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My car well out of its comfort zone. I have a set of winter wheels and tyres but haven't put them on yet... if we get any more forecast I will be doing for sure.
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Hi, it came before the Commodore (and MONZA), but was upper class, like the Admiral and Diplomat later. OPEL lost its upper class market share over the years, unfortunately.
A former colleague used to work for OPEL, and had stories to tell how GM down-managed OPEL ...
I live near Rüsselsheim, where the OPEL plant is. A neighbour experienced (and survived) the recent reorgs and take-overs ... ---
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My car well out of its comfort zone. I have a set of winter wheels and tyres but haven't put them on yet... if we get any more forecast I will be doing for sure.
Luckily we don't get that sort of cover down here that often (and I only have 275 BHP to control on it if we do!) Also, being retired means that I very rarely NEED to go out in the snow.
FWIW, a bonnet covered in snow like that could earn you a pull.
As a 19year old in the early 60s myself and two friends decided to buy a very cheap 600 just for the fun of owning one. After about 6 months and a few problems we virtually gave it away as paying to fix it was far higher than all 3 of us earned in a year!
The dreams of youth!
Many apologies for my error......the car we purchased was a rounded not square body shape and was a 300 model which I believe preceded the 600.
Sorry my memories always have to be checked these days!
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As a 19year old in the early 60s myself and two friends decided to buy a very cheap 600 just for the fun of owning one. After about 6 months and a few problems we virtually gave it away as paying to fix it was far higher than all 3 of us earned in a year!
The dreams of youth!
Many apologies for my error......the car we purchased was a rounded not square body shape and was a 300 model which I believe preceded the 600.
Sorry my memories always have to be checked these days!
Nothing to worry about. - Your posting brought back memories from the 60s. At this time, a 300 Mercedes was around 1000 DM, because it was seen as an old pre-war car.
A friend, who worked as an apprentice then (250 DM/month) bought one. And when the starter failed, he did not have the money to have it repaired.
So, you were not alone ... ---
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Hi, @EJB, a few 300 pics, we talked about :
Here is one in action. It was a car typically used by German government ministers. Chancellor Adenauer used it, too. And so it got the nickname Adenauer later ... --- :
(I was invited by the VMC (Mercedes Veteranen Club) to take these pictures. These cars are extremely expensive to own, and maintain ... )
Here is one in action. It was a car typically used by German government ministers. Chancellor Adenauer used it, too. And so it got the nickname Adenauer later ... --- :
(I was invited by the VMC (Mercedes Veteranen Club) to take these pictures. These cars are extremely expensive to own, and maintain ... )
