Autocar article

[Bogus]

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/still-class-apart-driving-w124-mercedes-e-class

 

[LostKiwi]

A 124 was the first Mercedes I drove.
It was an 200 and gutless as hell, but I was still hooked. It was the company car of a mates boss and he threw me the keys and said let's go out. Very naughty as he'd have been sacked if they knew, but funnily enough his boss later became a mate and when we told him about it he just laughed.
On the back of that drive I bought my first W202.

Still have a hankering for a 280 or 320 estate. Maybe after the 210 goes to the rust pit in the sky...

 

[davemercedes]

A 124 was the first Mercedes I drove.
It was an 200 and gutless as hell, but I was still hooked. It was the company car of a mates boss and he threw me the keys and said let's go out. Very naughty as he'd have been sacked if they knew, but funnily enough his boss later became a mate and when we told him about it he just laughed.
On the back of that drive I bought my first W202.

Still have a hankering for a 280 or 320 estate. Maybe after the 210 goes to the rust pit in the sky...

Well LK, if you've got a spare £9K laying around for an immaculate seven seater...:

https://www.mindfulchef.com/choose-delivery-date

 

[LostKiwi]

Well LK, if you've got a spare £9K laying around for an immaculate seven seater...:

https://www.mindfulchef.com/choose-delivery-date

Are you suggesting I might be able to get a bag full of flour for £9k?

 

[davemercedes]

Are you suggesting I might be able to get a bag full of flour for £9k?

Sorry, A - I was mucking about earlier trying to get the extended memory of copy/paste to work and it seems that it did after all (SWMBO had me looking at the recipe site (which did nothing for me))!

Should have been:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES...870795?hash=item288f99274b:g:7AgAAOSw0qdch~Dr

I must admit it's a nice car; I could be tempted...

 

[LostKiwi]

Sorry, A - I was mucking about earlier trying to get the extended memory of copy/paste to work and it seems that it did after all (SWMBO had me looking at the recipe site (which did nothing for me))!

Should have been:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES...870795?hash=item288f99274b:g:7AgAAOSw0qdch~Dr

I must admit it's a nice car; I could be tempted...

Not the best spec in my opinion. It has air but that's about it.
I'd be wanting leather and air and 5 speed for that money.

 

[AMGeed]

A W124 S500 was the first Mercedes I had been in. It was that car that got me out of Fast Fords and into the brand. Its still the nicest car I've been in and that includes a Bentley Continental and a few 6 and 7 series BMW's

 

[Blobcat]

A W124 S500 was the first Mercedes I had been in. It was that car that got me out of Fast Fords and into the brand. Its still the nicest car I've been in and that includes a Bentley Continental and a few 6 and 7 series BMW's

You are aware that was a Porsche

 

[00slk]

My first ever Mercedes to drive was a 450SE at the age of 21, after that alarming experience I went out and bought a 450SE, it was gutless and never the same acceleration than the one I drove a few months ago. Found out why when it came back into the workshop, had a 6.9 badge on the right hand side of the boot lid and an L at the end of the SE badge I kept my 450 SE for 5 years though

 

[A.J.]

My first ever Mercedes to drive was a 450SE at the age of 21, after that alarming experience I went out and bought a 450SE, it was gutless and never the same acceleration than the one I drove a few months ago. Found out why when it came back into the workshop, had a 6.9 badge on the right hand side of the boot lid and an L at the end of the SE badge I kept my 450 SE for 5 years though

The first MB I had the pleasure of driving was an SL230 Pagoda and the second was a 1960ish 6.3 SEL. Both at the extreme end of performance abilities at that time. I was a smart arse salesman at a high end Sports Car dealership which was owned by the father of F1 and Indycar driver Mark Blundell. Great days long gone

 

[rorywquin]

Back in the early '70s (when a Mercedes was still a posh car), my step-dad had the W114 280E (fuel injected) & he'd let me use it as the "wedding car" for friends when they got married. It was great to drive and was no slouch either (felt like a racing car after my 850cc Mini).

I always liked MB but my first (flash car) was a BMW and I had several of them before buying a MB.

 

[00slk]

The first MB I had the pleasure of driving was an SL230 Pagoda and the second was a 1960ish 6.3 SEL. Both at the extreme end of performance abilities at that time. I was a smart arse salesman at a high end Sports Car dealership which was owned by the father of F1 and Indycar driver Mark Blundell. Great days long gone

Small world, I think I have an advert for his dealership from and old newspaper, Kings Lynn area if I recall correctly.
My next door neighbour though elderly now remembers the dealership too, he was into his TR2' E-Types and Porches's to name a few in his ownership. Ex Mechanic of course.
I on the other hand got to work on a few celebrities cars when working for Audi/VW, won't tell you how we found out owners, but thinking back........Too much information left in their cars
Low and behold, sitting here in the tray

 

[A.J.]

Small world, I think I have an advert for his dealership from and old newspaper, Kings Lynn area if I recall correctly.
My next door neighbour though elderly now remembers the dealership too, his was into his TR2' E-Types and Porches's to name a few in his ownership. Ex Mechanic of course.
I on the other hand got to work on a few celebrities cars when working for Audi/VW, won't tell you how we found out owners, but thinking back........Too much information left in their cars
Low and behold, sitting here in the tray
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That is Martin Brundle's Father. The guy I worked for was Danny Blundell, Father of Mark Blundell. The two do actually run a F1 management company to-gether, it must be a bit confusing at times

 

[sonic]

I about 1968 I was driving an army HGV truck in Bavaria on hard packed snow. I was driving over a long narrow bridge into the town of Kempten. A Mercedes SEL 6.3 (the one with 4 headlights) was coming towards me, & the road looked too narrow to me for both of us to pass. I came to a halt but the Mercedes driver must have thought there was enough room as he didn't slow down. The road was too narrow & he bounced off me, making quite a mess to his front wing. Needless to say there was minimal damage to the truck. He didn't seem too bothered when we exchanged details.

 

[00slk]

That is Martin Brundle's Father. The guy I worked for was Danny Blundell, Father of Mark Blundell. The two do actually run a F1 management company to-gether, it must be a bit confusing at times

Sounds like the Blundell's were really into their cars
My son lived in Watlington for a while

 

[A.J.]

Sounds like the Blundell's were really into their cars
My son lived in Watlington for a while

When I worked for Danny, Mark would have been about 12ish and was a real pain in the ar$e. He was always at your elbow while you were trying to deal with a customer, what's this, what's that I followed Marks career with great interest and was so pleased that despite one or two very heavy crashes he came out of it in one piece Completely lost contact now, not seen him for must be 20 years now