KLP 92
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Cheers mate! Thats my dream car, will email him for pics of the interior.
Thats the 5.5 V8 non kompressor model though, i really want the kompressor. Price is on the steep side bearing in mind its not the final facelift, ie its still got the same interior dash as a 95 car but a few more toys.
If i picked up one of them from Germany, LHD it will cost £22k. Don't think it being a RHD is worth the premium to me.
I won't buy that as another car, the SEC will have to give way as i only have 1 garage space, so i won't be buying for a bit. But my next will be a W124 E60 AMG, a G55 AMG or a G400 CDI.
Thats the 5.5 V8 non kompressor model though, i really want the kompressor. Price is on the steep side bearing in mind its not the final facelift, ie its still got the same interior dash as a 95 car but a few more toys.
If i picked up one of them from Germany, LHD it will cost £22k. Don't think it being a RHD is worth the premium to me.
I won't buy that as another car, the SEC will have to give way as i only have 1 garage space, so i won't be buying for a bit. But my next will be a W124 E60 AMG, a G55 AMG or a G400 CDI.
glojo
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Hi KLP,KLP 92 said:
How much would you reckon it would cost to convert the LHD version to RHD, taking into account this one is advertised at £39950?
Regards,
John the curious
KLP 92
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glojo said:
If you could find the parts cheaply then not an awful lot. Some modification is required, personally i would keep it LHD. I won't drive it alot so it won't bother me. if i was spending 40k i would really want the kompressor model.
The G400 to drive is quick, i drove a tuned version, its certainly not slow!
Alternatively you could buy second hand parts for the majority of the conversion and possibly buy some parts new. A G500 was made in limited numbers RHD in the 90s.
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They look great in black, there quite a few in London mostly in black.
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Am I right in thinking that this is nearly a 7 yr old car with 91,000 miles on it, with an engine that would give new meaning to depreciating faster than gravity?
And the opening price is nearly 40K?
I must be, like the England rugby team, completely out of touch. This one I have to watch.
And the opening price is nearly 40K?
I must be, like the England rugby team, completely out of touch. This one I have to watch.
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Expensive Death Trap!
As I said in a previous post --with a separate ladder chassis frame --an expensive death trap in a crash.
No SAFETY data on them as far as I know because they are classified as a commercial/military vehicle? 
As I said in a previous post --with a separate ladder chassis frame --an expensive death trap in a crash.
No SAFETY data on them as far as I know because they are classified as a commercial/military vehicle?
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grober said:As I said in a previous post --with a separate ladder chassis frame --an expensive death trap in a crash.
I highly doubt they are 'death traps' Euro regulations wouldnt allow them to still be on sale today...
Some crash pictures Ive found:
Old version pictures, no doubt the latest versions are even safer.
Something else for KLP92,....maybe ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=180053210915&rd=1&rd=1
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Interesting pics
I highly doubt they are 'death traps' Euro regulations wouldn't allow them to still be on sale today...Some crash pictures Ive found:
Never seen any crash test pics before so very interested to see those. What was the source- a safety agency or MB, and did they specify the impact speed? As you say, would be interesting to see how the G wagon performed in the latest Euro NCAP offset front and side collision tests.
Found this, the driver survived evidently Think he hit a truck!
I highly doubt they are 'death traps' Euro regulations wouldn't allow them to still be on sale today...Some crash pictures Ive found:
Never seen any crash test pics before so very interested to see those. What was the source- a safety agency or MB, and did they specify the impact speed? As you say, would be interesting to see how the G wagon performed in the latest Euro NCAP offset front and side collision tests.
Found this, the driver survived evidently Think he hit a truck!
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That doesn't look like he hit anything, it's a simple roll over accident.
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KillerHERTZ said:I highly doubt they are 'death traps' Euro regulations wouldnt allow them to still be on sale today...
Some crash pictures Ive found:
Old version pictures, no doubt the latest versions are even safer.
Old style crash test, full frontal non deformable block. The modern test is offset deformable block as that is more realistic.
Any car could pass the old test due to the loading being over the whole area but look the roof is still buckled. That car would collapse in an offset test.
"Frontal attack: Jörg Nicolaus (right) wanted to stop the fuel thief with his Mercedes G-model. The gas thief attacked frontally in his 7-series BMW - and fled." (old skool 7series though)
Found this too:
Found this too:
Not 124, but HERE is the 202 crash test results
grober
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KillerHERTZ said:
The w202 C class didn't get very good crash test results at all.
This was fortunately rectified by the new w203 which gained 5 stars. http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/details.php?id1=3&id2=127Although I was surprised it was uprated from 4 to 5 stars for having better seatbelt reminder system??
That appears to me to drift into the "active" safety area rather than the" passive safety " assessment I have always relied on the Euro NCAP site for.
grober said:The w202 C class didn't get very good crash test results at all.
Although I was surprised it was uprated from 4 to 5 stars for having better seatbelt reminder system??
Maybe compaired to modern cars that are designed for the tests
but I still have faith in my w202, after all my pre-facelift one went through 2x brick walls at 35Mph and I was fine.
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KillerHERTZ said:
A very good point. Something that has concerned me for a while as accidents in the real world rarely happen with such repetitive precision!!
I'm sure NCAP has improved general safety, and manufacturers (and consumers) take the results very seriously. However the limited number of tests, and the desire to create 5-star cars, must mean that effort is focussed on excelling in the tests, and some other non-tested eventualities may not be planned for in such detail.
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W124 Crash test results
Killerhertz/ Akash I remembered reading this test when I first decided to buy a Mercedes. It was set up by a German magazine Auto Motor und Sport and compared the BMW 520, the Mercedes E200(W124) and VOLVO 740 among others. The BMW won by a short head from the MERC followed by the Volvo. It was a surprise at the time since VOLVO had the best safety reputation. The test revealed however that the Volvo body was TOO strong and fed excessive loads to the restrained passengers. A couple of W124 pictures here (one from that test). http://www.whnet.com/4x4/W210_crashtest.html
Killerhertz/ Akash I remembered reading this test when I first decided to buy a Mercedes. It was set up by a German magazine Auto Motor und Sport and compared the BMW 520, the Mercedes E200(W124) and VOLVO 740 among others. The BMW won by a short head from the MERC followed by the Volvo. It was a surprise at the time since VOLVO had the best safety reputation. The test revealed however that the Volvo body was TOO strong and fed excessive loads to the restrained passengers. A couple of W124 pictures here (one from that test). http://www.whnet.com/4x4/W210_crashtest.html
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