The August 2025 Night drive was the 50th official MBCNSW Night drive since we started them back in 2020. The night drives originally came about during the COVID era, where there were restrictions on what was allowed. As the first lockdowns eased, the night drives were a good way of getting out and using our cars, while complying with the rules at the time....
Our July 2025 night drive was a bit unusual. Instead of the suburban outskirts where we normally drive, this was an inner city route. I generally avoid inner city routes, as they are so hard to keep a group together at night. The advantage they have is they require less travel to get to and from the route from most participants. The Seven bridges...
Our May 2025 Night drive reprised a route we used back in August 2023. That night, we had one of our very rare breakdowns, which we were keen to avoid this time. We had a great turn out on the night. I think it was largely due to the terrible weather we’ve had in Sydney over the last month. Now it seems to be...
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...
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...
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 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...
Ever since we started the night drives in 2020, I’ve wanted to do a route going north from Wisemans Ferry. The issue was the poor road surface along Wisemans Ferry Road as it goes parallel with the Lower Hawkesbury. Some of the potholes were big enough to swallow up a W201. Given the lack of lighting it wasn’t really a suitable place for a...
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...
This months night drive fell on a leap day, September 29. The next time a leap day falls on a Thursday will be 2054, so it was a night not to be missed. The main part of the drive was to drive the back roads of southwest Sydney, starting with Mulgoa Road. Last year we had a drive that started from Krispy Kreme Penrith. ...
We started our 2024 night drive schedule with a drive south. This month’s drive was held a week earlier due to the holiday long weekend and the absurd double demerits regime in NSW. In the days before the drive, there had been torrential rain, but luckily the weather fined up on the day and it was just a bit overcast. The recent rain...
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