08-02-2015, 02:56 PM
So, after deliberating for ages about what to replace my old Merc with to tow the caravan, I finally decided on an old Merc!
So it's a bigger, older Mercedes, a 1987 W124 300D. 3 litre straight six NAD with a laughable 111bhp, 4 speed automatic, brown on the inside and bronze on the outside. 251k but drives like 100k if that, really smooth ride, silent inside, smooth gearbox, wafty torque, armchair seats and a fantastic top of the range Blaupunkt tape deck! I'm switching to having 2 cars, one of which will be either a 205 GTI or 309 GTI when I find one, so it made sense to have a big automatic barge to waft to and from work, cover big distances and drag the caravan if I'm gonna have a sporty second car for hooning
It's IDI with a Bosch pump so should run veg easily although I'll have to change a few fuel hoses as veg degrades the ones they fitted these with, but I'll see what it's like on diesel first. Not expecting much, 25mpg round town and 40mpg on a run and I'd be happy.
So it's a bigger, older Mercedes, a 1987 W124 300D. 3 litre straight six NAD with a laughable 111bhp, 4 speed automatic, brown on the inside and bronze on the outside. 251k but drives like 100k if that, really smooth ride, silent inside, smooth gearbox, wafty torque, armchair seats and a fantastic top of the range Blaupunkt tape deck! I'm switching to having 2 cars, one of which will be either a 205 GTI or 309 GTI when I find one, so it made sense to have a big automatic barge to waft to and from work, cover big distances and drag the caravan if I'm gonna have a sporty second car for hooning
It's IDI with a Bosch pump so should run veg easily although I'll have to change a few fuel hoses as veg degrades the ones they fitted these with, but I'll see what it's like on diesel first. Not expecting much, 25mpg round town and 40mpg on a run and I'd be happy.