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MBCNSW February 2023 Night drive to Hawkesbury Lookout 1

MBCNSW February 2023 Night drive to Hawkesbury Lookout

After last month’s inner city night drive, for February we were back to our normal formula of less trafficked roads on the urban fringe.     The drive route came from a suggestion from a MBCNSW member to visit Hawkesbury Lookout and Krispy Kreme.     Penrith Krispy Kreme would be our starting point, as it closes at 11PM on a Thursday Night.    It turned...

MBCNSW January 2023 seven bridges night drive 1

MBCNSW January 2023 seven bridges night drive

Last night was the first MBCNSW night drive of the year.  This month we tried something a little bit different.   Previously inner city drives have been a bit of a failure as the group got separated and lost.   This time, we tried again with a few changes.   Firstly, we kept the route quite simple.   Secondly, we had a muster point halfway along the drive. ...

MBCNSW Past Presidents drive through Berowra 0

MBCNSW Past Presidents drive through Berowra

Today was the first Mercedes-Benz club event of the year.   It was the first of a couple of drives, organized by past presidents of the club.   This drive was organized by our immediate past president and started in Berowra.   Next week the previous past president is organizing a drive down south. The route was pretty similar to one we have used before as  Night...

MBCNSW December 2022 night drive on Picton Rd 2

MBCNSW December 2022 night drive on Picton Rd

Last night was the final MBCNSW night drive of the year, and the final MBCNSW event of the year.   The drive was a variation of the one we did in December last year.   We started in Camden and took some back roads, before joining Picton road towards Wollongong.  From there, we took the M1 up to the infamous Engadine McDonalds. The route was curtailed...

MBCNSW November 2022 night drive to Bilpin 2

MBCNSW November 2022 night drive to Bilpin

Last night was the now annual night drive to Bilpin.    On this drive, we start in Windsor and then up Bells Line of road to the Bilpin Apple Pie Cottage.    The owner is a club member with a R107 and he opens up for us and serves apple pies and coffees. The night drives are always more popular as we head into...

MBCNSW 60’s models photoshoot 0

MBCNSW 60’s models photoshoot

The Mercedes club is planning a feature in the magazine for models of the late 60s and early 70s.   They have previously done features on the 107 series and 124 series.   To accompany the article, the club organised a 60’s models photoshoot for some nice examples of various models this morning.   I was asked to attend, as my W111 Cabriolet is one of the...

MBCNSW November 2022 twilight drive to Ettalong 0

MBCNSW November 2022 twilight drive to Ettalong

Last night I attended the MBCNSW twilight drive to Ettalong.  This is a concept that the club used to do in prior years but had dropped off the event calendar.   Back then, it used to be called the topless drive, with the assumption that twilight in summer is a great time to drive a cabriolet.    I attended that drive in 2014 and 2018....

MBCNSW October 2022 Cars and Coffee 1

MBCNSW October 2022 Cars and Coffee

Today was supposed to be the annual Sydney German car show.   It would have been the first one held since 2019 due to Covid.   I missed the 2019 event due  to work travel, so I have not attended the show since 2018.    Sydney has been very rainy of late, so last week was torrential rain, pretty much the norm for 2022.   Based on...

MBCNSW September 2022 Night Drive – Old Northern Road 0

MBCNSW September 2022 Night Drive – Old Northern Road

Last night’s drive was a variation of one we did a few months ago.   Originally it was to start from the eastern side of Galston Gorge, and then follow the previous route.   That took us along Cattai ridge road, Halcrows road, Wisemans Ferry road and the Old Northern Road.   I always enjoy this drive, as it’s a nice cruisy route and there are almost...

MBCNSW August 2022 Night Drive – Comenarra Parkway 0

MBCNSW August 2022 Night Drive – Comenarra Parkway

This month we had a shorter and less adventurous night drive.     We started at McDonalds Thornleigh and took the Comenarra Parkway and Lady Game drive before crossing the harbour and finishing at Harry’s Cafe de Wheels in Tempe. Originally the drive was to finish at the Woolloomooloo location, but it has drastically cut back its late night hours.   I guess this is a...

2022 Shannons Eastern Creek Car Show 2

2022 Shannons Eastern Creek Car Show

Today was the 2022 Shannons Eastern Creek Car Show.   This is the biggest car show that I know of in Sydney, and is held at Eastern Creek Raceway.   I’ve been going for years, but have never entered a car.   All those previous times I have been a spectator, most recently in 2018.    The 2021 and 2020 events were cancelled due to coronavirus and...

MBCNSW July 2022 Night Drive – Royal National Park 2

MBCNSW July 2022 Night Drive – Royal National Park

Earlier this morning I returned from the MBCNSW July 2022 Night Drive.    We try to rotate the travel direction around Sydney, so this time we were going South.    The drive was actually a repeat of one we did back in February 2021.    That drive was quite popular, so we figured we would run it again. The drives in the dead of...

MBCNSW June 2022 Night Drive – Berowra Ferry 2

MBCNSW June 2022 Night Drive – Berowra Ferry

This evening was the monthly MBCNSW night drive.   We finally completed a route we have wanted to do since March of 2021, on the third attempt.  It was worth those attempts as it was a great drive. We actually planned the route back in February 2021.  To test out the route, we did an informal dry run with a few club members.    We...

50 Years of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class 1

50 Years of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class

The S-Class is probably the signature model for Mercedes-Benz.   Personally it’s what I think of when I think of the brand.   When I think Porsche, I think rear engined sports cars.   When I think of BMW its sports saloons with an inline six.   For Mercedes-Benz, it’s the S-Class.    Throughout the years the company has seen other halo models come and go, such as...

MBCNSW May 2022 Night Drive – Palm Beach 1

MBCNSW May 2022 Night Drive – Palm Beach

After a month of relentless rain, we finally had a sunny day for the May 2022 Night Drive.   This drive was a shorter one, The Spit to Palm Beach.   We had previously done a Palm Beach drive in October 2020, so we took a different route.   On the previous drive, we started at Manly and hugged the coast until we reached Palm Beach.   This...

MBCNSW Cars and Coffee – May 2022 2

MBCNSW Cars and Coffee – May 2022

Last year the MBCNSW was planning a Paul Bracq day.   That event had to be cancelled due to COVID.   I had heard it was supposed to happen this year, so I put the date in my calendar as I was every keen on attending this event.  I am a big fan of the cars of Paul Bracq.  In the end, the event turned into...

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