I love my W140, a 96 S420. So much so that after selling it last year, I bought it back! The ride and comfort is on par with the modern S class. I find it to be quite easy to work on as well. The complexity doesn't scare me, as its nothing compared to modern cars, but is a lot if you're coming from the W123 mindset. I took it on a 2000 mile road trip in November and got 23mpg.
Diesels were OM603 and only the early years... 300SD 92-3 and S350 94-5, but all the same engine. Not many good ones left, they all seem to be well used at this point. The peanut gallery will scare you about bent rods, but at this point in the cars life most of them are fixed or not an issue. For gas ones, the 96 later cars are more desirable. 722.6 5 speed trans is a great improvement, better climate control, lots of smaller updates. I say go for it, despite what Pierre says. Jaime On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 3:22 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What is the general consensus on the W140 cars? I like how they look, but > how are they as far as reliabilty, and feasibilty of doit-yourself > maintenance and repairs? How easy (or not) is it to find a diesel model? Is > the OM606 is preferable to the OM603? > > Allan > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
