vaughant

Thoughts so far, really happy.
Going to try a bit of paint correction when I get a chance, generally it's in good nick but we all know how much these loved to rust and although this isn't that bad, a good session with 1500 and a buffer will do it no harm.
Nice and wafty on the whole but a more spirited session down the A350 this morning on my way in shows she does corner really well.
Very relaxed to drive and quiet on the motorway as well, I think the general consensus on this era of Merc was they weren't that bad for general build rust aside.
Swapped out brake switch but still doesn't always want to come out of park. I think this may actually be a selector alignment issue as I couldn't get tiptronic at first, it showed 4 instead of D but wouldn't retain. 
After moving it a bit closer to the original witness marks, tiptronic now works perfectly. The front part of the selector seemed a bit tighter so couldn't move it right across and I'm wondering if this also has something to do with it?
With the seats out and then flat, there's a really decent load area, headrest holder was a nice design touch.
Plan is get it bang on mechanically following on from David's hard work and see where I am after the Xmas MOT, if it's still buzzing along nicely maybe treat it to some nice paint. 
People seem to like it as well, probably wondering when they saw one last type  of thing.
Might try and look at the rear windows on Sunday night after work as I've got good access to most tools and plenty of free time.

Thoughts so far, really happy.
Going to try a bit of paint correction when I get a chance, generally it's in good nick but we all know how much these loved to rust and although this isn't that bad, a good session with 1500 and a buffer will do it no harm.
Nice and wafty on the whole but a more spirited session down the A350 this morning on my way in shows she does corner really well.
Very relaxed to drive and quiet on the motorway as well, I think the general consensus on this era of Merc was they weren't that bad for general build rust aside.
Swapped out brake switch but still doesn't always want to come out of park. I think this may actually be a selector alignment issue as I couldn't get tiptronic at first, it showed 4 instead of D but wouldn't retain. 
After moving it a bit closer to the original witness marks, tiptronic now works perfectly. The front part of the selector seemed a bit tighter so couldn't move it right across and I'm wondering if this also has something to do with it?
With the seats out and then flat, there's a really decent load area, headrest holder was a nice design touch.
Plan is get it bang on mechanically following on from David's hard work and see where I am after the Xmas MOT, if it's still buzzing along nicely maybe treat it to some nice paint. 
People seem to like it as well, probably wondering when they saw one last type  of thing.
Might try and look at the rear windows on Sunday night after work as I've got good access to most tools and plenty of free time.

Thoughts so far, really happy.
Going to try a bit of paint correction when I get a chance, generally it's in good nick but we all know how much these loved to rust and although this isn't that bad, a good session with 1500 and a buffer will do it no harm.
Nice and wafty on the whole but a more spirited session down the A350 this morning on my way in shows she does corner really well.
Very relaxed to drive and quiet on the motorway as well, I think the general consensus on this era of Merc was they weren't that bad for general build rust aside.
Swapped out brake switch but still doesn't always want to come out of park. I think this may actually be a selector alignment issue as I couldn't get tiptronic at first, it showed 4 instead of D but wouldn't retain. 
After moving it a bit closer to the original witness marks, tiptronic now works perfectly. The front part of the selector seemed a bit tighter so couldn't move it right across and I'm wondering if this also has something to do with it?
With the seats out and then flat, there's a really decent load area, headrest holder was a nice design touch.
Plan is get it bang on mechanically following on from David's hard work and see where I am after the Xmas MOT, if it's still buzzing along nicely maybe treat it to some nice paint. 
People seem to like it as well, probably wondering when they saw one last type  of thing.
Might try and look at the rear windows on Sunday night after work as I've got good access to most tools and plenty of free time.

Thanks Vaughan for being a gr8 and painless buyer and sorry I couldn’t have been more help!!

Even better, found the newer logbook in the pack so we're all good to go legally now.
Right, let's put it to work, clearing the shed over mam's house is job one.

Even better, found the newer logbook in the pack so we're all good to go legally now.
Right, let's put it to work, clearing the shed over mam's house is job one.

Even better, found the newer logbook in the pack so we're all good to go legally now.
Right, let's put it to work, clearing the shed over mam's house is job one.

Made it home fine and a big thanks to @DavidB for the painless transaction.
David is in the US of A at the mo so I was picked up by brother Terry who's an absolute top chap.
Lovely little area where he is as well, I believe it won village of the year a couple of years back? Port Sunlight was a real find as well, so pretty, reminds me of the old Llandarcy village before they bulldozed it for the M4.
Came home on 1/4 tank as well, I am impressed.
Lovely wafty experience but still actually handled well on the twisty roads of Wales.
Cruise was a delight and I forget how painless that makes a journey.
Bypass through Newtown was immense as well, getting stuck behind folk doing 40 in every NSL not so but they were easy to pass in the Merc, shifts when it needs to, just that nice kind of midrange that derv mercs like, don't rev it high, use the torque.
Just got to tax it oldskool style in a P.O tomorrow which will be a fun* experience no doubt.
Ironically drove past at least 3 speed cops all of whom made no effort to stop a tax dodger, must remember the good days.

Still ok, pleasant in fact.
Forget how pretty Wales is.

Indeed, colour coded to the landscape 😂😂

Still ok, pleasant in fact.
Forget how pretty Wales is.

