Tagged: Road-trip

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 2 0

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 2

This is part 2 of a description of a road trip I took back in March 2009.   I was living in Michigan and purchased a 1988 560SEC in the LA area.   I had to be out there for work so the plan was to drive the car around for the week to get familiar with it and then drive it back over the weekend. ...

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 1 5

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 1

I lived in Michigan between 2007-2011.   When I first moved there, I bought a cheap but somewhat rusty 1989 560SEC to be my daily driver.   It was already rusty so I was not worried about driving it in the notorious Michigan snow and salt.   After about 18 months the original 560SEC had been hit a few times in the snow.   It also had a...

Rover P5 cheap car challenge 0

Rover P5 cheap car challenge

The Rover P5 Coupe beat the odds and successfully completed the 320KM trip between Canberra and my workshop.   Unlike the Top Gear team, I did not have a support car and mechanics to help along the way. I simply had the rover toolkit (plus a few screwdrivers which were missing),  a couple of liters of oil and coolant, and a some radiator hoses...

Road trip to Canberra 0

Road trip to Canberra

I had to go to Canberra for work today, so I decided to take the 250SE on a road trip.    I hadn’t taken it for a long drive for a while, and I thought a road trip would do it good.   It was too cold to open the roof, but It was nice to get the car out on the open road....

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