Re: Old Mercedes W140 S-Class : Restoring it vs junking it
The W140 was pretty controversial when it was introduced. It still is to date. There are those that love it and those that hate it. Many of the latter ones ended up buying poorly maintained versions. And then you run into massive problems.
The good news, parts availability is very good! But without somebody working on the car who really knows it inside out it is going to be a headache.
I know quite a few very happy W140 owners that manage too keep theirs going at a very reasonable cost, once all the initial problems have been solved.
YouTube Artist Imagines Mercedes-Benz S600 W140 as Modern Flagship Limo 5 Feb 2021, 3:04 UTC ·
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Many sedans built in the 1990s are now rotting away in junkyards, long forgotten by the car-loving public. It s a general problem of all things from that era, which are old but not old enough so you d put them in a Wonder Woman retro movie. But that s not the case with the W140, the codename of one of the best Mercedes-Benz flagship ever. 7 photos
Well, there s no W140 in WW1984, but you get what we re talking about. The phrase they don t make them like they used to is over-used. So instead, we ll remind you that back in those days, only a few carmakers could truly produce a luxury vehicle, and flagships were much more celebrated.