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Dear all:

I couldn't help noticing on the newsclips from Lebanon that just about every other car on the road was a W123. It is amazing that these cars, having probably clocked over a million kilometers by now, are still strong and running...


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yonael said:
Dear all:

I couldn't help noticing on the newsclips from Lebanon that just about every other car on the road was a W123. It is amazing that these cars, having probably clocked over a million kilometers by now, are still strong and running...


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i noticed that, too.
 
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I did see a picture of one used in a roadside bombing somewhere in the Middle East. The car itself was unrecognizable, but there was no mistaking the grille shell and other bits and peices.

I heard this from an old Mercedes mechanic. 123s are like cockroaches; you can intentionally kill them, but they just don't seem to die on their own.

Jamie
 
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In all honesty, during the first Gulf "war", I saw Kuwati's heading off in droves in W123's and blazing across the desert. After a couple days of seeing 'em on the idiot box, I thought:

"Dang, I outta get me one of those. They seem to take a beating and keep on going"

Little did I know... I'm on my second, a 300CD Turbodiesel. It just goes and goes and goes...
 
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I was in Jordan a earlier in the year and every second car was W123 200. They were everywhere!! Young guys try to hot them up a bit by sticking crudely shaped spoilers, flared wheel arches and other crap on them. I noticed one guy had stuck a BMW M3 badge on the back of his 123... Nice touch!

Tough cars though, for a tough part of the world.
 
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There are tons of 200's running in Manila these days. I was just there for two months and consistently see one. There were two 200D's though, both were in nice shape.

Not exactly like Lebanon, but the potholes can be thought of as bomb craters :D
 
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Jez280CE said:
I was in Jordan a earlier in the year and every second car was W123 200. They were everywhere!! Young guys try to hot them up a bit by sticking crudely shaped spoilers, flared wheel arches and other crap on them. I noticed one guy had stuck a BMW M3 badge on the back of his 123... Nice touch!

Tough cars though, for a tough part of the world.
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I can say with confidence that 85% of the taxi cabs in Lebanon are w123s (petrol versions however) but also diesels

Either those or the w124s

Some may be beat up and all - but they keep running and they will keep on running. In Nigeria it's the exact same

I speak based on observations from travel - work related and leisure


P.s. I have a picture of a w123 in Beirut which was involved in a headon collision with a Daewoo. The Daewoo was smashed up and the Benz hardly had a bent bumper and slightly bent hood.
 
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Never been to the middle east, but I did go to Morocco, Casablanca and Marrakech and I can tell you that I saw lots of Taxi w123 diesel, mostly 240d.
They call them "grand taxi" big taxi, they have smaller taxi, like 205 peugeot diesel or fiat panda diesel for in town.
The W123 are used for long distance.

here's a vid from Marrakech, Grand taxi departure!

 
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Abu Ali said:
P.s. I have a picture of a w123 in Beirut which was involved in a headon collision with a Daewoo. The Daewoo was smashed up and the Benz hardly had a bent bumper and slightly bent hood.
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I would actually love to see that. A friend of mine is insisting my 240D is a death trap :)
 
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