Mercedes W211 1998 ex bt fiesta van 1989 Ford Sierra

I’m glad I decided to scratch the Jaguar itch again
The S type I think was better choice than the s class merc I was contemplating too
Just added a few personal touches and keeping her sparkly clean, oil and filter change over Xmas and when the weathers better a full waxoyl and underseal to keep her well protected

the saloons are soo much better-looking than the hatches

Today I decided to remove the sill covers on the Jaguar
I got completely bored with a family member telling me over the Xmas I’d bought probably one of the worst cars ever
This from a know all who only buys new tat to try and Impress everyone, you know the sort of person all talk and no action and just generally the family bore every year!……but I decided I needed to investigate if the sill rot was prevalent on this car
Luckily this one just has some surface rust
So I got the trusted grinder out and got it back to bare metal
Then gave it some rust treatment and a good waxoyl underseal
I’ve ordered some new clips for the sill covers as a few broke when I removed them
Apart from that another small job done

You cant choose your family... but you can choose to not see them I tend to follow that rule lol

We all find "experts" who tell us why we shouldn't have bought something,
At the end of the day that what makes this forum work so well, the vast array of different vehicles,
(By the way, you've bent your screwdriver, 😁😁)
Nigel

A good few weeks now into S type ownership
And still smitten with the car
It’s just a great old cruiser, with plenty of kick when required 😁

Small font number plates, just personal preference

So today the gearbox selector lever shat itself and the lever went sloppy ….but perhaps I was being heavy handed and to ad insult to injury the car was on my neighbours drive whilst they were away for the weekend
I couldn’t select any gears and the car was Parked nose to nose with the neighbours fiat 500 she needs for Monday morning , whoops
Luckily I managed to strip the console and lever down and found that the plastic selector part had disintegrated
I’ve found a complete selector unit on the bay
And manually selected reverse gear and got it back onto our driveway
Still surprisingly easily to work on for what I see as a modern car
And I’m still smiling I do love this old beast…..Mondeo into service this week for the commute

The Mondeo has been in my ownership for a while now
Had a good run out in it yesterday
It’s been sat on the driveway for weeks
I did advertise for a few weeks but selling now has become very tedious
Had some completely daft people on it, the world of buying and selling older cars ain’t the fun it used to be
I do miss not having a Mercedes around so the Mondeo will be sold to the right person eventually
The S type is proving to be a very reliable old car and the fuel consumption is very reasonable I’m using it every day and enjoying the old cruiser , it’s sparkly clean now after a few hours detailing this weekend too