Brother Michael
Well-Known Member
Finally the toy car is gone, time for something properly waft-tastic. It is a 1994 Mercedes Benz W124 300TD, 364.000km on the clock (not even broken in) with everything - leather interior, heated seats, driver's seat is electric AND orthopedic, automatic air conditioning, 4x electric windows, ASD diff....pretty much the only thing "missing" is a sunroof. It is 97% rustfree, the only small bits can be found on the underside of the doors and even then they are not rotten through, completely salvageable with some time, effort and paint.
The paintwork is in great condition, though not perfect just like the interior. A few hours with Autoglym products and the thing will be like new. Cruises like a car like this should; stable and quiet'ish (it is a 17 year old car afterall) and doesn't drink diesel all that much. Cruising at 140kph it has done more than 500km with half a tank. Initial get up and go is on the sluggish side but get it up to 40kmh or so and it'll start shifting pretty nicely. Sure it is no S8, but feels much faster than the A4 eventhough the Audi is faster on paper at least. The OM603 engine is...well...bullet proof, does 147hp/279nm in stock form and will go on forever.
So far it has done well and while I don't exactly love it like I did the S8, I do like it much more than the A4. Hopefully this thing won't drive me nuts like the small A4 did and I will enjoy many more happy miles in this.
Some cameraphone shots taken in eastern Finland, better ones/interior ones coming later.
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/front_pose.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/rear_pose.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/rear_3-4.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/proof.jpg
The paintwork is in great condition, though not perfect just like the interior. A few hours with Autoglym products and the thing will be like new. Cruises like a car like this should; stable and quiet'ish (it is a 17 year old car afterall) and doesn't drink diesel all that much. Cruising at 140kph it has done more than 500km with half a tank. Initial get up and go is on the sluggish side but get it up to 40kmh or so and it'll start shifting pretty nicely. Sure it is no S8, but feels much faster than the A4 eventhough the Audi is faster on paper at least. The OM603 engine is...well...bullet proof, does 147hp/279nm in stock form and will go on forever.
So far it has done well and while I don't exactly love it like I did the S8, I do like it much more than the A4. Hopefully this thing won't drive me nuts like the small A4 did and I will enjoy many more happy miles in this.
Some cameraphone shots taken in eastern Finland, better ones/interior ones coming later.
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/front_pose.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/rear_pose.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/rear_3-4.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/b/br/brothermichael/2011/05/22/proof.jpg