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[cornershop]

Thanks chaps- have driven several now and was really surprised by how refined they were, even in comparison with the double glazed Audi. Glass on drivers side needs minor adjustments to improve the seal but otherwise pretty damn good. Just in time for this weekends heat wave!

ETA - quite liking the scruffy bodywork, quite liberating in a way as I'm not fussed if it gets scratched or not and I can park it where I like. Not like the Audi, ally panels soft as fudge.

Last pic whoring effort from me

Edited by cornershop on Wednesday 4th May 23:25

[dbdb]

I am really warming to these W124 coupes. It looks great.

[cat220]

cornershop said:

Thanks chaps- have driven several now and was really surprised by how refined they were, even in comparison with the double glazed Audi. Glass on drivers side needs minor adjustments to improve the seal but otherwise pretty damn good. Just in time for this weekends heat wave!

ETA - quite liking the scruffy bodywork, quite liberating in a way as I'm not fussed if it gets scratched or not and I can park it where I like. Not like the Audi, ally panels soft as fudge.

Last pic whoring effort from me

Edited by cornershop on Wednesday 4th May 23:25

Love the coupe but also have a soft spot for the s8, that looks great imo. Not really fair to compare the two. Very different cars.

[bob-lad]

Slightly grot ridden, slightly chavved 500se black V8 £1750

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mercedes-benz-500se-blac...



Curious about the Jaaaag hiding there too.

Edited by bob-lad on Thursday 5th May 00:39

[bob-lad]

Erm, Oa, can we have weather like today please when we go to Gaydon.
Not that stuff you arranged for Lakeland

[CharlesdeGaulle]

bob-lad said:

Erm, Oa, can we have weather like today please when we go to Gaydon.
Not that stuff you arranged for Lakeland

The lad was doing so well, but forgot that tiny detail! Never mind, hopefully next time he'll get it right and we might flush out the cabrios!

[Stegel]

If the weather is like it is here today, I'll bring the 124 drop-top.

Congratulations on the 124/126 purchases - they all look good.

[idiotgap]

cornershop said:

So I picked up this E320 Coupe on Monday.

That looks absolutely amazing, what a superb colour.

[0a]

cornershop said:

Thanks chaps- have driven several now and was really surprised by how refined they were, even in comparison with the double glazed Audi. Glass on drivers side needs minor adjustments to improve the seal but otherwise pretty damn good. Just in time for this weekends heat wave!

ETA - quite liking the scruffy bodywork, quite liberating in a way as I'm not fussed if it gets scratched or not and I can park it where I like. Not like the Audi, ally panels soft as fudge.

Last pic whoring effort from me

Edited by cornershop on Wednesday 4th May 23:25

Keep both of them! Multiple cars are the answer. When you get into one after driving the other it helps remind you what's good about it.

Sorry about the Lakeland weather chaps. Extra-wet Lake District rain (second only to Welsh rain in terms of wetness) was very much the order of the day!

[harrykul]

idiotgap said:

cornershop said:

So I picked up this E320 Coupe on Monday.

That looks absolutely amazing, what a superb colour.

+1, that looks great!

[jonnydm]

Having spent the past few weeks desperately looking for a car (and needlessly dismissing a few decent ones in the process), I've ended up with something that loosely falls into this thread. Picked up a very early L322 Range Rover - it's the 4.4 HSE. Pretty rough around the edges but should be ok whilst I actually decide what I want!

[SuperHangOn]

0a said:

cornershop said:

Thanks chaps- have driven several now and was really surprised by how refined they were, even in comparison with the double glazed Audi. Glass on drivers side needs minor adjustments to improve the seal but otherwise pretty damn good. Just in time for this weekends heat wave!

ETA - quite liking the scruffy bodywork, quite liberating in a way as I'm not fussed if it gets scratched or not and I can park it where I like. Not like the Audi, ally panels soft as fudge.

