The replacement to the Astra has finally been picked up over this past weekend! FINALLY FINALLY YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!
As mentioned in the "what wagon should I buy?" thread, @Mitchi helped find a sweet Mercedes E-class wagon, known for being the choice in Germany for airport taxis.
The original plan was after wiring money and paying for the car remotely, was to meet Mitchi in Frankfurt , have lunch with him and @leviathan. This was so I didn't have to go from one ass end of Germany to the other ass end, because what kind of freak buys cars locally so they're easy to pickup? One problem, Mitchi contracted the 'rona last week and wasn't clear toward the end of the week, so lunch plans had to be scrapped and I instead booked tickets all the way from where I live near Freiburg, and meet Mitchi's friend in Hamburg who would drive me directly to the seller.
First things first, plates and things.
Then, a foggy Saturday morning start in my favorite regional train.
So then I take the regional train into Freiburg, and transfer to the ICE train north which had no connections the entire way, which was nice. 6 hours journey.
Eventually made it to Hamburg station.
Everything reminds me of her.
And we've arrived.
The seller is huge fan of all things Mercedes, older gentleman who has a number old Mercedes, including the one you see off to the side in this photo, that will become is new daily as he sold this E200 which was his current daily driver.
After this, an eye watering 116 euro fill up of dino juice, I went with mitchi's friend to get Kebab, always the most important step of course. We picked up some for Mitchi and +1.
The bomb has been planted.
After this, Kebab was eaten inside a Prius, Then said goodbyes and thank yous, after I made my drive south of 4.5hrs, stopping in Frankfurt at 11:30pm to meet a @leviathan and have a sleep in what to me felt like an ikea magazine photo op, or Lev's apartment as it's locally known as.
The next day, I left mid-morning to begin the 2.5hr drive south, or less depending on whether or not I took advantage of the large swaths of unrestricted A5 autobahn past Karlsruhe.
Now we're home. 6.5hrs of transit north. About 7-8hrs back.
Proof pic, although I would think driving up to one of the Admins' house to show off my new toy would be enough, but eh. Rules are rules, I know.
Looking at this, any guesses on the mileage? 80,000kms? 160,000kms? Nope, 320,000kms when I picked it up. Yes, that's right, just over 200,000 miles. It is in absoutely amazing condition for the amount of earth this car has seen. I will treat it well and take great care of my new land yacht.
As mentioned in the "what wagon should I buy?" thread, @Mitchi helped find a sweet Mercedes E-class wagon, known for being the choice in Germany for airport taxis.
The original plan was after wiring money and paying for the car remotely, was to meet Mitchi in Frankfurt , have lunch with him and @leviathan. This was so I didn't have to go from one ass end of Germany to the other ass end, because what kind of freak buys cars locally so they're easy to pickup? One problem, Mitchi contracted the 'rona last week and wasn't clear toward the end of the week, so lunch plans had to be scrapped and I instead booked tickets all the way from where I live near Freiburg, and meet Mitchi's friend in Hamburg who would drive me directly to the seller.
First things first, plates and things.
Then, a foggy Saturday morning start in my favorite regional train.
So then I take the regional train into Freiburg, and transfer to the ICE train north which had no connections the entire way, which was nice. 6 hours journey.
Eventually made it to Hamburg station.
Everything reminds me of her.
And we've arrived.
The seller is huge fan of all things Mercedes, older gentleman who has a number old Mercedes, including the one you see off to the side in this photo, that will become is new daily as he sold this E200 which was his current daily driver.
After this, an eye watering 116 euro fill up of dino juice, I went with mitchi's friend to get Kebab, always the most important step of course. We picked up some for Mitchi and +1.
The bomb has been planted.
After this, Kebab was eaten inside a Prius, Then said goodbyes and thank yous, after I made my drive south of 4.5hrs, stopping in Frankfurt at 11:30pm to meet a @leviathan and have a sleep in what to me felt like an ikea magazine photo op, or Lev's apartment as it's locally known as.
The next day, I left mid-morning to begin the 2.5hr drive south, or less depending on whether or not I took advantage of the large swaths of unrestricted A5 autobahn past Karlsruhe.
Now we're home. 6.5hrs of transit north. About 7-8hrs back.
Proof pic, although I would think driving up to one of the Admins' house to show off my new toy would be enough, but eh. Rules are rules, I know.
Looking at this, any guesses on the mileage? 80,000kms? 160,000kms? Nope, 320,000kms when I picked it up. Yes, that's right, just over 200,000 miles. It is in absoutely amazing condition for the amount of earth this car has seen. I will treat it well and take great care of my new land yacht.
