walshy66
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- Your Mercedes
- S500 W140 1998
I sold my 500SEL a fortnight ago&promised "her indoors" I'd get on with the decorating jobs around the house etc over winter. She was delighted because selling the car in her eyes meant I no longer needed "that pile of junk on the side drive" (my donor car).
A man of my word I dueley listed said spares car on ebay&my intentions of a winter clearout were all good, until I browsed the internet 3 days after saying Auf Weidersen to my SEL&found a tidy looking 300SE.
A long way from me, but looked clean&at right kind of price. The rest is history, its now on my drive, donor car removed from ebay and everything back as it should be in my eyes!
To be honest I'd probably no intention of staying "classic free" over winter. I'd already been browsing Jag XJ40's before my 500 sold.
I'd wanted to sell the big one as i didn't fancy another winter with it stored outside &pick up a cheap Jag as something interesting to run over winter and then along came what my mates have now christened "The Mini Panzer" in relation to its bigger brother the SEL.
Anyway a 300mile trip back with it last sunday was a breeze&apart from a sticking rear caliper(due to lack of use), which soon freed itself off, and the right hand side of the dash binnacle lights not working she plodded home at a steady 70mph, through rain sleet hail &snow and rewarded me with 30mpg.
Looking forward to getting stuck into a couple of little fixes it needs, giving it a service and putting one of Stuttgarts elder statemen up against the worst that a British winter can throw at it.
Bet you this is a battle that the Germans win this time!
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A man of my word I dueley listed said spares car on ebay&my intentions of a winter clearout were all good, until I browsed the internet 3 days after saying Auf Weidersen to my SEL&found a tidy looking 300SE.
A long way from me, but looked clean&at right kind of price. The rest is history, its now on my drive, donor car removed from ebay and everything back as it should be in my eyes!
To be honest I'd probably no intention of staying "classic free" over winter. I'd already been browsing Jag XJ40's before my 500 sold.
I'd wanted to sell the big one as i didn't fancy another winter with it stored outside &pick up a cheap Jag as something interesting to run over winter and then along came what my mates have now christened "The Mini Panzer" in relation to its bigger brother the SEL.
Anyway a 300mile trip back with it last sunday was a breeze&apart from a sticking rear caliper(due to lack of use), which soon freed itself off, and the right hand side of the dash binnacle lights not working she plodded home at a steady 70mph, through rain sleet hail &snow and rewarded me with 30mpg.
Looking forward to getting stuck into a couple of little fixes it needs, giving it a service and putting one of Stuttgarts elder statemen up against the worst that a British winter can throw at it.
Bet you this is a battle that the Germans win this time!
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