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Hello Ross,
Nice to see you back on this thread and good to hear you're making steady improvements. Keep the faith, with the support of friends and family and some positive thinking you'll soon be back in action. Although minor in comparison, I can relate to the dark periods of doom and gloom having been stuck off work for 4 months in 2013 after hurting my back and being stuck looking at the ceiling awaiting my op. It can be pretty dull but the future will be bright, I'm sure.
If you want to keep your car, and I hope you do(!), I'm sure a local and trusted PH'er can give it a 1hr run every few weeks to keep it in good health. If not, the collective knowledge of this thread will produce the best advertisement possible!
Best wishes
Nice to see you back on this thread and good to hear you're making steady improvements. Keep the faith, with the support of friends and family and some positive thinking you'll soon be back in action. Although minor in comparison, I can relate to the dark periods of doom and gloom having been stuck off work for 4 months in 2013 after hurting my back and being stuck looking at the ceiling awaiting my op. It can be pretty dull but the future will be bright, I'm sure.
If you want to keep your car, and I hope you do(!), I'm sure a local and trusted PH'er can give it a 1hr run every few weeks to keep it in good health. If not, the collective knowledge of this thread will produce the best advertisement possible!
Best wishes
0a said:
I know, I know - the gearbox will go wrong and cost more than the car. I still keep looking at these though, and this one has the sensible leather: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C506763#
I had an identical one, black on black. It was marvellous. Proper hooligan machine.Edited by Huntsman on Saturday 20th December 18:51
Glad you're back in the world of the living Ross and best wishes for the recovery.
If I were near you I'd be offering to check, start and run the car for you (are you around Cheshire? If so I will do it) so if you post roughly where you are a threadist or lurker will surely offer to help keep the car in tip-top shape for when you get back behind the wheel.
If I were near you I'd be offering to check, start and run the car for you (are you around Cheshire? If so I will do it) so if you post roughly where you are a threadist or lurker will surely offer to help keep the car in tip-top shape for when you get back behind the wheel.
r129sl said:
Answer's obvious, innit: get a driver. Works for CdeG, doesn't it?
The main advantage of selling it is... getting to agonise over what to replace it with.
LOL - he drives me on duty, and it's in a Mondeo not a nice bargey BMW! And only until next summer when I get posted, so I'll make the most of it in the meantime. The main advantage of selling it is... getting to agonise over what to replace it with.
Agree with the main adv of sale; all that lovely research...
Ross, great to hear from you and pretty amazing considering how soon it is. I am sure it's a good sign that with everything that's gone on you have got onto thinking about what you should do with the E65.
To remove the worry and bother (and provide an opportunity for a fun long browsing period!) I'd be tempted to sell it and look to buy again. There will be a 760 with your name on it i'm sure, and you will definitely deserve it. There's a thread around here that I am sure will be only too happy to help (even if you marginally bust budget again!).
All the very best!
To remove the worry and bother (and provide an opportunity for a fun long browsing period!) I'd be tempted to sell it and look to buy again. There will be a 760 with your name on it i'm sure, and you will definitely deserve it. There's a thread around here that I am sure will be only too happy to help (even if you marginally bust budget again!).
All the very best!
idiotgap said:
idiotgap said:
0a said:
A quick question for our W124 experts. Are these the 'good' speakers for the W124, and if so are they easy to fit: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rainbow-IL-X4-7-MB-Merce...
Looks like it, but you can get them much cheaper in Germany via ebay.de. I'll see if I can find a link.http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/1920027-post14.html
and here's the link
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rainbow-2-Wege-Lautsprec...
Your talking around £43 this route by the look of it. I've previously given this link to someone in the mercedes benz club, he bought some speakers from this seller and was happy. I don't speak German - I gave it up after 1 year at school so please check the listing carefully!
If you get the right ones, they plug straight in, swapping them over is very easy.
A silly question, but would it be worth doing the rears as well? I can hear mine but only because one of the fronts is a bit dodgy! I'm not after stonking sound - merely good, I have a hifi the age of my 300e for that!
Hankering. Good word for my almost constant physical and mental state when it comes to cars.
I am presently hankering after a bargain basement, smoke silver w210 E300 Turbo Diesel which is on offer for £795 about five miles from me: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-E300-TD-Eleganc...
As always, it is not the purchase cost but the insurance, tax and inevitable campaign of repair that would follow. And they are made of rust, these cars, aren't they? I was thinking I could justify it because the hateful Golf is going to be out of action for a while until they have found the (now dead) rat and repaired all of its damage (even though I have the loan of a w140 S420 for the duration); because we might need to give aforesaid hateful Golf to the new nanny which hopefully we will acquire in the new year (even though she has a car of her own); because, because, because...
I am also hankering after the other smoke silver CL600 but that really isn't an option. However, after using the S-Class for a while, I can see that it would be hard to better a 140 as a serious family car.
Oa: I have the Rainbow speakers in my 124. They are good, I'd recommend them without hesitation. They lack oomph, but that is hardly surprising when they are only 120cm across. They benefit from good amplification. What heading are you using? My Becker is a bit weak. I would probably do the rears at that price.
I am presently hankering after a bargain basement, smoke silver w210 E300 Turbo Diesel which is on offer for £795 about five miles from me: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-E300-TD-Eleganc...
As always, it is not the purchase cost but the insurance, tax and inevitable campaign of repair that would follow. And they are made of rust, these cars, aren't they? I was thinking I could justify it because the hateful Golf is going to be out of action for a while until they have found the (now dead) rat and repaired all of its damage (even though I have the loan of a w140 S420 for the duration); because we might need to give aforesaid hateful Golf to the new nanny which hopefully we will acquire in the new year (even though she has a car of her own); because, because, because...
