Since I own a lot of cars, friends and family assume that I am a useful person to ask general car questions. This is probably fairly hit and miss as I know very little about cars built after 1990. In any case, my latest project was to help my mother buy a new car to replace her 2014 W205 C Class Mercedes. My initial...
The Annual German Auto show is always a great event and this year was no different. The event was organized by the Mercedes-Benz Club and includes the other German car clubs including BMW, Porsche, Audi, VW and the micro cars. This year there was a big improvement in that the cars were not just randomly parked, and they attempted to park cars in sections. ...
The Long Way Euround 2024 is now the third of these big road trips in Classic cars I’ve organized. To me an adventure like this is the best part of classic car ownership. Its not just about owning the car, but about the experiences that come along. Each to their own, but I really don’t understand the attraction of owning a classic that is...
On our 3,900km road trip, we had 10 cars participate. None of the 10 required a lorry to return home. However, pushing these cars hard over such a distance is going to result in a few minor mechanical issues. On the whole the cars did incredibly well, considering we drove them as they were designed to be used when new. A few of the...
Editors Note: This is part two in a series by Nick Gruzevskis about owning a W210 430. The first part can be found here. I’m one of those individuals that can’t handle interior noises, mostly rattles & squeaks, but in this case it’s been a buzzing noise coming from the dome light in my new E430. I had procrastinated long enough, so did some...
Today was the final day of our big Classic Mercedes Road trip. We started at 6:15AM in Bombala where it was 2 degrees outside. We were down to 9 cars, as one of our drivers had some unexpected work commitments that came up, so had to leave his car in Melbourne. We stayed in the pub in Bombala. I generally only book places...
As part of my big Classic Mercedes road trip, I visited the Gippsland Vehicle Collection. This was a stop on our drive from Melbourne to Bombala via Gippsland and the Monaro Highway. The museum is located in Maffra and is housed in a great historic factory. One of the nice things about the museum is that the collection changes over time. As of the...
Day five of the Long Way Euround takes us back towards Sydney via Gippsland and the Monaro region of southern NSW. After an action packed day on Day 4, today was a little more relaxed, but we still had a museum to visit and over 600km of driving to do. As this is the penultimate day of the trip, we are on our way...
Today was day four of The Long Way Euround, the Classic Mercedes road trip I am doing through NSW and Victoria. Day four was one of our busiest, and so far probably best days on the trip. Yesterday we had finished in Bendigo. Even though the total amount of driving was less than over days, we had a lot to cover. We made out...
Today I attended the Australian National Show and Shine, at Euroa. This is part of a multi-day Classic Mercedes road trip I am doing with a group of friends. The Euroa Show and Shine was the anchor event of our trip, which we dubbed the Long Way Euround. Our trip was really more about the drive than the show, but we were still keen...
Today was the third day of our Classic Mercedes road trip. Yesterday we finished in Horsham after driving the Silo Art Trail. Horsham is a great starting point for The Grampians National park, which was our drive for the morning. It was quite cold and wet as we rolled out of Horsham at 6AM. For the first part of our drive, we were still...
Today was the second day of our big Classic Mercedes road trip through NSW and Victoria. Yesterday, we finished up in Cobram, Vic, after a day driving the windy roads of the Upper Murray Region. Day 2 had the longest distance driving of the trip, so we woke up early. ready roll out by 6AM. The morning greeted us with grey skies and steady...
Today was the first day of my annual Classic Mercedes road trip – The Long Way Euround. While the major event that anchors the trip is the Australian National Show and Shine in Euroa, it is more about the trip than the destination. I’ve previously covered the plan for the six days of the event. We started our road trip in Bathurst. Trying to...
Each of the last two years, I have done an extended road trip in Classic Mercedes. I have found them so enjoyable that it has become an annual event. There is such a sense of adventure exploring our beautiful country in a classic car. There is even more of a sense of adventure avoiding motorways and driving exclusively on back roads, through great scenery...
The only constant of our garage is new acquisitions, we never seem to be able to slim the fleet down. The latest addition was considered necessary when my daughter (Jessica) came to grief with her 2005 CLK320 on a concrete wall at Eastland Shopping Centre, Ringwood. Given we are insured for market value, we weren’t confident that it would be repaired. Once we got...
After owning my 450SLC for over 20 years, there has really only been one thing that has disappointed me about the car. That is the performance of the A/C. I don’t think it was ever optimized for the Australian climate even when new. When you add in the use of R134A gas, plus aging components, on the days you really need it, it can’t...
Today was the 2024 ACT German Car Show. I always enjoy this event, so was keen to go again this year. I had originally planned to bring my 1977 450SLC. However, it wasn’t back from the workshop due to a leak from the A/C. In its place, I took my 1987 560SEC, same as last year. Unlike last year, there was a fairly...
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