i stoped selling them and now i have 38,since 1951,the 220S and in 65 the 280SC, coupé without fins like the 68 280S four doors the diesels were in the 70´s and 80´s many of them ,cheap and great, what more to say

which engine oil do you use?

@@MrRjnr shell rotella 15w40 non synthetic

Sounds like a beautiful car!! I have a '85 300D. They're awesome!

@@dannanddave i have 3 of them ,castrol GTX not synthetic but the best for diesel engines they said to me once in 73 and i ´ve been using it since then, i have a w115 from 74 220D with more than 3.000.000kms i travelled all around europe than to africa and other continents we started by saying ,"we drive till it stops then we return by plane but it went every where , shiped it twice but went to midle east than through India after, Australia the farest point in the world from my home, the Australians do the same but in the opose direction and how many we found in the way in VW vans very old,when they ofered them

What is barley shifting? Some kind of malt thing?

@@lbowsk what are you talking about?

@@0mgapie Your initial post. Barley shifting. Pre-edit.

@@lbowsk Ahhhh i see :-)

I like that the w123 is wider by 5cm/2". Feels roomier inside.

Very nice car.

Not quite true. In USA MB was strictly a luxury brand, not a taxi car. They sold massive amounts of diesels enough to justify the W115 300D, W123 300TD, W116 300SD and the W126 300SD which were North America only

I love the M110 engine!

No Pensacola

Because is a low production number vehicle, and it’s 40 years later

Less than 16K imported in 8 yrs. Very low production car.

I don’t remember now, did I mention production numbers for diesel coupes, very very low. Maybe I don’t understand the question though as that statement is true of almost any rare car made in the 70s and 80s, they were new cars. Even new, there were times where only a thousand CDs were produced for a whole year, and now it’s 40 years later.

Some are junked/totaled, while others that are still running. Not that many left.

IIRC, there were over 2.5 million 123s built. Of that, only about 8,000 were 300CD turbo diesels. I'd consider a survivor pretty rare.

My 83 CD has factory leather and heated seats. Super rare option, and they still work.

Four door sedans were ubiquitous. The two door coupe is very rare.

I’m fine with it though, I actually use it as a park bench now and then 😂

I'm from Europe and when i see those US spec Mercedes around they have something different that makes them prettier, the EU bumpers and lights make those look older, cheaper and miserable for reasons i can't explain.

It was a low production number car when it was new, it’s 40 years later. But okay 🤷🏻

Then you are either confusing it with the 4-door sedan or you have been doing far too many bong hits. Only about 15K of these were imported to NA from 1977-1985.