I am also hankering after the other smoke silver CL600 but that really isn't an option. However, after using the S-Class for a while, I can see that it would be hard to better a 140 as a serious family car.
Oa: I have the Rainbow speakers in my 124. They are good, I'd recommend them without hesitation. They lack oomph, but that is hardly surprising when they are only 120cm across. They benefit from good amplification. What heading are you using? My Becker is a bit weak. I would probably do the rears at that price.
It as all about the hankering. Best thing is to make the most of it because once you've bought something the novelty of purchase and ownership wears off pretty quickly... Not proportional to cost. Wage slaves can "earn" their hankerings by mulling purchases sufficiently long at their desks that they've effectively got the gear for free.
120cm speakers are marshall stack beating beefy! Sadly 124 rainbows are 120mm
120cm speakers are marshall stack beating beefy! Sadly 124 rainbows are 120mm
Thanks r129 - just a pioneer head unit, nothing special. General audio is a later project!
This sounds rather interesting: www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C569882# £1,999
"A phenomenal, 1 lady owner from new, with Full Supplying Main Dealer Service History by Mercedes Benz!!!
Sadly her husband passed shortly after purchase so absolutely EVERYTHING was done by the supplying dealer, even wiper blade replacement, bless her!!"
This sounds rather interesting: www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C569882# £1,999
"A phenomenal, 1 lady owner from new, with Full Supplying Main Dealer Service History by Mercedes Benz!!!
Sadly her husband passed shortly after purchase so absolutely EVERYTHING was done by the supplying dealer, even wiper blade replacement, bless her!!"
Haha. Looks like a classic "genuine one little old lady car". Rather lovely in its way.
I don't know enough about them to tell from the under bonnet pic, but suspect that is a carb model, a 190 rather than a 190e, so a bit relaxed in the go department. Still, a nice little time machine.
I don't know enough about them to tell from the under bonnet pic, but suspect that is a carb model, a 190 rather than a 190e, so a bit relaxed in the go department. Still, a nice little time machine.
E65Ross said:
Not sure if leaving it for a year is good!? 6 months I'll get matt to drive it, much longer it seems huge expense t9bjust keep it ticking over. Thoughts?
Hi, Ross, Good to hear you are making progress.
"SORN and do nothing" would be the worst choice I think. Either keep it going properly (weekly Matt exercise and a monthly wash / wax) or sell it, I'd say.
If you'd had it since new and it was a car you'd dreamed about all your life it would be a definite keeper but it's actually something you could replace fairly easily, and still on the say down the depreciation curve so not doing you any huge favours while you are not using it. And you might fancy a chance anyway when you come back to driving.
Lowtimer said:
Haha. Looks like a classic "genuine one little old lady car". Rather lovely in its way.
I don't know enough about them to tell from the under bonnet pic, but suspect that is a carb model, a 190 rather than a 190e, so a bit relaxed in the go department. Still, a nice little time machine.
Carb model. Nothing inherently wrong with that and arguably better for the very long haul (you know, after the electromagnetic pulse attack and all that). But there is something to be said for the base model in mint nick. It looks utterly lovely and sensibly priced. I'd have to change the wheel trims! I don't know enough about them to tell from the under bonnet pic, but suspect that is a carb model, a 190 rather than a 190e, so a bit relaxed in the go department. Still, a nice little time machine.
Oa: Pioneer have always made good sets. Decent amplification, too.
E65Ross said:
Not sure if leaving it for a year is good!? 6 months I'll get matt to drive it, much longer it seems huge expense t9bjust keep it ticking over. Thoughts?
Hi Ross. Good to see you here again and all the best for your quick recovery.Re: your question I would say that although perhaps not the 'ideal' I don't see any big problems in storing the car for 6 months-a year, as long as the storage is good (dry, preferably no UV). I have a number of cars that are often laid up for this period and longer and then pulled out for a track day or put back into regular service and not experienced any problem that I would attribute to the fact that it has been unused for a while. I don't even need to wash them between putting them away and getting them out again as I try to keep the area pretty dust free.
Whilst keeping it in regular use is probably best this does come with quite a cost these days (with tax and insurance alone it must be £500-£1000 a year without turning a wheel I would think) so if that is an issue then I would say just tuck it away on SORN for a bit (assuming you have a garage or somewhere to store it that doesn't cost) - whilst the others are right that you could just buy another car in the future you have put all that money and effort into getting yours 'just right' and you would likely need to repeat all that again if getting a different car in future. Unless you actually enjoy that as a project I'd vote for hanging onto the 'known quantity' that you already have and can enjoy in the future with minimal fuss.
r129sl said:
Carb model. Nothing inherently wrong with that and arguably better for the very long haul (you know, after the electromagnetic pulse attack and all that). But there is something to be said for the base model in mint nick. It looks utterly lovely and sensibly priced. I'd have to change the wheel trims!
He says he has refurbished the wheel trims. Wonder what possessed him to paint the centres black?PlayersNo6 said:
r129sl said:
Carb model. Nothing inherently wrong with that and arguably better for the very long haul (you know, after the electromagnetic pulse attack and all that). But there is something to be said for the base model in mint nick. It looks utterly lovely and sensibly priced. I'd have to change the wheel trims!
He says he has refurbished the wheel trims. Wonder what possessed him to paint the centres black?E65Ross said:
Not sure if leaving it for a year is good!? 6 months I'll get matt to drive it, much longer it seems huge expense t9bjust keep it ticking over. Thoughts?
Can't see why parking it up is an issue. Farmers manage to leave £250,000 combines parked up for 10 months of the year and they're more complicated than an E65 these days.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff