other rides

[peterm]

Just curious into the mind set of the pagoda owner what do you use as a daily driver?

[Cees Klumper]

Volvo C70 convertible T5 engine, lots of ooomph
oh, and my bicycle, to go to work (10 minutes each way, quicker than by car)

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

[merrill]

Honda motorcycle - shadow ace delux 750 cc cruiser.

78 300d as a backup when it is raining.


Matt
66 230 sl - "white"
78 300 D - Blue
98 C230

[enochbell]

Bicycle when possible (which it is not, now, as I have a few broken ribs from my recent enounter with a metal grate bridge here in FL)but on other days a 1998 mercedes wagon with 150k miles, put on 1 mile at a time by wife dring the kids to and fro, with an unbelievable repair history (I keep having to change the oil and replace the wiper blades, what a pain).

Best,
g

'64 230sl, fully sorted out...ooops, spoke too soon

[bpossel]

'97 E320.  2nd owner.  123k miles and running strong!
Bob

bpossel  (Memphis, TN.)
'71 280SL  /  '97 E320

[J. Huber]

With shameless abandon, the other cars are good ol' SUVs. '01 Chevy Tahoe 4x4 and '03 Ford F-150 4x4. This here's the country, it snows, and 3 kids and their Mother gotta fit somewhere.

James
63 230SL

[ja17]

The old Ford Pick-up finally died last spring. Thinking of turning the wife's old Mercedes W123 station wagon into a pick-up truck!

My 1966 Mercedes 300SE (W108) was my everyday car this last summer. It is going to sleep for the winter and a 1982 Mercedes 300 turbodiesel will be my winter work horse!

Joe Alexander
Blacklick, Ohio

[Abbas]

I use a E280 W124 for daily drive - I do about
70 km each day on highway roads in Dubai.

My car is fitted with a 104 engine which  
also came on the S320 W140 chassis a very
quite car and strong on the road.

Abbas

280SL W113 1969 Ivory
E280 W124 1995 Silver

[Patrick]

Little bit of a mix here...'92 Hyundai Sonata, and when I'm in a hurry '05 Dodge Magnum, yup, it's got a Hemi...

Patrick

[Vince Canepa]

2000 C280 Special Edition daily driver.  1999 E430 for long fast trips.

Vince Canepa
1967 250SL
113.043-10-001543
568H Signal Red
116 Caviar MB-Tex

[JamesL]

The "Tank" - 1995 C280 (w202)
The "Pram" - 2004 Smart ForTwo
The "Bike" - 2006 Koga Miyata Traveller (with child seat)

The "scooter" - 2002 Vespa GT200

Most miles is the Tank as we use it weekends. Weekdays in London is the Pram or the bike for shorter trips with the bairn

Before I was a full time dad (or parent) the scooter was the main mode...

[al_lieffring]

quote:Originally posted by ja17

Thinking of turning the wife's old Mercedes W123 station wagon into a pick-up truck!

Joe Alexander
Blacklick, Ohio

Joe
Been there done that.

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I built this back in 1978&79 starting with 1970 W114 250 four door. I later installed an M110 motor and trans with K-jetronic, The 123 wagons had just been released in the USA, when I ordered those tail lights they wern't in DB's parts system yet.

Al

oh BTW I drive a 2000 Astro van.

113-042-10-014715
built 11 Jan 66
904/396 blue, Ivory Tex
condition- rust bucket

[scheutw]

I drive a 1997 E320 and a 2005 Tahoe when I can't drive my 1966 230SL.

[waltklatt]

Mine's a 2000 VW Golf TDI manual.
Walter Klatt
1967 220SL-diesel

[RBurg]

97 E420 with 119,000 - 4 winter and showing rust.
87 Tyota Cressada 116,000 2nd owner (the hauler)
72 Ford F100 390 Camper Special Texas truck (its looking for a new "home" (NO RUST)

Ron - Minnesota
71 280SL Tobacco "O GIGI"
97 E420 Silver Mist

[rhersberger]

'01 S Type Jag until my Cayman S arrives and then it will share daily duties.

