I might like to get an 80's R107 SL 280 one of these days, for long trips,> are they pigs on gas? At 188bhp I figures it's got more > power than I can handle... do they have the m110 engine?

well I had a 1983 380SL and although it is quality-built like a tank,> it was not very quick. 280 even less so, I don't think you'll find it> "powerful." If you want power go for the 560SL.

The 107 is a great long-distance driver being a little longer and> heaver than the 113. The low profile and extra length and weight let> it pass those big trucks with only the slightest wind buffeting, and> cross winds on overpasses are not even noticeable.

the highway but don't expect to blow away anything from the stoplight.

I would prefer the 280 to the 380 for the power and, IIRC less weight,> (and the 500 to anything else in a 107). The extra power will not be> too much.

I get about 20 mpg in a 380SL and would expect a little more> in the 280.

There is a risk driving an older exotic car long distances. When I> lost an alternator in Cortez, CO (SW corner, pop. 8000) on a Sunday> morning, the two auto parts stores there just did not carry a> replacement and I had to be home 700 miles away by the next morning.> (the Autozone guys spent a LOT of time trying to find something that we> could make fit but didn't - we limped home on an extra battery and> charger). Of course, your long trips might be in more populated areas.> Go for it.