White Sneaker: 1997 Mercedes-Benz S320 W140
If you are going to get a big boss S-Class Mercedes-Benz, you might be tempted to get it with some kind of twin turbo V12 or whatever gigantic gas-smasher engine Benz offered as the premium of the premium offering. But that could be a mistake. Even ignoring the price of fuel, those V8s and V12s and supercharged things are about as reliable as vending machine sashimi. However, Mercedes-Benz usually offered their S-Class with one of their old-reliable big inline-6 motors. Those things will chug along for miles with an occasional oil change and it’s not like you are taking your S-Class to a track day. Sometimes, sensible is better. Find this 1997 Mercedes-Benz S320 W140 offered for $12,900 in Houston, TX via usacarexpo.com. Tip from Jeff G.
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So I think I see a few sq mm that could have more rocker switches on the center console. Why is it the lower seat cushions look like a cheap Pep Boys slip-on cover?
The last thing I need in my life is one more car but my lordy THIS thing. Wow. Phenomenal.
Oh my!
Wonder what the running cost on this is?
I’m a W126 person myself, but there’s a strong allure to these rolling bank vaults too. When it debuted with double paned glass filled with inert gas I thought MB had lost their minds. Now as I transition into a truly middle aged guy, the idea of rolling down the road in a silent cabin sprung on Bilstein magic carpets with Brian Eno playing softly on the Becker stereo sounds rather divine.
On a similar but more reliable note, a friend just scored a Lexus LS400 in absolutely mint condition for $6,000. I didn’t realize I was capable of so much envy.
I remember wondering what the little masts that came out of the rear fenders were for when these first came out.
Some sort of elaborate radio system? Little flagpoles for parades? Given that the first couple of these I encountered were in NYC wearing diplomatic plates I guessed that they were in case they needed to transport a head of state. Imagine my disappointment upon learning that they were there so that the driver could tell where the back of the car was.
25 years old and it still looks baller like it just left the set of a Biggie video.