Made it home fine and a big thanks to @DavidB for the painless transaction.
David is in the US of A at the mo so I was picked up by brother Terry who's an absolute top chap.
Lovely little area where he is as well, I believe it won village of the year a couple of years back? Port Sunlight was a real find as well, so pretty, reminds me of the old Llandarcy village before they bulldozed it for the M4.
Came home on 1/4 tank as well, I am impressed.
Lovely wafty experience but still actually handled well on the twisty roads of Wales.
Cruise was a delight and I forget how painless that makes a journey.
Bypass through Newtown was immense as well, getting stuck behind folk doing 40 in every NSL not so but they were easy to pass in the Merc, shifts when it needs to, just that nice kind of midrange that derv mercs like, don't rev it high, use the torque.
Just got to tax it oldskool style in a P.O tomorrow which will be a fun* experience no doubt.
Ironically drove past at least 3 speed cops all of whom made no effort to stop a tax dodger, must remember the good days.

Still ok, pleasant in fact.
Forget how pretty Wales is.

Made it home fine and a big thanks to @DavidB for the painless transaction.
David is in the US of A at the mo so I was picked up by brother Terry who's an absolute top chap.
Lovely little area where he is as well, I believe it won village of the year a couple of years back? Port Sunlight was a real find as well, so pretty, reminds me of the old Llandarcy village before they bulldozed it for the M4.
Came home on 1/4 tank as well, I am impressed.
Lovely wafty experience but still actually handled well on the twisty roads of Wales.
Cruise was a delight and I forget how painless that makes a journey.
Bypass through Newtown was immense as well, getting stuck behind folk doing 40 in every NSL not so but they were easy to pass in the Merc, shifts when it needs to, just that nice kind of midrange that derv mercs like, don't rev it high, use the torque.
Just got to tax it oldskool style in a P.O tomorrow which will be a fun* experience no doubt.
Ironically drove past at least 3 speed cops all of whom made no effort to stop a tax dodger, must remember the good days.

I did that stretch across the A483 through Newtown last weekend. Can confirm, everyone drives below the limit.
top chodage right there. Great waft-o-barge. I really need to tick the merc box soon. 

Made it home fine and a big thanks to @DavidB for the painless transaction.
David is in the US of A at the mo so I was picked up by brother Terry who's an absolute top chap.
Lovely little area where he is as well, I believe it won village of the year a couple of years back? Port Sunlight was a real find as well, so pretty, reminds me of the old Llandarcy village before they bulldozed it for the M4.
Came home on 1/4 tank as well, I am impressed.
Lovely wafty experience but still actually handled well on the twisty roads of Wales.
Cruise was a delight and I forget how painless that makes a journey.
Bypass through Newtown was immense as well, getting stuck behind folk doing 40 in every NSL not so but they were easy to pass in the Merc, shifts when it needs to, just that nice kind of midrange that derv mercs like, don't rev it high, use the torque.
Just got to tax it oldskool style in a P.O tomorrow which will be a fun* experience no doubt.
Ironically drove past at least 3 speed cops all of whom made no effort to stop a tax dodger, must remember the good days.

Made it home fine and a big thanks to @DavidB for the painless transaction.
David is in the US of A at the mo so I was picked up by brother Terry who's an absolute top chap.
Lovely little area where he is as well, I believe it won village of the year a couple of years back? Port Sunlight was a real find as well, so pretty, reminds me of the old Llandarcy village before they bulldozed it for the M4.
Came home on 1/4 tank as well, I am impressed.
Lovely wafty experience but still actually handled well on the twisty roads of Wales.
Cruise was a delight and I forget how painless that makes a journey.
Bypass through Newtown was immense as well, getting stuck behind folk doing 40 in every NSL not so but they were easy to pass in the Merc, shifts when it needs to, just that nice kind of midrange that derv mercs like, don't rev it high, use the torque.
Just got to tax it oldskool style in a P.O tomorrow which will be a fun* experience no doubt.
Ironically drove past at least 3 speed cops all of whom made no effort to stop a tax dodger, must remember the good days.

Still ok, pleasant in fact.
Forget how pretty Wales is.

Still ok, pleasant in fact.
Forget how pretty Wales is.

Maria has left her Starbucks cup here, but there's a slight aroma of piss and it has a fluid in it.
 
And I thought Chester was posh with the likes of @Cavcraft living here?

Yeah it could have been, but I took a slightly different option that only cost another 20 mins in time.
The Swansea to Chester train was pretty direct, think it just changed at Shrewsbury then actually took me near enough all the way to Birkenhead but they decided to cancel it at the last minute.
So other option was the 4 stop train from Cardiff/Brizzle through Birmingham/Crewe etc but it was a lot of waiting at each station whereas this one is a bit more direct.
At "trainporn" hub now, Crewe, en route to Chester then last change to "Berrrrrku'nnnneaaaaddd laaa" as one of the very heavily Liverpool accented furnace rebuilders used to call it.
Last time I was at Crewe it looked like they were trying to get it restored but now it just looks fucked, I suppose all the money is being (wasted) spent on HS2?

Cardiff was an hour wait, that or I could have stayed on the train to get to Brizzle parkway and then another 4 changes just to get to Chester, and then a 4th train.
So grabbed a McDonald's, wasn't bad really. I get there 20 mins later but only the 1 change then
Poo count steady at 2.
That may change after said above event.
Cardiff jammed with tweens in cowboys boots waiting 12hrs too see Harold Styles ......
I thought he only went for women his mum's age?
Still, I'm sure they'll enjoy the hour of music* and 2 hrs of waffle.
I'm just guessing getting old, I smiled nicely at a young lady as I waited till let her down the stairs and she looked at me as if I was the most despicable human being on this planet.
Right, let's prepare for part 2.