My 5.4 litre supercharged V8 E55 running LPG with over 150k miles never broke down once in 4 years, neither did my other E55K, or my 6.2 litre E63, etc. I’ve bought cars for pocket change with higher mileage that never broke down. Only real breakdowns I can remember were in some old Fords and Rovers many years back, bar the odd flat battery or puncture etc which you can get with any car of course.
In fact I’ve owned about twenty different Mercedes cars and never actually broken down in any of them, some low mileage and modern, some older with high mileage.
Yes I agree with you, there’s a lot more to go wrong with modern diesels but think now how many there are on the roads today versus old W123s that have disproportionate amounts of TLC/repairs/restoration carried out on them.
The point is you don’t need to buy a 35/40 year old car for reliability, or economy - modern ones are generally ok too
In fact I’ve owned about twenty different Mercedes cars and never actually broken down in any of them, some low mileage and modern, some older with high mileage.
Yes I agree with you, there’s a lot more to go wrong with modern diesels but think now how many there are on the roads today versus old W123s that have disproportionate amounts of TLC/repairs/restoration carried out on them.
The point is you don’t need to buy a 35/40 year old car for reliability, or economy - modern ones are generally ok too