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| Author: | Alpina [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 16:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Hérna er smá uppgrip af sögu eins frægasta Mercedes-Benz bíl samtímans (( að mínu mati, [og margra annara] )) ATH,, þetta er mitt persónulega mat Afhverju bjó M-B til þennann bíl þegar þeir áttu fyrir ,, frábærann bíl ,, þeas 300E, Þeir gerðu það ekki , heldur fengu Porsche til að gera það, og það með slíkum stæl , að fullvíst er talið af mörgum að annars eins gæða bíll verður ekki ,, framleiddur á næstunni ,,, hjá Mercedes ,, en eflaust er meginorsök fyrir framleiðslu bílsins ,, sú hylli er AMG 300E HAMMER náði ,, en það er slík brútal græja að með ólíkindum er ,, 500E átti að vera einskonar silki handska útfærsla af HAMMER,, code nr var 124036 ,,,,,,,, W124 + 036 1990 er tekin ákvörðun hjá Mercedes að búa til ... sport-muscle gerð af 300E, Haft var samband við Porsche, og þeir beðnir að útfæra W124 300E boddý í 500E,, Þetta var gert í verksmiðu Porsche Rossle-Bau , í Zuffenhausen. Við undirritun samnings,er ákvæði að um 8-12 bílar séu búnir til á dag,, eða um 2400 á ári, um 18 daga tók að búa til hvern bíl,,, (( til samanburðar má nefna að 5 daga tók að búa til aðra M-B )) áður hafði Porsche reyndar verið með 4d prótótýpu 989 sem þeir lögðu á hilluna ,til gamans má geta að PANAMERA.. bíllinn er glettilega líkur þeim bíl Þegar bert boddýið kom til Zuffenhausen var ,, það oem W124 300E,,boddý, en hitt og þetta þurfti að gera ,, Drifrásar göngin voru þaninn út ,, framendinn breikkaður,, þeas bætt var við brettin .. soðið á þau viðbót,, sambærileg aðgerð var gerð á afturbrettunum ,, einnig styrking og annað smotterí sem varð víst að breyta sökum skilmála til þess að bíllinn væri 500E,, meira en 4500 hlutir eru öðruvísi í 500E vs 300E eftir þetta var boddýinu ekið ,, á pallettu aftur til Mercedes , í Sindelfingen, þar sem bíllinn var grunnaður ,, fór í gegnum tæringarprógram ,, málaður í þeim lit er kúnninn óskaði eftir,, og ekið aftur til Zuffenhausen Nú var vélin,, skipting og drifrásin sett í..ásamt vélarbita úr R129 en 500E er allur breiðari og með meiri sporvídd en aðrir sambærilegir W124 ,, ca 4 cm breiðari,, Eftir það aftur til Sindelfingen og loka frágang hjá Mercedes áður en bíll var svo afhentur Til gamans má nefna að árið 1994 er Guðbergur Guðbergsson og Halldór Jóhannsson ((miklir Porsche menn )) voru á EU ferðalagi þá komu þeir við hjá Rossle -Bau til að skoða dýrðina ,,,,,,,,,, en viti menn allt lokað og ekkert nema Mercedes-Benz inni á gólfi ,, Hrikalegur bömmer sagði Dóri :fyndid: :fyndid: Eins og áður er nefnt er vél og skipting úr 500SL R129 ásamt drifi og drifrás,, drifið er 2.82,,,,, ÓLÆST,,,,,, vélin er 5.0L V-8 32 v 326 ps og 480 nm ,,,, Magnaður mótor og þótti á þeim tíma meistara stykki,, þögul,, en öskrar við góða inngjöf,, þetta þótti feikna afl ÞÁ ,, en uppgefinn tími 0-100 var 6.0 sekúndur og 250 km við 6000 rpm,, Mitt mat er að 124036 hefði getað orðið margfalt meiri græja með Læstu drifi,, 5 gíra skiptingu og lægra drifi.. t.d 3.07 og fimmti gír sem overdrive í skiptingunni,, Munur var á 500E vélinni og 500SL ....... 500E fékk LH-jetronic,, meðan 500SL var með KE-jetronic,, einnig var milliheddið//soggreinin á 500E öðruvísi og gaf um 30 nm meira tog Að innan var um ríkulegann útbúnað að ræða,, en eitthvað var þó í boði sem aukahlutur,, ,,,,,,handskahólf í staðinn fyrir airbag farþega meginn,,,, MEGA sjaldgæft,, er sá aukahlutur sem mér finnst flottastur Sætin voru búinn til af RECARO og eru ein albestu sæti sem fyrir-finnast í fólksbíl,, bíllinn var skráður 4 manna með sætum///stólum aftur í ,, ekki bekkur ,, geymsluhólf ,viðarklætt var milli sætanna leður í sætum standard rafmagn í rúðum,, loftkæling,, rafmagn í framsætum ,, ,, Hægt var að fá ,, teil-leder sem bólstrun og hef ég séð svoleiðis,, mjög flott,, minnir að ég hafi séð einn bíl í auglýsingu sem var ekki með leðri en það er án vafa sérósk fyrrum eiganda,, Sá litur sem mestum vinsældum náði hjá kaupendum var 199,, en hér fyrir neðan er smá info um þá liti sem voru algengastir ATH,, þetta er heildar tala,, en ég held að aðeins 2 hvítir hafi verið oem á EU svæðinu,, hinir fóru til USA litir sem náðu vinsældum í EU eru vart sjáanlegir í USA eins og,, Nautical blár bornite,, rauðu litirnir,, beryl græni Svartur (040): 7.6% svart-sans (199): 47.6% Silfraðir (astral+zircon): 22.8% grænn (malachite): 6.5% Beryl grænn : 1% Bornite: 3.8% Impala brúnn : 3.5% hvítir : 3.5% Rauðir (signal + almandine + pajett): 1% Nautical blár: 2.7% Aðeins einn bíll var málaður í lit sem enginn annar Mercedes bíll fékk að velja ,, en það er GULUR litur # 216 schwefel gelb,, sá bíll er í Svíþjóð í dag ((geggjað að eiga þann eina )) http://www.w124enthusiast.com/gallery/w ... nv_jpg.jpg en bíllinn er full PIMP að mínu mati að innann var svart leður langvinsælast ,, en ljóst líka,, alskonar sérpantanir voru einnig ,, en ég hef enga tölu eða hef séð neitt skráð um slíkt Svart með svörtu .. silfrað með svörtu,, 040 með ljósu eða svörtu eru þau lita afbrigði sem eru sérlega sígild. Á Íslandi eru 9 eða 10 E500E bílar,, þar af einn USA og er hann E500 bíll,,,,,,, einnig er E60 bíll til .. gífurlega merkilegur bíll að mínu mati,, orginal E60 bíll frá Mercedes-Benz ((þessir frægu 12 stk LTD )) er með # 957 í aukahlutaskránni sem AMG bíll ,, hefur sú tala haldist við lýði eftir að M-B keypti ráðandi hlut í AMG.. þeas ALLIR AMG bílar eru með 957 coda ,, sem segir til um að bíllinn er oem AMG Þegar facelift uppfærsla varð á W124,, fékk 500E einnig það sama ,, og er ekki að neita því að slík andlitlyfting er fyrir mína parta ,, til mikilla bóta, bíllinn er miklu árennilegri eftir að stóra grillið hvarf milli 93 og 94 fóru 12 LIMITED ((útfærsla af E500)) til AMG og fengu oem 6.0 vél með 381 ps og 580 nm,, fanta öflugir bílar,, Ég hef aldrei verið hrifinn af LIMITED E500,, finnst leðrið afspyrnu ljótt sérstaklega græna og rauða útfærslan ,, man eftir einum LTD bíl með svörtu leðri,, og var slíkt SÉRSTAKLEGA tekið fram í auglýsingunni þar sem það hefur greinilega verið sérpantað . (( ath Hálfdán Gunnarsson var kominn á fremsta hlunn með að kaupa þann bíl á sínum tíma )) margir E500E bílar fóru til AMG af kaupendum sínum og fengu 6.0L stækkun ,, eflaust fyrir himinhátt verð,, það eru eiginlega frekar óstaðfestar fréttir hversu margir 124036 eru með E60 oem vél Einnig voru BRABUS með 6.5 L Carlsson og fleiri með TUNING program fyrir þessa bíla,, , nokkrir M120 124036 bílar eru til ,, flestir með oem 6.0 og aðrir með einhverja borun + stroke en toppurinn á 124036 er án vafa M120 7.3S 580 ps og tæplega 800nm af togi frá BRABUS ,, örfáir voru búnir til. Gríðarlega öflugir bílar , 500E fékk fljótlega viðurnefnið ,, Koenig dem Autobahn ,, enda feikna öflugur ,, sérlega góður ferðabíll ,, og framúrskarandi til háhraða-aksturs,, Helsti keppinauturinn var BMW E34 M5, sem var eilítið sprækari,, 3.6 IL-6,, veit ekki með milli hröðun og//eða eftir 180+ ,, 5 gíra kassi beinskiptur og með læstu drifi.. margfalt meira leiktæki,, Aðrir keppinautar ,, sem voru sjaldgæfari voru LOTUS-OMEGA//Carlton og ALPINA B10 BITURBO,,en 500E átti ekki breik í þá tvo. Eru vankantar á 124036,,,,,,, NEI,, en sumt hefði mátt fara betur.. t.d Loftkælingin,, sérstaklega AUTOKLIMA,, en það er bara lélegt,, heldur illa köldu,, einnig er loomið úr stórfurðulegu efni ,, hreinlega morknar,, með árunum inngjafarspjalds-búnaðurinn er old-school,, og hefur bilað sami búnaður er á M120,, Vökvastýrisdælan er ansi mögnuð.. en hún er tvöföld og stjórnar bæði stýri og hleðslujafnara ,, með tveimur mismunandi vökvum,, þessi búnaður vill stundum leka ,, Ég held ég geti fullyrt að það er varla til dæmisaga um óánægðan 124036 eiganda,, hef aldrei séð eitt eða neitt um slíkt,, enda er þetta TRAUM-WAGEN eins og Þjóðverjar segja um magnaða bíla 124036 er eflaust eini Mercedes-Benz bíllinn sem BMW eigendur tala um með lotningu ,, hreinlega undrun sætir,, ((enda ekki skrítið)) og er bíllinn iðulega nefndur HAMMER af þeim Fullt af nýrri M-B bílum sem eru miklu öflugri,, hreinlega dofna og fölna í samanburði við 124036,, vantar alla persónu-töfra og verða aldrei flokkaðir sem sígilt stöðutákn, meðal M-B eigenda Eftir 1995 framleiddi M-B varla til alvöru bíla ,, í áratug (( 140 er reyndar framleiddur til 1998/9 )),, Fásinnu mörg vandamál komu upp í W210 ,, eitthvað sem þekktist ekki áður fyrr (( Einn af æðstu forstjórum M-B hélt mikla lofræðu þegar W210 var opinberaður og sagði að hann hefði bara kostað 60% af hönnun W124 )) þar kemur einnig inn sú sterka MÝTA að um 93 skiptir Mercedes um stálbirgja,, og er það staðreynd hvort sem mönnum líkar betur eða verr að eftir það ,, þá er stórmunur á efnisgæðum bílanna ,,,,,, RYÐ varð algengt miklu fyrr en áður hafði þekkst og er þetta sérlega þekkt í 124 og 140 þar sem árgerðir frá 91-93 eru í margfalt betra ástandi upp til hópa miðað við yngri árgerðir Hér fyrir neðan eru myndir frá Rossle Bau ((Porsche verksmiðjan )) þar standa AUDI RS2 með 2.2 IL 5 turbo með 220 oem .. en Porsche skilaði þeim til baka með 317 ps ,, gríðarlega quick græjur einnig eru E500 bílar þarna .. þetta er greinilega tekið ca seint 93 eða síðar http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5060/fe377639vo8.jpg http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2461/fe3776f3fs9.jpg þetta er þýtt og endursagt af netinu ásamt ýmsri persónulegri vitneskju |
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| Author: | arnibjorn [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 16:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
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| Author: | gunnar [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 16:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Gríðarlega skemmtileg lesning eins og ávallt! Hef alltaf verið sucker fyrir þessum 500E500 bílum. 
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| Author: | Jss [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 17:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Skemmtilegur lestur, ég hef alltaf verið veikur fyrir W124 þó ég sé nú hrifnari af BMW en Benz. |
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| Author: | Dóri- [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 17:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
skemmtilegur lestur, ég hef keyrt 500E töluvert mikið meðal annars frá reykjavík til akureyrar og hluta af leiðinni í brjáluðu veðri... hef sjaldan keyrt bíl með eins mikinn karakter og sál. |
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| Author: | basten [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 17:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Ég held þú sért búinn að klára allar kommurnar á internetinu Reyndi að nota kommur áðan en kom villumelding um að búið væri að nota þær allar... |
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| Author: | 20"Tommi [ Thu 31. Dec 2009 19:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
mjög áhugverð lesning . En var ekki 326 hp bíllinn innan við 5 sec. í hundrað.? Las það allavegana á stjarna .is þegar að 500 wide body bíllinn var til sölu Tók runn við þann bíl þegar að ég átti 540i bil og hann var géfinn 6,2 í 100km/h og ég átti ekki séns i þann benz. Hef átt svona bíl (ekki 500 bil ) besti bill sem ég hef átt. |
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| Author: | Benzari [ Fri 01. Jan 2010 11:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
basten wrote: Ég held þú sért búinn að klára allar kommurnar á internetinu Reyndi að nota kommur áðan en kom villumelding um að búið væri að nota þær allar... 
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| Author: | Thrullerinn [ Fri 01. Jan 2010 12:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Props fyrir góða samantekt ! E500 eru með þeim reffilegustu benzum sem framleiddir hafa verið. |
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| Author: | bebecar [ Fri 01. Jan 2010 21:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
 Forvitnilegt að venju... Ef ég mætti velja, þá tæki ég non-metallic svartann.. black on black... |
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| Author: | Giz [ Fri 01. Jan 2010 21:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Brilljant samantekning. Hefði ennþá átt að kaupann marr  G |
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| Author: | Alpina [ Fri 01. Jan 2010 21:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Giz wrote: Brilljant samantekning. Hefði ennþá átt að kaupann marr G JEBB,,,,,,, það hefðir þú átt að gera,, hefðir sko verið aðal spaðinn í Getaway in Stockholm  en þetta er án vafa sú bifreið sem næsta markmið er að kaupa |
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| Author: | Alpina [ Sat 13. Mar 2010 15:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Þetta innlegg er sérstaklega sett inn til heiðurs þórði ONNO,,,,,,,,,,  Fann þetta inni á netinu ,, Notes from the logbook of the Worlds Best Car by Allan Rosenberg : Automobile Magazine, March 1994 A Porsche guy spends a year with a 322-bhp Mercedes Benz 500E and becomes completely spoiled. San Francisco - I struggled for a long time as a food photographer, so I didn't own a new car until 1982. In 1984, I bought my Porsche Carrera. I love sports cars: I raced an Osca in vintage events. When it was time to replace the Porsche, it never occurred to me to buy a four-door sedan. Then my friend Larry Crane, Automobile Magazine's art director, returned from Europe with stories about the Mercedes-Benz 500E (now called the E500). He went on and on about it. "The yardstick by which all other cars are measured," he said, "A car for the rest of your life". So I thought, why not get one and keep track of it like a Four Seasons test car? It was Crane's fault, really. You can't believe how he is when he gets enthusiastic. The car would have cost $82,000, but Robert Krall, my salesman at Hacienda Motors in Pleasonton, California, arranged European delivery, so the price was $72,000. Everyone who buys a Mercedes should use the European delivery method - the money you save pays for the trip. You arrive at the Stuttgart train station, when you receive a voucher for a taxi ride to the factory. There, a Mercedes representative helps you with your bags and gives you a ticket that says you're going to pick up a car. There's a beautiful facility right at the factory where Mercedes delivers 400 to 600 cars each day. It has rooms if you need some sleep or want to take a shower, and there are two restaurants and a theater. Buses pull up to the facility for a ninety-minute tour of the factory. You're sitting there, they call your number, and your technician comes out with your car and goes over everything. You take as much time as you need. Then they give you a full tank of gas, and off you go. Mercedes will even provide trip suggestions. It's a dream. Stuttgart Shuffle - Porsche's part in the Mercedes-Benz 500E Porsche was presented with a unique opportunity in 1990. The company had completed production of the hand-built 959, leaving an unused assembly plant. The plant, Rossle-Bau, in Zuffenhausen, is tailored to very small production volumes and staffed with craftsmen who understand every nuance of quality. Porsche had recently finished an engineering development project to create the 500E (now called the E500) for its client and cross-town neighbour Daimler-Benz. Extensive modifications to the floor and external sheetmetal meant the 500E could not easily be built on the normal assembly line at the busy Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant. So Porsche landed the assembly contract. Eight to twelve 500Es per day, 2400 per year, built to the highest quality. The Rossle-Bau production line sets no standards in automation. Cars are built on wheeled pallets and are moved by hand from station to station as they are assembled. Electric spot-welding is also done mostly by hand. Panels go together with what used to be called Old World craftsmanship. When the basic body shell is completed, including doors, trunk, and hood, it is shipped on special trucks to the Mercedes Sindelfingen plant across town. There, the bodies are corrosion-proofed and painted, giving the cars the full measure of rust protection and allowing customers to choose from the entire palette of Mercedes colors. Then the cars go back to the Porsche plant for more assembly. Engines, transmissions, and other major mechanicals are assembled by Mercedes-Benz and shipped to Porsche for installation. All of the characteristic Mercedes icons - the grille, the badges, the headlamps, and the taillamps - come in containers from Mercedes. In essence, Porsche is assembling what is referred to in the industry as a "knock-down kit," with most of the parts supplied by Mercedes. Final inspection and delivery take place back in Sindelfingen, after the cars take yet another trip across town. town. Of course, moving the cars back and forth from suburb to suburb in Stuttgart is hardly efficient. On the average, it takes eighteen days for Porsche to build an E500, much of which is transportation time. But, because the E500 hasn't exactly set sales charts ablaze, the slow assembly process can keep up with demand. In 1996, an entirely new Mercedes-Benz E-class will make its debut. A new E500 may be part of that line. Porsche is planning to use the Rossle-Bau factory in 1995 for another project, so 1994 will be the last year for E500 production at Porsche. Given the overcapacity Mercedes now has, it is unlikely that the car's replacement will be built by anyone but Mercedes-Benz - Kevin Clemens As soon as I drove away in my car, I left Stuttgart and drove down to Basel, Switzerland, and picked up a woman I know who's in the computer business there. I said, "Let's go to Lyon, because I want to have salade Lyonnaise." So we drove to France, and it was a hell of a drive because there was fog. We had a marvelous lunch at La Mere Vittet. Afterward, she said there was a wonderful hotel in Lausanne, so we drove back to Switzerland. The next morning, we drove all the way up through Germany to a town called Eberbach am Neckar, near Heidelberg, and had a superb lunch at a restaurant called the Altes Badhaus. Then we went back to Basel. In my first twenty-four hours with the car, I drove nearly 1000 miles. I left the car in Europe from October 1992 until January 1993. I went back to drive it three times simply because I couldn't drive it enough. One time I went with a dentist friend, and on the way over he told me that I was stupid, because I paid too much money for the 500E. The first time we got onto a section of autobahn with no speed limit, he looked over at me and said, "You're not going too fast, are you?" I said, "Well, I can't go any faster". The speedometer was already pegged at 155 mph. He didn't even know it. Now he's looking for a used 500E. I have experienced everything in this car. Horrible, horrible fog. Pouring-down miserable rainstorms in the middle of the night on black, black, black roads. Snow where the traction control and ABS lights flashed constantly. The 500E was always magnificent. At 155 mph, you're going three-quarters of a football field per second, yet it's a non-event in this car. Above 4500 rpm, the engine has a deep, rich sound that isn't intrusive, there's no wind noise, and you can have normal conversation. One of my few complaints concerns the speed of the windshield wiper: it's not quite fast enough. My Porsche Carrera could keep the window clear at speeds over 100 mph, but with the Mercedes wiper, it's almost as if the car is saying, "Oh, boy, this is fast enough." The American 500E is also geared a little too tall. I wish the U.S. model had the European transmission that lets you select standard or economy modes. I remember following Jurgen Hodel, international press liaison for Daimler-Benz, to a restaurant in Stuttgart, and that's when I realized you could drive the 500E like a Carrera. At low speeds, the steering was a little thick, and the suspension would kind of float. Then the car would take a set in the corners, and you could absolutely get on it and rev it to 4500 rpm and then slam on the brakes. I told Hodel, "The ABS and traction control lights are coming on - the car is warning me." He said, "Let the car do it. Just keep your foot down. The computer is doing the work." One time Fred Heiler, Mercedes-Benz North America;s PR man, and a colleague of his had the option of taking the Lufthansa express train from Stuttgart to the Frankfurt airport, but they came with me instead. We beat the express train by thirty-five minutes. That's what this car is designed to do. It's a business vehicle, meant to move people very comfortably and confidently over great distances in a short period of time. Tethered Goats - An American blitz by 500E There are people who like to drive. There are people who love to drive. And there are those for whom driving is an intense passion. Allan Rosenberg, my vintage-racing friend of many years, is of the latter school. He bought his Mercedes-Benz 500E based on my recommendation. He returned the favor by inviting me to drive it with him from Florida to San Francisco. That idea was in line with our principles: The 500E was created for the purpose of going from city to city at high speeds, and we both believe that cars are about driving, not about owning. At the first turn of the key in the 500E's ignition, I knew our trip would be an extraordinary event. To most passers-by, the car looks like any medium-size Mercedes; it's invisible. But there are a few car guys who notice that it is nearly an inch lower and has wider fenders and will say: "A 500E! A real car!" We were going straight west, and I couldn't wait to get started. The idea was to pack as many miles into every hour as we could, because there were several stops we wanted to make. Our first was the Collier Automotive Museum in Naples, Florida, perhaps the best road-racing historical resource in the country. Next we buzzed up to Ocala to see Don Garlits of drag-racing fame and T.C. Browne, automotive adventurer and noted teller of tales. And then we were ready to start our drive in ernest. Sliding into the 500E's big leather seats gives you the impression that they are too wide, too flat, and too firm. Even the steering wheel looks out of scale. The E-class cars were created, you think, for slightly overscale businessmen to rush silently and effortlessly between cities. Neither of us is overscale, but we did enjoy the "silently and effortlessly" part. The Benz was perfect at triple-digit speeds. Somewhere on the blast through the salt marshes of southern Alabama and Mississippi, we began to refer to all other traffic as "tethered goats," and the name stuck for the rest of the trip. Rosenberg is a man who is accustomed to traveling first-class to Europe once a month and eating fabulous food. This was his first cross-country drive, so I introduced him to road food, which is not fast food - it's cafe food - and that was our cuisine for all five days. We brought a pile of CDs and tapes, but we only used them for the first few hours and spent the rest of the time in high chat as the miles whipped past. This is where I should admit that I recently reread On the Road, and I imagined us more than once as Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac. I would be Neal, "the Driver," because neverticketed Rosenberg is incapable of going more than 70 mph on U.S. roads. I have no such problem. In the end, Rosenberg drove through cities, and I drove on the freeways. Space does not permit the details of the visits we made, but let me drop a few names: Fred Tycher's Automotive Emporium in Dallas; Harley Cluxton III's Grand Touring Cars in Scottsdale, Arizona; Mike McCluskey's Cobra restoration shop in L.A.; and a final night at Grand Prix car restorer Steve Griswold's guest penthouse in San Francisco. Looking out at the view from the top of Russian Hill, I was sorry to be standing still after five days in the stealth Benz. Those seats that had seemed oversize at first were grippy and supportive. That large steering wheel came to seem normal, and I was used to letting my hands relax while holding onto it. In fact, everything about those days and nights in the 500E was beyond reproach. It might well be the best automobile we will ever see. - Larry Crane Another time I was on a run to the Nurburgring with two of my friends. They both had Ferrari F40s, and I had the 500E. We ended up in a caravan because an F40 is miserable in the rain, and they couldn't go any faster than I could. I had all of their luggage and both of their girlfriends, and we were driving along with the stereo on, but we made it to the restaurant before they did because they had to tank up more than I did. I shipped the car back