Austere
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2006
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- Car(s)
- Mercedes-Benz 280S
I learnt the basics in a 1980 Saab 900. It was a manual 5-door hatch and it was beige. I only had a chance to drive it around the Woolworths parking lot a couple of times before my parents gave it to my sister. It was worth about $1,500 but she neglected it so badly that after six months it was sold for $25.
Shortly after that fiasco I got this:
It's a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280S. A column shift automatic, 2.8Ltr twin carburettor straight six. Initially I had the same difficulties any learner would have in any car but after that it was really quite easy to drive. The only difficulties were/are manoeuvring it in tight spaces because of its sheer size and having to mentally convert the speedometer from Miles to Kilometres per hour.
It'll do 120mph in 3rd gear.
whoa, I just got wicked-bad deja vu.
Shortly after that fiasco I got this:
It's a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280S. A column shift automatic, 2.8Ltr twin carburettor straight six. Initially I had the same difficulties any learner would have in any car but after that it was really quite easy to drive. The only difficulties were/are manoeuvring it in tight spaces because of its sheer size and having to mentally convert the speedometer from Miles to Kilometres per hour.
It'll do 120mph in 3rd gear.
whoa, I just got wicked-bad deja vu.