Last pic whoring effort from me

Edited by cornershop on Wednesday 4th May 23:25

Keep both of them! Multiple cars are the answer. When you get into one after driving the other it helps remind you what's good about it.

Sorry about the Lakeland weather chaps. Extra-wet Lake District rain (second only to Welsh rain in terms of wetness) was very much the order of the day!

Those C124's are utterly fantastic things with the windows down and the creamy six purring away. And a Ronin/Transporter S8 isn't too bad either. Definitely keep 'em both. I even like those suntrap crittall windows on the block behind!

[pitchfork]

Because of this thread, I've started to pay more attention to older Merc's. I have to say that they are rather pretty cars. Makes a change from the bland or overly-aggressive designs of modern cars.

Funnily enough, there are 3 parked down our road. I couldn't tell you anything about them, other than them being of the era that you lot like.


Re. that £1750 500SE, above: "One of these wheels is not like the others. One of these wheels just doesn't belong..."

[Krikkit]

Some heroic purchasing going on in here, surely vol. 10 will take the record for the highest number of thread purchases at this rate?

[cornershop]

harrykul said:

idiotgap said:

cornershop said:

So I picked up this E320 Coupe on Monday.

That looks absolutely amazing, what a superb colour.

+1, that looks great!

Cheers chaps - it's a 10 footer for sure but the 199 paint has got real depth to it so a mini detail will bring it out nicely I feel.

Not getting to precious over the Merc until I know what whether I'm keeping it or not, ie whether it suits part time family duty (2yr old and associated paraphernalia). The Audi deals with this aplomb, although the Mrs won't drive it as its too big for her.

It's an honest example though, and I sense the novelty of dropping all 4 windows during the summer will take a while to subside

[bob-lad]

pitchfork said:

Because of this thread, I've started to pay more attention to older Merc's. I have to say that they are rather pretty cars. Makes a change from the bland or overly-aggressive designs of modern cars.

Funnily enough, there are 3 parked down our road. I couldn't tell you anything about them, other than them being of the era that you lot like.


Re. that £1750 500SE, above: "One of these wheels is not like the others. One of these wheels just doesn't belong..."

I think there's more than one wheel that doesn't belong, but I see where you're coming from

[tobinen]

@cornershop - nice purchase sir. May just need a new throttle cable if it's really firm

[lostkiwi]

bob-lad said:

Slightly grot ridden, slightly chavved 500se black V8 £1750

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mercedes-benz-500se-blac...



Curious about the Jaaaag hiding there too.

Edited by bob-lad on Thursday 5th May 00:39

Looking at that Merc I keep expecting 3 or 4 Yakuza to leap out of it!

[Jodyone]

cornershop said:

Cheers chaps - it's a 10 footer for sure but the 199 paint has got real depth to it so a mini detail will bring it out nicely I feel.

Not getting to precious over the Merc until I know what whether I'm keeping it or not, ie whether it suits part time family duty (2yr old and associated paraphernalia). The Audi deals with this aplomb, although the Mrs won't drive it as its too big for her.

It's an honest example though, and I sense the novelty of dropping all 4 windows during the summer will take a while to subside

That's awesome, good find. It's interesting going back from a modern(ish) barge to an old Merc, isn't it? (I've moved from a Citroen C6). The Mercs hold up rather well, I think.

I haven't got bored of dropping all the windows of my W123 Coupé yet, on sunny days, and I've had it 6 years..!

[cornershop]

tobinen said:

@cornershop - nice purchase sir. May just need a new throttle cable if it's really firm

thanks, problem is I've found them all to be stiff?. The throttle linkage did look quite gunged up so will tackle that.

On a separate note, All fuses replaced with new ceramic/brass contact items - we now have one touch window drop, at least on the driver window and working drivers butler

Need to get switch control bulbs replaced on the centre console and gearshift once I've found the how to guide - all but a few working. And replace the hideous Alpine head unit - period Becker already lined up.