Some of you know I shockingly spurned the Mercedes community and bought myself a nice little Peugeot 206 in July. This was a new endeavour for me, the first modern and first small car I have ever owned. From a few months after passing my driving test I had a 190 2.0 auto, and then 5 years later a 2.5-16, and though I have driven countless other cars (really countless, my parents own a garage and I drive cars for them) I've never owned them or called them mine. So I was bored today and decided to...

Astral silver a 16v colour not experienced by North America

After around 4 years of 190 stewardship with my 190E 2.0 (see this post) I had reached a point of dissatisfaction. Elements of the standard 2.0 automatic car still satisfied, such as the power delivery, reliability and uniqueness amongst my peers, but elements of it frustrated, such as the lame driving position, and general driving experience at anything more...

In 2001, when I was merely 18, my older brother had a 1988 VW Golf as his first car and I had nothing. He was 'loaned' the car by our parents, and I hoped that a similar loan would happen to me - preferably something nicer than his car!


Polished and fitted with 15-hole alloys I bought used

My wishes were answered - and aswered again. I was invited home from University one weekday night as my parents...

Well this is the start of my blog on Benzworld. I will use it to write about my experiences and general musings on cars & Mercedes. I am young for a Mercedes owner being in my 20s, and that started because my Dad gave me an old 190E that he picked up cheaply. While at University this was a fun car to have and always impressed people. By the time I left University however, although I still respected the W201 I wanted something more sporting. As luck had it, during my second year of university,...