to Brumos Motor Cars in Jacksonville, Florida, so Crane and I could drive cross-country. Dick Hostrup, a Brumos sales consultant, picked up my car, and he pointed out that the windscreen had a chip in it. I said, "I got that a 140 mph. There's no way I'm changing it." He said the brake rotors had a little rust, so if I didn't mind, the mechanics had already taken them off and started polishing them. Then they detailed the car to death and gave it to me with a full tank. I cannot speed in America. I have a phobia about getting a speeding ticket - I will not get one. But even at 65 mph, the 500E gives you a feeling of overwhelming security. I love driving in Europe because everything there counts for something - driving around town, making simple turns, even parking - I made sure I did it right. Coming back here, you spend time in a superior car, and you start having a superior attitude. It's almost agony sometimes to drive the car. I want to send it back to Europe. And I really, actually might do that. Europeans tell me, "You Americans have a love affair with the car." And I say, "No, we don't. Americans are married to the car. And in America, marriage is a love/hate thing." I went to Mercedes dealers for oil changes every 3000 miles, but I nearly always took advantage of a $29.95 lube and safety check special, which saves $15 off the regular price. My 15,000 mile service cost $340, and my 30,000 mile service will cost about the same, which is only $50 more than what it would cost on some Toyotas. I lost a $295 tire to a screw in the sidewall that was discovered at one of the safety checks. I replaced a leaky windshield washer reservoir under warranty. I also replaced the front passenger's-side window because of a break-in, and although the factory glass was cheaper than a BMW's I really think these cars should come with a glass sensor or a motion detector as well as the usual alarm system. I have had a problem with a metallic rubbing sound from the front brake calipers, which these cars are apparently prone to. In Europe, they simply give you the new calipers from the 600SL, but Mercedes does not feel that they are warranted here because of our lower speed limits. The 500E has nothing to do with flash. In Europe, it's not good manners to show off your wealth. When I'm at Sears Point or Laguna Seca with the 500E and I see people looking at it, I can see that they really love cars. Knowing about the 500E is part of a deeper understanding of automobiles. And you find that understanding in the strangest places. Asian kids here in San Francisco with their Chevrolet Cameros and Pontiac Firebirds. A Hispanic guy in Orlando with an immaculate Volkswagen GTI, his whole family in the car with him. You know how the German car magazines are always talking about kick-down response in automatic transmissions? The manager of the Altes Badhaus looked at the 500E, and she said, "Ah, funfhundert E, Herr Rosenberg. Kick-down!" One day in San Francisco, a derelict walked up to the car, and I was waiting for his pitch, and he said, "That's a 500E, isn't it? That's the one Porsche builds. That's a terrific car". And he walked away. It has been a year, so I've been thinking about buying another car. I had a chance to buy a Porsche 911 Turbo demonstrator with about 2400 miles. I sat in the car, looked at all the plastic, and saw the carpet mats with their edges turned up. The car was already kind of tired. I thought, "Wow, I don't know if I can go back to this." So where do I go from here? I'm certainly not tired of the car. With Porsches, I've kind of been there and done that. The Mercedes-Benz 500E is it. It's the kind of car that would make old Gottlieb Daimler proud. Now called the E500, it will no longer be built by Porsche after the 1994 model year. The new Mercedes-Benz E-class line is scheduled to make its debut in the 1996 model year, but there is no guarantee that Mercedes will make a high-performance, five-liter version. Anyway, how can it get any better than my 500E? |
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| Author: | tinni77 [ Sat 13. Mar 2010 15:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Virkilega flottir bílar, myndi fá mér akkúrat w124 E500 ef ég myndi fá mér Benz
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| Author: | Sezar [ Sat 13. Mar 2010 18:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Smá ágrip af sögu 124036,, þeas 500E500 |
Geðveikir bílar  Langaði svaaakalega að kaupa 500 bílinn af Sveinka um árið. Eeen ég eignaðist þennan í skiptum við íbba um daginn. Bíllinn er raunverulegur wide boddý bíll, og er handmade @ porsche og er í rauninni bara 500 bíll að öllu leyti nema að hann er með minni m119 vélinni, Vél 4.2l m119 280hö. Bíllinn er virkilega vel búinn. Er að skvera hann fyrir sumarið, enda var lakk orðið slapt en kram tip top. Nánast búinn að laga tjónið á vinstri hlið og ætla svo að mála bílinn. Mynda hann þegar hann er klár   
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