The exteriors looked perfect, all body lines and beadings were in place, no nicks or signs of rust anywhere. Since me and my brother were relatively new to this, we just stood there and drooled over the car. Mr D took a test drive and had a thorough look. The owner then took us to his house, where we took a close inspection of the car. Looked like we finally found the car of our dreams! I still remember what he said when we were following that red car, “Just pay and take her home.“ We were super thrilled. It is very difficult to convince him, since in most cases before, he finds some fault in a car and asks me to wait for another car. According to me, he is an epitome of a classic car guy. It looked so well maintained and refreshing! Mr.D who came along with us is a classic car restorer and has owned dozens of classic cars in the past (including 3 W123s). None of us spoke a word on that drive, we just couldn’t take our eyes off from that car in front of us. The owner then escorted us towards his house. We stood still looking at the car, slowly and elegantly approaching towards us. After waiting for almost 15 minutes, (insert DDLJ BGM) we saw a very pretty red W123 driving towards us. Thinking he might come in a motorcycle, we stared at almost all motorcyclists who went that way, whenever a car slowed down near us we thought it was him. We reached the town of Punalur, the owner of the car had asked me to give him a ring once we reach there and he will come accompany us to his house. But since we anyways thought of giving it a try, we continued the journey. Also the red colour in the photos actually didn’t catch my fancy at first. All these years, we have seen cars of mostly all colours except red. But this car, unlike the usual white, ivory and blue W123s we mostly saw before, was Red. Me, my brother and a good friend of mine (Mr.D) went to see the car. A quick background check among few friends who knew the car and owner gave some good impressions of the car and thus we decided to go have a look at it. The car as always looked good in the photos. One day we came to know about a well maintained 200D that was for sale just around 60 kms from Trivandrum. Things get much worse when you get good photos of the car, and the owner says the car is in immaculate condition and after travelling so far to see the car and the car doesn’t meet your expectations, you feel like stopping all this. The problem with seeing so many cars and not finding a good one in your budget is that at one point you really get fed up of all this. Two siblings with equal passion for cars is one deadly combination! We then started looking for cars again. This time, my elder brother was also super interested in getting a W123 home. Started the hunt again and with the help of a few friends, got to meet some cars around Trivandrum and Kochi. But in 2020, when the lockdown happened, I ended up watching and reading so many videos and articles regarding the 123 and the fire ignited back. I remember during the initial days, a good car was available for 2-3 lakh rupees, but nowadays it’s very difficult to get good cars below 6 lakhs (talk about price inflation)!Īnd then I got caught up with work and other things and there was a slow progress in running behind 123s.
And during these years, the price of the 123 also started going up. Went and saw a dozen cars during the later years, almost finalised on few deals but later slipped off due to some or the other reason. Since 2014, I have been following W123s coming up for sale. I always loved the classic lines and the presence of the 123.
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The one classic car that I have been a big fan of is the W123 series Mercedes Benz.
I’m sure no one else in the world understands it better other than BHPians here! But we all live to drive and own some good cars and bikes. Everyone says maintaining an old car is a pain, and you will just waste lots of time, energy and money just maintaining it. But only a very few of us really take the plunge. We all dream of owning one, restoring it and maintaining that shiny piece of art. That was when the perfect recipe to kill my boredom came in 2 Checkin baggages.
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But again ended up waking up at noon, spending the whole day and night in front of TV and phone. And this year, when the next lockdown was announced, I decided to do something productive. Especially since you have finished watching almost everything in Netflix and YouTube during last year’s lockdown. BHPian Mr.Perera recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
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