Tagged: Road-trip

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 1 5

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 1

I lived in Michigan between 2007-2011.   When I first moved there, I bought a cheap but somewhat rusty 1989 560SEC to be my daily driver.   It was already rusty so I was not worried about driving it in the notorious Michigan snow and salt.   After about 18 months the original 560SEC had been hit a few times in the snow.   It also had a...

Rover P5 cheap car challenge 0

Rover P5 cheap car challenge

The Rover P5 Coupe beat the odds and successfully completed the 320KM trip between Canberra and my workshop.   Unlike the Top Gear team, I did not have a support car and mechanics to help along the way. I simply had the rover toolkit (plus a few screwdrivers which were missing),  a couple of liters of oil and coolant, and a some radiator hoses...

Road trip to Canberra 0

Road trip to Canberra

I had to go to Canberra for work today, so I decided to take the 250SE on a road trip.    I hadn’t taken it for a long drive for a while, and I thought a road trip would do it good.   It was too cold to open the roof, but It was nice to get the car out on the open road....

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