W123 280 se
The car I had was dark blue with tan interior. When my daughter turned 16 I put her in my old W123 300 D. Puke beige in color. This seemed to be an embarrassment for her as her friends had slammed Hondas and the like. One of my co-workers had a 280 for sale at a good price. I foolishly sold the diesel to another friend and picked up the 280 and did a minor restore as well as chrome fender lips, tires , and the like to add some "bling"
Man, that kid had many off road excursions and I was doing repair on suspension bits way too often...picked all the bone yards clean for a 100 mile radius. She finally ditched it so hard as to bend the frame so bad that an alignment was impossible. She sold the car to a young friend who was so very proud of that car...when I next saw it the tires were hashed and I just had to tell him about the expense needed to straighten the frame to make the car safe again. My daughter is now 27 and she tells me "ya know Dad, I kindda resented you putting in that car, but for sure it saved my life" Universal taxi cab, the W123. Strong and safe as nearly no other cars. Three times as strong as any affordable BMW. All parts are "heavy duty"
Before she left for college I put her in a 245 Volvo wagon, packed her up. For kids, to me, no choice at all...either a W123 or the Volvo wagon. The wagon the better choice as it is a very efficient hauler for the various moves they make while becoming adults.
Just my too sense (sic...sic)
