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08-04-2007, 03:04 PM
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  | Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL Thinking about getting one of these? Well, this will help.   The Scans   
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL The 140 cars were just so overbuilt to the point of being ridiculous. Mercedes may be coming back into their own, but today's S and CL still aren't built like this. Nothing is except the Maybach, which incidently is built on a modified W140 chassis, hence the steam roller weight. M
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 | Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL The C126 is probably just about the nicest cars from in 80s. I still think it was Sacco's greatest car design -- his pièce de résistance.
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL Arguably, but I think ethier the R129 or W124 was. M
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL Quote:
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL I could never stand the C140 Coupe, ever. It was just so bloated and ugly from the front, side, rear, 3/4 front, 3/4 rear etc. Every angle you looked at this thing from, it was butt-ugly IMO. The C126 SEC's on the other hand were just classy. Low key and classy, just the way owners wanted them to be.
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL I could never stand the C140 Coupe, ever. It was just so bloated and ugly from the front, side, rear, 3/4 front, 3/4 rear etc. Every angle you looked at this thing from, it was butt-ugly IMO. The C126 SEC's on the other hand were just classy. Low key and classy, just the way owners wanted them to be.
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL Quote:
 Now, that's a classy Benz...
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| Re: Buyers Guide: C126 SEC vs C140 CL Quote:
 I once had to drive a CL500/500CL C140 to a customer when I worked for the local dealer and I had trouble keeping this thing straight on straight roads - the steering was completely lifeless. 
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