Watched the whole thing and it is absolutely amazing, what these cars put up with! Don't know what it proved though?

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SONNY was right...Nobody Cares.
Calogero, from the movie, "A BRONX TALE."

Just finished watching it all. Wow. I was impressed by the opel and the MB (and the beetle, but thats a given). That W123 took a REAL beating and kept going. Like he mentioned at the end, it needed not much more than a sparkplug on the whole trip.

I bet with Rally tires and a locked rear diff, it'd have done it with little to no modification.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

It proved that they can get a bunch of guys to watch just about anything regarding cars.... or wimmins... (spelled that way intentionally)

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NC Benz
Fuquay-Varina, NC
1979 300D
1983 300D Turbo 260,000 Miles
1984 300D Turbo 345,000 Miles (sons car)
OBK #31
1998 Ford Expedition 5.4l (fer Haulin'!) 145,000
1973 19' SeaRay with 115 Mercury TOWER OF POWER!
Club Car Golf Cart 36V
Ex toys:
1967 Mustang 289 (First Car)
Fiat 124TC
1975 Honda CVCC
1980 Audi 5000 Turbo

I liked how the much reviled Beetle just chugged along. There's a good reason why those cars were built in Nigeria for years after they quit making them in Germany. I think only Mexico and Brazil made them for longer...

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1984 300TD

This site has the whole thing with no down load needed, granted its of poor quality.

the original clips are back up on youtube again, if you click on the screen its actually a link

http://honda-portal.com/honda-videos.php?video_id=732

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Thanx,
Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR

I've been working out of China for over a month now, and a customer today in Ft. Worth said "Dude, I saw a car like that on Top Gear. It was in Africa".......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John