What is that thing? Why is that thing? It looks like the vehicles from Aliens. On the windshield, there’s a decal that reads “Apocalypse 6x6.”

  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    3 days ago

    Haven’t driven anything made in '82, but I’ll maintain that my friend’s W124 250D was one of the most comfortable car’s I’ve ever driven. It’s the suspension, mostly. Nowadays everything is sporty, but I don’t want sporty 90% of the time, I want to not feel bumps and shit.

    • vodka@feddit.org
      5·
      3 days ago

      They are so goddamned comfortable, not much difference between the W123 from '82 and a W124 for that.

      Though the W124 is a lot better insulated, and thus quite a lot more quiet in the cabin than the W123.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah I’d love a W124 if I didn’t need ISOFIX for the foreseeable future. They’re just so nice. Particularly if I could get a 300td. Hell I’d probably either keep it stock, or build it to a sensible degree (i.e not a 700hp smoke monster)

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            2 days ago

            Hey, no judgement there. I just would prefer my daily to be reliable and not roll coal.

            Currently have a 3.0 tdi Audi that someone seems to have remapped while drunk, so it uh… rolls coal, but not the way you’d expect. It produces too much soot when driving quietly, and then after a long drive at steady speeds, when you let the engine live a little, it generates a cloud.

            Being an Audi it’s also not reliable like my Mercs have been, but it has ISOFIX which was my only requirement at the time. Also is a wagon.

            • vodka@feddit.org
              1·
              2 days ago

              It’s been remarkably reliable actually, but yeah if I had built it myself I’d have gone for a reliable 250hp setup.

              I got the car for a bargain from the guy that built it, because he had let it sit and rot, so the floor had to be replaced to pass safety, and he didn’t have the time to take care of it because of getting kids and working offshore.