RE: Scotland coast-to-coast in a G-Wagen

[Leins]

Barchettaman said:

I´ve always thought, looking at the mental prices of the high-powered versions, could one not drop the V8 from, say, a rusted out W210 E63 into an elderly G-wagon?

Quick trip to the spray booth for some gloss black, window tints, et voilá...?

Do like that idea. As per my previous post, can I have mine in beige with checked seats please?

[Cold]

Rumblestripe said:

First picture says it all really. A traffic jam of journos in posho 4x4s churning up the countryside to no great point, the unspeakable in pursuit of the irrelevant (sorry Oscar)

Have to admit, the idea of a twelve car convoy offroading will only ever get up the noses of the antis. Tread Lightly.

[Osinjak]

I get that certain cars have a cachet and price to match but £104,000 for a 245hp V6 4X4 square box is frankly insane, where's the value in these things? Don't misunderstand me, I'm quite taken with the G-Wagen because it's a lot of things an X5 or an RRS isn't but £104k? No way, no fecking way!

[T16OLE]

As above, I like it as a vehicle, but £104k doesn`t represent any bang for your buck, it`s just not value for money. Obscene and not in a good way. Not even the V8 engine

[HarryW]

Always liked the of having an early G Wagen, complete with checked interior, nearly got one a few years ago but backed out. Sadly they are getting silly money now so will probably never have one...

[GranCab]

The development and other associated costs of these heaps must have been amortised a long time ago.
The manufacture has always been subbed out to Magna Steyr in Austria ( since 1979 ) and Merc are taking the mickey with current pricing of these.
My first experience of one was many years ago on a shoot in north Notts where one was unable to drive up a wet, grassy shallow slope ... unlike the Defenders and Discoveries there at the same time.

[T16OLE]

How would this compare off road to a Disco 4?

[irish boy]

GranCab said:

The development and other associated costs of these heaps must have been amortised a long time ago.
The manufacture has always been subbed out to Magna Steyr in Austria ( since 1979 ) and Merc are taking the mickey with current pricing of these.
My first experience of one was many years ago on a shoot in north Notts where one was unable to drive up a wet, grassy shallow slope ... unlike the Defenders and Discoveries there at the same time.

The G has 3 separate diff locks, front back and centre. It's regarded as absolutely superb off road. This didn't happen, or the person didn't know how to drive.

[DoctorX]

Or it had stupid wheels and tyres.

[Walter Sobchak]

What I find most interesting about this, is not that the G Wagen made this trip-this is what it's built for, it's that the GLE and GLS managed it too, although with the off road pack on them I've heard they're both pretty capable.

[anonymous-user]

GranCab said:

The development and other associated costs of these heaps must have been amortised a long time ago.
The manufacture has always been subbed out to Magna Steyr in Austria ( since 1979 ) and Merc are taking the mickey with current pricing of these.
My first experience of one was many years ago on a shoot in north Notts where one was unable to drive up a wet, grassy shallow slope ... unlike the Defenders and Discoveries there at the same time.

Looks ok to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7buNqmvYlZ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmwGNoXcvuo

[jke11y]

Barchettaman said:

I´ve always thought, looking at the mental prices of the high-powered versions, could one not drop the V8 from, say, a rusted out W210 E63 into an elderly G-wagon?

Quick trip to the spray booth for some gloss black, window tints, et voilá...?

They never made a 210 63, but you'd surely be better just buying a 200ish G500 for about the £25k mark. Mine fairly shifted, made a ludicrous noise and drank fuel like a G63 does at 7 times the price. Miss it hugely.

[Panayiotis]

With no modifications drove from Melbourne up to fraser island in queensland a couple of years ago, pulled 4 other trucks out of the sand all the time enjoying the comforts of the vehicle. Amazingly capable, but unfortunately massively underutilised by most owners.

[dougflump]

Hmmm....I waited many a year to drive a G Wagon ...oh dear it was almost as bad as LandRover defender, sorry all you people who think these anachronisms are/were any good.. they aren't and they weren't unless you ONLY drove offroad and then any old beany Suzuki would disappear into the sunset/storm/snow/mud etc.

[Zadkiel]

Would be interesting to know how the GLE and GLS coped.

[Barchettaman]

jke11y said:

They never made a 210 63, but you'd surely be better just buying a 200ish G500 for about the £25k mark. Mine fairly shifted, made a ludicrous noise and drank fuel like a G63 does at 7 times the price. Miss it hugely.

Yeah, I feared I had the nomenclature wrong.

Sounds like your G500 was pretty epic.

[soad]

Osinjak said:

£104,000? Utterly ridiculous.

Those options do stack up...but If one can afford it, why not?

[sparta6]

Have you seen the price of a new Range Rover ?
Plastic build by comparison

[sparta6]

yonex said:

More a failure of a tt behind the wheel. I don't understand the disappointment that they have 'become' cool, it was never the case as they always were. Anyway, off you go grumpy folks.

+1

Solid landing on tarmac - not even a smashed screen. My old Rangie would be in pieces

[Alan_I_W]

sparta6 said:

+1

Solid landing on tarmac - not even a smashed screen. My old Rangie would be in pieces

Nick Grimshaw was the tt the flipped the G Wagen. He swerved for something and flipped it on someones Golf. The only way to describe him is "Millennial Douche"