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Jan 28, 2005 12:19:38 GMT
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...this: pics are awful cos, well, it was dark! Absolutely glorious motor! A mate of mine bought it on eBay for £1000 a while back, 4.5 V8 (sounds fantastic!) and it's in superb condition. I know one or two people on here have them... What amazed me was how 'modern' it felt compared to his other car - a Rover P5b coupe which is only a year or two older. Amazingly nimble for such a huge motor too!
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Benmarina16v
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1974 2ltr 16 Valve Marina Coupe 200Bhp On The Way
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Jan 28, 2005 12:27:20 GMT
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...this: I know one or two people on here have them... What amazed me was how 'modern' it felt compared to his other car - a Rover P5b coupe which is only a year or two older. Amazingly nimble for such a huge motor too! This just shows how advanced the Germans were from the brittish back then!
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'87 2.8 Ford Capri '74 2.0 16V Marina Coupe '72 1800TC Saloon '72 1800TC Coupe -------------------------------------------- www.morrismarina.net
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Jan 28, 2005 12:35:36 GMT
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That's seriously cool....
big Mercs ROCK!
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Jan 28, 2005 12:54:05 GMT
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This just shows how advanced the Germans were from the brittish back then! Not really - the P5B was an old model by then, the MB was newly introduced. It's like comparing a Morris Minor to a Renault 5 (Moggy ended in '71, R5 started '74 / '75?), and then concluding that all Brit cars were equivelently far behind. IMO, a fairer comparison for the Merc would be against a Rover SD1, but even they weren't exactly head-on rivals when new!
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Nathan
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Jan 28, 2005 13:10:24 GMT
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Now that look nice only £1000 jesus i am doing something wrong i think.. Wonder if its any good as a daily driver getting sick of my focus now
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Jan 28, 2005 13:18:03 GMT
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Now that look nice only £1000 jesus i am doing something wrong i think.. Wonder if its any good as a daily driver getting sick of my focus now He does 70 miles a day in it, no problems at all... Except for the fuel bill!
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Jan 28, 2005 13:21:35 GMT
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Jan 28, 2005 13:23:51 GMT
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Not really - the P5B was an old model by then, the MB was newly introduced. It's like comparing a Morris Minor to a Renault 5 (Moggy ended in '71, R5 started '74 / '75?), and then concluding that all Brit cars were equivelently far behind. IMO, a fairer comparison for the Merc would be against a Rover SD1, but even they weren't exactly head-on rivals when new! That's the exact conversation we were having last night. The SD1 is probably fairer but was also a product of the "dark days" of the british motor industry... Nothing came close to that S-Class at the time - the Jaguar was a lot cheaper, a Rolls Royce appealed to a different market and we couldn't really think of any others...
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Jan 28, 2005 14:30:30 GMT
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My dad worked for a guy who had a fleet of them that got used for the business, ( a scrapyard where they got used for everything from going to meetings with potential suppliers/customers etc and giving a good impression, to company cars, and occasionally scrap metal carriers sacreligiously enough) three of them, in exactly those colours, along with, bizzarely enough, a Rolls Silver Shadow, a Jag XJ12, and from time to time a Colt Celeste, and the ol man's own Mazda B1800, all of them being used by the firm, I rode in all of them the odd time, and loved all of them, the mercs were great! Funny though, seeing a fleet of two dark blue Mercs, a matching Jag and an also dark Blue Roller, all gleaming normally, travelling together, was like seeing the Mafia off to kill someone! ;D ;D ;D
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Jan 28, 2005 14:42:49 GMT
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That's the exact conversation we were having last night. ;D ;D
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Jan 28, 2005 14:46:27 GMT
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The W116 is a great car!! The only Mercedes to have won Car Of The Year. I'd really like one
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Jan 28, 2005 18:22:23 GMT
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thers a bid going on that merc ;D
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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