Mercedes Benz W124 300E 2.6 - Bought sight unseen for $3500! Is it a huge mistake?
Sometimes you just have to take a risk in life, and that's certainly what I did buying this W124 Mercedes Benz E Class from an auction, with only a photo to go off. It's a risky move but fortune favours the brave, so have I made a good decision, or a costly mistake? I ended up paying AUS$3500 for the car. Join me as I collect the car, see how it drives, then examine what is good, and what is perhaps not so good. Timestamps: 0:00 Collection and first look 4:50 Driving thoughts 6:18 0-100 Km/h 6:58 Proper look around the car 12:32 The issues 14:56 It's not all bad 18:19 Becker Grand Prix radio casette player 22:06 Final thoughts Feel free to get in touch over on Instagram @_ThisOldCar_
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A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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