Not great but here's some photo's.

[Chupper]

Ooh, i gotta get that traffic master thingy [8D]!

Anyway, I've never been a big fan of the wagons, but I must admit, your wagon abarton makes me like them. Very nice! She just looks so good.

I've been working on minor stuff on my body today. Since my grandpa is a metal worker, I thought I would take advantage of his skills. It's amazing what a little attention can do [^]!

[Greg in Oz]

Andy,

Which issue? I would be interested to read the article that featured your car. I have only seen a few issues of Mercedes Enthusiast magazine but I know some other club members who regularly purchase it. I'm too lousy to spend the $12.50 per issue it costs here and also have been unimpressed with some of the technical/factual errors in the editions I have read. The published acceleration figures for the W124s (among others) in the table at the back are one that springs to mind for causing raised eyebrows.

Greg

[Greg in Oz]

Anyway, I've never been a big fan of the wagons, but I must admit, your wagon abarton makes me like them. Very nice! She just looks so good.

Chupper,

If you've gotta have a wagon then the W124 would have to be one of the best looking an yet practical ones ever. How many others offer a perfectly flat load floor that still manages to conceal additional seats for up to seven (or remove these seats for extra locable storage space), with a versatile cargo net and blind which can be used behind either the front or rear seats, or easily removed? Despite all this you still have a good looking car which due to the same independant suspension offers the brilliant handling and ride of the sedan with very little loss in performance (the wagon is slightly heavier).

What's more, in Oz the wagons are so scarce (they were very expensive new - up to $150k for the 300 so most are 230s or 220s) that you instantly have a car that is different to everyone elses.

After nearly five years with our 300TE we still love it. In fact we have decided to keep it for a long time as we prefer it to the W210 wagon. I can do the repairs and maintenance so that won't be a problem as it ages and hopefully its condition will remain good as I maintain it to a standard suitable for concours entry each year. At only 175,000km and only about 12k a year it should have lots of life left yet.

Greg

[abarton@yahoo.com]

Andy,

Which issue? I would be interested to read the article that featured your car. I have only seen a few issues of Mercedes Enthusiast magazine but I know some other club members who regularly purchase it. I'm too lousy to spend the $12.50 per issue it costs here and also have been unimpressed with some of the technical/factual errors in the editions I have read. The published acceleration figures for the W124s (among others) in the table at the back are one that springs to mind for causing raised eyebrows.

Greg

Hi Greg,

It was the June 2002 edition.

I agree abiut some of the inacuracies and omissions. It was because they didn;t list the 300TE-24 at all that I contacted them in the first place. Thats how the car ended up racing up Chedder gorge hill.

Attached is cover. You can just spot the back end of the old girl in the bottom left corner pic.

Andy

[abarton@yahoo.com]

Ooh, i gotta get that traffic master thingy [8D]!

Trafficmaster relies on roadside signal units. We have them all over the UK on all the major roads and motorways.

I don;t know if you have them in the US (can't say I've seen any on my travels over there).

The only updating I think I'll do is new wheels and clear corners.

Speed wise, Gregs spot on. The estate is heavier but then again I wonder if a Euro 24V estate is faster than a US 12v Sedan. With 230+BHP against 177BHP and no cats, airbags etc.. I rekon I'd take you out Chupper!

Ofcourse, the chances of bboth of us being on the same piece of tarmac are zero but it'd be fun to find out.

Hope yours is running OK now.


Andy

[:)][:)]

[abarton@yahoo.com]

I spent fathers day morning doing what every dad with a Merc on this forum would like to?

I cleaned the old girl.

Comments welcome (as long as they are nice because I'm knackered after all that polishing!)



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