Mercedes 300SE W126 Features and Quirks

This is my first Mercedes, I just picked it up a couple days ago. It's a super clean 1990 300SE, today I spent a little time going over some of the more interesting features that aren't seen on a lot of other cars. Budget-less German engineering at it's best

[@carloscanziani1644]

You have a gold mine with you, take good care of him and he will bring you many hours of good smiling while riding. The w126 is a awesome machine. Congrats

[@sixpoint3]

Welcome to Mercedes world, that is , OLD SCHOOL Mercedes.
The W126 is on the tail end of that philosophy of cars being the ultimate in design and workmanship, literally making it the car of a lifetime.
Heck , you just bought a car that's 30 years old and if you treat it well it will go another 30 years !!

[@19jacobob93]

The W140 was their last 'best or nothing' hoorah before the accountants were given more say than the engineers. They went all out and spent $1bn back in the late 80s/early 90s on engineering them making it the most expensive car ever developed. The W220 that followed in 2000 wasn't quite up to the previously set standards!

[@dmexikan16]

I've just seen one
looks in very good condition with a phone attached to It still

[@VintageTexas59]

Any high repair cost driving this ?
Thinking about buying one just like it.

[@thevillageidiot70]

If you get a good one, you don't need to do too much. Make sure the vacuum controlled things work well, or they'll be a pain to sort out, same thing with the AC system. If you're willing to work on it, it's cheap. Easy to work on and there's a lot of knowledge on these old Mercedes. Parts are cheap and easy to find too.

[@thevillageidiot70]

It's one of the best engineered cars of all time, it'll last you a lifetime if you are willing to do some work on it occasionally.

[@VintageTexas59]

Thank you for a excellent answer !

[@ryleynaray7554]

Your very funny :)

[@sixpoint3]

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BTW : you are missing the cover for your whole fuse box.