Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Anybody going to The Stony Stratford Classic car meet tomorrow (Sunday)?

[High Jetter]

I prefer the look of the 123. My dad had one when he died and I was looking forward to taking it on. I just couldn't get on with it though, so got rid.

[hairnet]

are you gonna be beat up for leaving them there

 

[Zelandeth]

At least it wasn't the S123...if it had blotted the copy book so soon after handing the keys over I'd have been absolutely mortified!

Has to be the 123 for me.  They're both nice cars, but the 124 just doesn't have the same presence to my eye.  I like both, but have never felt a real need to own a 124, yet have wanted a 123 since well before I could drive.

Sure a W124 is superior in pretty much every measurable way in the real world though!  Be interesting to have a closer look at them side by side one day.

Likewise was just thinking a comparison of the C15 and Caddy would be interesting as they're very similar types of vehicles but approached quite differently.

[Dobloseven]

Threaten it with a nice long "holiday" in the Field of Dreams! 

[richardmorris]

Could be the green fuel pump relay in the s124? There’s a spare in the boot of mine*.

[HMC]

Glad to see mungo @barefoot has found a good home. I was very tempted but guilt over street parking and kids wrecking the interior crept in. How does the engine sound?

[grogee]

1 vote for W124. Eighties futuristic, elegant, sharp creases, understated but means business. Quietly efficient, the Deutsch way. 

[grogee]

8 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

Is that Visa fer sale, mister? 100 Brexit lorry drivers and an Amstrad Emailer 2nite M9.

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, grogee said:

Is that Visa fer sale, mister? 100 Brexit lorry drivers and an Amstrad Emailer 2nite M9.

No, but this one is, 10 camels mind you!

[barefoot]

15 minutes ago, HMC said:

Glad to see mungo @barefoot has found a good home. I was very tempted but guilt over street parking and kids wrecking the interior crept in. How does the engine sound?

??

[grogee]

Just now, Six-cylinder said:

No, but this one is, 10 camels mind you!

Nurse! Nurse! Someone's tickled my Citroen stick again

[Ghosty]

5 minutes ago, barefoot said:

??

The car was named! Engage wrath.

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, grogee said:

Nurse! Nurse! Someone's tickled my Citroen stick again

You can get counselling for that.

[grogee]

34 minutes ago, barefoot said:

As you are clearly aware, people who name their cars can only possibly be described as utter, utter twats.

Thanks for that reminder. I was thinking of calling my Saab 'Sven'.

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Glad to see mungo @barefoot has found a good home. I was very tempted but guilt over street parking and kids wrecking the interior crept in. How does the engine sound?

We all knew she would be staying within the forum if I could find a way!

The engine (aside from the exhaust which has more leaks than the US Intelligence Agency) sounds fine so long as you're below ~4K rpm.  Above that it's not *bad* really, it just sounds way more harsh/gruff than it really should.  More like you'd expect a Lada engine to sound at four grand than a Merc M.102, which should be lovely and smooth. 

To my ears anyway - someone else may well say it sounds fine or sounds like it's absolutely stuffed!

Doesn't ever seem to have really changed since I started keeping a closer eye on it.

[Six-cylinder]

For those of you who volunteer to cut the grass at the FoD you are in for a treat this year, 13 HP, 5 speed gearbox, 36inch cut

I wonder what the top speed is, the only quoted top speed I can find is for a later model at 5.8 mph. I think we need to do a GPS speed run in both directions at the FoD this summer.

[beko1987]

Posh! 

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

No, but this one is, 10 camels mind you!

SOLD!

🤪

[hairnet]

needs nuffield or allis chalmers stickers stat

dave - fek off

 

[Six-cylinder]

Yesterday I went to a Lancia Gamma Lunch, I failed to take mine. I lack confidence in my Gamma at the moment after the whole valve head broke off incident, also sometimes there seems to be a bad connection that stops the starter turning. Add quite a bit of car shuffling would be needed to get it out of storage. I was considering taking my “new Toy” the Mercedes 230TE but the general opinion was I should use an Italian. The only Italian at home was the 156 V6 Sports Wagon so that is what we used taking care to park it clear of the Gammas.

When I got home I tried to start the Mercedes 200TE after it stalled then would not restart, it just started up and drove out of the way as if nothing had happened.

[Crackers]

On 22/01/2022 at 21:47, Six-cylinder said:

For those of you who volunteer to cut the grass at the FoD you are in for a treat this year, 13 HP, 5 speed gearbox, 36inch cut

I wonder what the top speed is, the only quoted top speed I can find is for a later model at 5.8 mph. I think we need to do a GPS speed run in both directions at the FoD this summer.

Hopefully it is more stable at speed than the 7 1/4 gauge locomotive I dropped off the rails doing a GPS speed run yesterday at a flying 12mph. A tree jumped out at me and now my face is a funny shape. 

[Six-cylinder]

38 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Hopefully it is more stable at speed than the 7 1/4 gauge locomotive I dropped off the rails doing a GPS speed run yesterday at a flying 12mph. A tree jumped out at me and now my face is a funny shape. 

Does this mean you are not volunteering to max this out for us!

[Crackers]

34 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Does this mean you are not volunteering to max this out for us!

I'll try anything! 

 

...once.

[hairnet]

Not crackers for nothing

Both of you 😛

[barrett]

On 1/22/2022 at 7:22 PM, Six-cylinder said:

No, but this one is, 10 camels mind you!

More info please

[hairnet]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 also sometimes there seems to be a bad connection that stops the starter turning. - thats the old man operating it

When I got home I tried to start the Mercedes 200TE after it stalled then would not restart, it just started up and drove out of the way as if nothing had happened. - JELUS OF ITALIANS

 

 

how is the merc not starting - german reliability ffs

 

[chaseracer]

39 minutes ago, hairnet said:

how is the merc not starting - german reliability ffs

Distributor, if it's anything like my old W124...

[Bear]

13 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Distributor, if it's anything like my old W124...

Ah, mine used to do that and then I saw the coil lead arcing. Didn't like damp weather one bit.

[HMC]

I had the stalling and not restarting on a w124 200te- with it restarting fine once it had been left to be “cold” again.

Embarrasingly this was whilst collecting parts for it at the main dealer, on a Saturday so parts dept open am but not the workshop. Try telling that to the AA who were utterly convinced I’d had a disagreement with the dealer and was trying to sneak my car away

[mat_the_cat]

On 1/22/2022 at 9:47 PM, Six-cylinder said:

For those of you who volunteer to cut the grass at the FoD you are in for a treat this year, 13 HP, 5 speed gearbox, 36inch cut

Does this mean your old ride-on will be for sale, or is that a silly question?