Rod Hersberger

Santa Barbara

'68 280 SL, red, tan, 4sp, two tops
'01 Jag S Type brg
'07 Cayman S Carmona red, sand beige (on order; built 10/16/06)

[Ed Cave]

2006 Lexus GS 430 - It's my "office car" as i call it.

Ed Cave
Atlanta, GA


1971 280SL
1973 911S
2004 A4 3.0
2006 GS430

[Bob G ✝︎]

Besides the 280SL , last year my wife and I purchased a 1992 W124 sporline with just 32,000 miles and all of the previous owners history Black on Black. It is indeed a comfordable car to drive and very beautifull. Beside thoses two Benz,s I have a 1987 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 with under 7000 orginal miles all orginal paint and interior ,engine and transmission. this is what I call my 5.0 SLC. and the other car is a 1990 toyota corolla twin cam DX sedan 160,000 miles well maintained but begining to show its age.
I would like to fine my self a W110 sedan in nice condition or a fintail. some thing I can work on that I can rely on.Oh automatic transmission is a must my wife and trade off between the W124 and the toyota so some thing I can streath out in and cruise to the mountains in would be nice.
Bob Geco

[France]

Hi Guys,

One of our daily drivers is a Jag XJS (12-cyl), a very comfortable ride with oodles of style.  Believe it or not, it´s also very reliable. We put a lot of miles on it driving between France and CH.

Trice
1968 280SL US, signal red/bl leather, auto, kinder seat
Sarasota FL; Alsace France; Switzerland
You only need 2 tools in life: WD40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.

[JimVillers]

I drive different cars on different days.  My 2001 Boxster S is for rain, too hot or too cold; my MGB for running to the store, my 230SL for drives with a purpose and my 190SL mostly sits and is used for special occasions.  I also have a 2.3-16 with a supercharger and E420 brakes for track driving.  Too many cars, not enough time.

Jim Villers
190SL, 230SL 5-Speed, 190E 2.3-16 Kompressor, MGB 5-Speed

[vincesy]

95 BMW 525iT wagon and 97 BMW 528i up until a few months ago.  now, it's an 06 Volvo XC90 because of the baby.

[waqas]

A 1966 250se w111 coupe. Currently working on getting a second pagoda working as my daily instead. It'll be ready one of these days...

WAQAS in Austin, Texas

[dwilli3038]

I drive a 2005 Amanti and my wife drives a 2002 GMC Sanoma

Daryl
'64 230 SL Buckeye Benz Scarlet interior and Grey top Serial # 508
'77 280SE

[Mike Hughes]

In good weather, a 1989 Merkur XR4Ti (U.S. market version of the European Ford Sierra XR4i with a 200 hp 2.3L turbo) or a 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas. In bad weather a 2002 Isuzu Trooper or a 1995 Isuzu 4x4 Pickup.

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

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[65auto230sl]

i try and to drive my sl as often as possible. it is safe to say its my daily driver but as the wheather has been cooling down i'm about to take her off the road for a couple of weeks. the puf of blue smoke when i start her is starting to get to me so the head is about to come off and be re-done. i thought i'd let you guys know of something i did recently that had great results.i had an extra intake manifold laying around so i gave it to a friend of mine that does porting and polishing work. he took the manifold and smoothed eeverything out on the inside. he opened up the long runners as best he could and gave it back to me. the results are amazing! he also will be porting and polishing the head for me and i can't wait! it's really cool to have the extra performance and be able to maintain a stock look under the hood! so in the mean time i will be driving my new (used) jeep grand cherokee limited, red 1999 truck. i also have a 1974 firebird (yellow) original mint condition and my old trusty 1984 300sd Black.
hope all is well with everybody!
bo