and very cushy, but not at the point of being dangerous to drive, as it still handles very well for a 60s American car - Very soft @ front and rear. Original shocks @ every wheel.

73' Pontiac Grand Ville Custom 4dr- Super Soft and cushy, but not as soft as my Caprice.

89' Pontiac Safari wagon - Soft and supple @ front and rear.

As expected of large American cars.

Most recent past vehicles:
95' GMC Suburban SLT 4WD - very firm and harsh. Smoothed when new rear shocks were installed. Original shocks had seized.
92' Acura Legend 4dr - firm
90' Lexus LS400 - rear struts soft and supple, front struts worn and getting firm, with little absorption.

I can tell you if the dime I ran over is heads or tails. I define it as firm others who are used to a plush ride would say it is very harsh. I like it because it suites my driving style

My wife has a 1999 Volvo T5 sedan. I consider it a bit on the soft side. Makes me a bit nervous in the turns but it's a great highway cruiser.

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my 300D rides like a cloud

My W126 road decent until I installed a new set of Bilsteins last year. Just because you car passes the bounce test doesn't mean the shocks are any good. Trust me a new set of Bilsteins will wake the car up the difference is amazing!

Personaly I think the W126 rides a little stiffer then I would like. I prefer the W140 and the W220. The W140 glides over the bumps you don't want to feel but tightens up in the corners. The W220 with air suspension is just awsome, even better then a W140 with hydo shocks all the way around.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I thought it was just me thinking that the W126 searches out and finds every bump in the road. But, it's not. My brother is the operations manager at one of the local dealers and he takes a C class home every night. It rides much better than the W126, even though it a much shorter wheelbase and has considerably less suspension travel. Seems a bit strange to me. A vehicle with four inches of available suspension travel and a huge wheelbase rides like a tank.

98 e320 firm
83 500sel euro (hydro) firm
1980 300sd medium
1984 300d hed-firm
65 190dc med-firm
97 acura 3.5rl soft-med

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1998 E320 150,000
1980 300SD 240,000
1965 190D 79,000