Car - Mercedes W124 E200 Saloon
Year - 1994 M
Mileage - 123k
Tax - SORN
MOT - None.
I've been debating what to do with this for ages now, but I can't bear to see it stood on my drive when it's a fundamentally sound car but I've absolutely no motivation to do anything with it (and SWMBO wants it gone, more importantly LOL) so it's got to go. Been standing since November last year when the tax ran out,I have tried to start it but every time I do it turns over once then the immobiliser kicks in and it just clicks. Maybe it would start with some better jump leads or a booster pack but I really can't be ar5ed with it. NOW STARTING/RUNNING FINE. JUsT NEEDED A BIG BATTERY AND SOME DECENT JUMPLEADS.
I bought the car in March 2012, used it daily all through last summer with absolutely no problems. Everything works apart from the heater blower which worked sporadically but then stopped altogether. 136bhp four-banger coupled to a switchable autobox, everything worked as it should. Fuel-wise it's far better than you'd expect, I was averaging 35mpg commuting up and down the motorway to work, it would touch 40 on a long run if you used the cruise control (an absolute boon on long journeys) but drop to about 30mpg around town. 123,000m with a folder full of bills and old MOTs to back it up. Lots of it's in Spanish though, a legacy of the time it spent in Spain.
The bodywork's in good order for a W124, other than being absolutely filthy at the minute from standing. It spent a good proportion of its life in Spain during the 2000s which has meant that the dreaded rust is far better than most of these. Both front wings are starting to go at the front of the arch, there's a weird patch of rust behind the number plate on the bootlid (which also has a dent in the top of it, pics below) and around the radio aerial on the rear wing, and there's a localised area of bubbling on the NS A-post by the screen around a hefty stonechip. Other than that the floors/sills are all good and inside the jacking points is solid too.
Inside it's an agreeable place to be with acres of cow everywhere. Seats are in good order, the only damage inside is some cracked leather on the centre armrest and cracked veneer on the wood trim around the gearlever (normal MB stuff). It's got those uber-cool rear headrests that drop down at the push of a button when you want to reverse. Dead cool, until you have to get into the back and put them back up again.
There's no stereo.
Up until it came off the road it drove absolutely fine, with no knocks or bangs from the suspension (although it did creak at the front end a bit when manouevring at low speed) or steering. Engine-wise it was superb, oil pressure staying at full deflection at anything above idle no matter how hot it was. Temperature always normal (in fact every morning I used to be able to tell to the second the point at which the stat would open and the gauge would drop LOL), no smoke, no rattles or bangs. Slight chatter from the hydraulic lifters when starting from cold but gone within a second or two. Timing chain on this, so no belts to worry about.
Here it is at last year's RRG on the Benz mafia stand.
It had a new back silencer box last summer, other than that I didn't have to put a spanner on it in the 3000 miles I drove in it. But it was never really me, I bought it because my Xantia had knocked the bottom end out of itself and I needed some wheels. Those of you know me well will know that my first love is French tat, not uber-reliable Teutonic barges.
It's on SORN but obviously there's no MOT, it's been standing for eight months so ANY prospective buyer will need a trailer or some means of transporting it. Being an automatic means it's not towable without disconnecting the prop. There's also a set of the proper 15" MB alloys with two decent and two FUBARd 195/60x15s to replace the horrible W202 rims that are on it at the minute (both front tyres on the car are close to the limit). Come armed with that and £300 and take the bloody thing away. Scrap prices around here are hovering around £125 a tonne right now, if it's not gone by the end of this month I'll rip the interior out of it, take the wheels off and put the rest over the bridge. I'd sooner someone saved it though as with some decent rimmage and the living daylights slammed out of it it's be an uber-cool ride for someone. But not me. Not interested in swaps for anything, cash only.
PM me for contact details, the car's in Bromsgrove just off J4 of the M5 and J1 of the M42, just SW of Birmingham.
Year - 1994 M
Mileage - 123k
Tax - SORN
MOT - None.
I've been debating what to do with this for ages now, but I can't bear to see it stood on my drive when it's a fundamentally sound car but I've absolutely no motivation to do anything with it (and SWMBO wants it gone, more importantly LOL) so it's got to go. Been standing since November last year when the tax ran out,
I bought the car in March 2012, used it daily all through last summer with absolutely no problems. Everything works apart from the heater blower which worked sporadically but then stopped altogether. 136bhp four-banger coupled to a switchable autobox, everything worked as it should. Fuel-wise it's far better than you'd expect, I was averaging 35mpg commuting up and down the motorway to work, it would touch 40 on a long run if you used the cruise control (an absolute boon on long journeys) but drop to about 30mpg around town. 123,000m with a folder full of bills and old MOTs to back it up. Lots of it's in Spanish though, a legacy of the time it spent in Spain.
The bodywork's in good order for a W124, other than being absolutely filthy at the minute from standing. It spent a good proportion of its life in Spain during the 2000s which has meant that the dreaded rust is far better than most of these. Both front wings are starting to go at the front of the arch, there's a weird patch of rust behind the number plate on the bootlid (which also has a dent in the top of it, pics below) and around the radio aerial on the rear wing, and there's a localised area of bubbling on the NS A-post by the screen around a hefty stonechip. Other than that the floors/sills are all good and inside the jacking points is solid too.
Inside it's an agreeable place to be with acres of cow everywhere. Seats are in good order, the only damage inside is some cracked leather on the centre armrest and cracked veneer on the wood trim around the gearlever (normal MB stuff). It's got those uber-cool rear headrests that drop down at the push of a button when you want to reverse. Dead cool, until you have to get into the back and put them back up again.
There's no stereo. Up until it came off the road it drove absolutely fine, with no knocks or bangs from the suspension (although it did creak at the front end a bit when manouevring at low speed) or steering. Engine-wise it was superb, oil pressure staying at full deflection at anything above idle no matter how hot it was. Temperature always normal (in fact every morning I used to be able to tell to the second the point at which the stat would open and the gauge would drop LOL), no smoke, no rattles or bangs. Slight chatter from the hydraulic lifters when starting from cold but gone within a second or two. Timing chain on this, so no belts to worry about.
Here it is at last year's RRG on the Benz mafia stand.
It had a new back silencer box last summer, other than that I didn't have to put a spanner on it in the 3000 miles I drove in it. But it was never really me, I bought it because my Xantia had knocked the bottom end out of itself and I needed some wheels. Those of you know me well will know that my first love is French tat, not uber-reliable Teutonic barges.
It's on SORN but obviously there's no MOT, it's been standing for eight months so ANY prospective buyer will need a trailer or some means of transporting it. Being an automatic means it's not towable without disconnecting the prop. There's also a set of the proper 15" MB alloys with two decent and two FUBARd 195/60x15s to replace the horrible W202 rims that are on it at the minute (both front tyres on the car are close to the limit). Come armed with that and £300 and take the bloody thing away. Scrap prices around here are hovering around £125 a tonne right now, if it's not gone by the end of this month I'll rip the interior out of it, take the wheels off and put the rest over the bridge. I'd sooner someone saved it though as with some decent rimmage and the living daylights slammed out of it it's be an uber-cool ride for someone. But not me. Not interested in swaps for anything, cash only.
PM me for contact details, the car's in Bromsgrove just off J4 of the M5 and J1 of the M42, just SW of Birmingham.
