• Pipedown This post made me remember the first car I ever drove that was "sporty". Up until this point, I had driven an 83 Cavalier, a freebie 83 Citation, an 84 Delta 88, and my Dad's recently acquired 1975 Pinto (manual.. I think this was 1992ish). I had recently learned to drive a manual on the Pinto and was immediately smitten. A friend showed up at my house in his mom's late eighties manual Mazda 323. However it happened, I ended up driving the 323 on some back roads.. this is in northern NJ.. practically every road is a back road). At the first turn, I knew something was different.... pushed harder into the next turn and the car just felt amazing. I had never felt anything like it. I started raving about the car, and my non-car people friends were just like.. dude, this is shitbox. LOL I kept saying, no way.. this is a GREAT car. That was the day of my enlightening.
  • Merc190 I did the Ford Auto Show promotion years back, got $75 to check out the Fiesta 3 banger when those came out, interesting car I thought.
  • Redapple2 preposterous product. battery bikes- the answer to a question no one asked. they ll sell dozens.
  • ChristianWimmer Looks well-taken care of. Interior and exterior are in great visual shape, which to me suggests a well-maintained car. I worked at a Benz dealership in the early 2000s and was able to drive a black E55 AMG W211 sedan at one point - they were a lot of fun. Good handling for the time but obviously the best thing about it was the supercharged V8. W123, W210 and W211 are my favorite E-Class generations. During this time my father owned a 2002 E320 Avantgarde W211 which he drove until 2010 before upgrading to an E350 CGI W212. Always enjoyed driving that E320, a nice balance between power and also fuel economy (7.7 L / 100 km average fuel consumption, sometimes as low as 7.2 L). The W211 was the first E-Class which actually handled compared to the softer W124s and their soft sprung suspensions and vague recirculating-ball steering systems. His E320 never had any issues except for a flat battery once when it wasn’t started for almost two weeks.
  • Rav Humans drive well most of the time until they don’t.