Thursday was the March night drive for 2025. It had been a rainy day in Sydney the day before and in the morning, so at lunchtime, the prognosis for the drive did not look good. We only had a couple of sign ups and the weather looked iffy. Luckily for us the weather cleared up and we were set for a good drive. Our...
Yesterday was the MBCNSW February 2025 Night Drive. For this drive, I brought back an old favorite route – which we last used April 2023. Our route started in Turramurra. We had a pretty good group of cars show up to the meeting point. I went in my 1981 240D, and on the drive we also had a W108 280SE 3.5, my old W116...
Today the Mercedes-Benz, Rolls Royce and Maserati clubs had a joint cars and coffee event. It was held in the parking lot of St George Sailing club which turned out to be a good venue. There was enough room for all three clubs to park their cars together. I think these events are a good idea, as it brings a combination of cars together...
Thursday was the first MBCNSW night drive for 2025. For scheduling reasons, we held it a week earlier than normal. Our meeting place was Heathcote McDonalds. McDonalds is always a good meeting place, as it is well lit, easy to find and has clean toilets. It had been very rainy earlier in the week, so I wasn’t sure what attendance would be like. January...
Yesterday was the final night drive of 2024. As has become traditional, we headed to Bilpin for a late night feast of Apple pie. The week had been very hot and humid in Sydney, and Thursday afternoon greeted us with a typical Sydney summer storm. We’ve been a bit unlucky on some of these drives, having good weather during the week and then storms...
Today was one of the premier events in the MBCNSW Calendar – Youngtimer Sacco Day. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the cars of the late Bruno Sacco, previously head of design at Mercedes-Benz. This is the fourth time the club has run Sacco Day, having held previous events in 2020, 2021 and 2023. The thing that makes this event great is...
After our September night drive was rained out, it was good to be back for the October drive. The weather had been good he day of the drive but a storm rolled through Sydney in the early evening. It was mostly gone by the time of the drive, but we still had scattered showers throughout. Our route was a new one, starting at Windsor...
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. ...
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...
The August night drive was a repeat of the southwest loop we did last year. On the night of the drive, the weather was pretty bad, so we only had a few people come on that drive. Since the route was really good, I put it on the schedule again for this year. After a cold winter, the day of the drive was unseasonably...
The show at Eastern Creek has long been a fixture in the classic car scene in Sydney. It is a great location for a big car event, with the track, grandstand and plenty of places to display the cars. I’ve been going for many years, and have always enjoyed the day. Displaying a car is worth it if you plan to go. Entry...
Like all car clubs, MBCNSW has a lot of interesting cars that rarely get out to club events. The goal of the Chrome Bumper day was to try and entice a few of them out. The thinking was that an informal event that was fairly centrally located may be attractive for somebody who rarely takes out their older car. The event was held...
The June MBCNSW night drive brought back a route that we last used in October 2021. It was held one week later than normal since I was overseas last week. That was probably good from a weather point of view, as it apparently poured all week. Last night was somewhat better, with only scattered showers. The more inner city night drives can be...
Last night was the MBCNSW May night drive. This drive was a little different to what we normally do. Instead of a longer drive on semi-rural twisty roads, this one was shorter and far closer to the city. The genesis of this drive came from remembering how peaceful it was up at North Head in the evening. The views back to the city and...
The April 2024 night drive was a repeat of a route we last did two years ago. On that night, I tried two different cars before withdrawing, both of them having brake issues. In addition, recent bad weather kept the numbers down. This month was a much better experience all around. The drive was dubbed the ‘Bridge to Bridge’ drive. Basically we would take...
This month’s night drive was a bit different. Instead of meeting up and doing a drive for 60-90 minutes, we did a very short drive and then went to check out the club library. I’ve been a member of the Mercedes Club for between 10 and 15 years. I knew the club had a library, and I heard it was pretty good, but I...
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