[slow&rusty]

I like the W140 a lot. Beautifully built, old enough that its affordable to drive and insure but yet modern enough with all the creature comforts, safe and relatively quick to drive daily. My preference is to update the look of the W140 with a more modern wheel and lowered a bit.

I have heard lots of stories of this and that being expensive, but the junk yards are littered with them and that has to make ownership very affordable (especially if you are a decent wrench at home).

I own the generation before (W126) and it also well built and in my opinion well styled, my car has 156k on it and drives beautifully. Personally I find parts quite inexpensive for example I just finished replacing the timing chain, all the timing chain guides, both cam sprockets, associated gaskets, hydraulic chain tensioner and all the valve seals and it cost me $1100 and that was buying genuine OEM MB parts, I did all the work at home