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« on: 20 June 2021, 20:03:50 »
One of the main reasons for me buying the Mercedes is the quality of the build, it was the golden era of Mercedes before the bean counters stepped in and ruined them to make a bigger profit.
We have a house in The Gambia and spend the winters there, using the local taxis to travel around because they are cheap and plentiful. Most of them are Mercedes, generally 190 diesels, 124 diesels and even a few 123 models, there are literally dozens of them still in everyday use. They appear to have minimal servicing and are driven with very little mechanical sympathy on some of the the worst roads imaginable in the blazing heat. Virtually no other cars of that era are still running around and I was really impressed by the strength of them, if the Gambians can't kill them I must get one for myself. I have seen just 2 Omegas in our travels there and both had obviously been immobile for a while.