POV - 1981 Mercedes 240d (W123) - ASMR driving on French Highway

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Come for a drive on the A6 Highway in France (between Paris and Lyon) in this classic 1981 Mercedes W123 240 Diesel, powered by the OM616 72hp engine with a top speed of 143 km/h. The car was noisy because of the vintage and un-aerodynamic roof gallery as well as the high RPM on the engine (don't mind the tachometer, it is not calibrated). That car didn't drive for 10 years, it started right away, we serviced it and then drove it for 1000km from France to Italy with 0 issue. The OM616 is not the most quiet engine but it is sure bullet proof.

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@pilpaoj 5 месяцев назад

Love this. I’ve been obsessed with this car since last Christmas. Bought it for $300. I’ve put about $5000 into it in parts, that was pretty easy to work on thanks to RU-vid. Bought it for reliability, and better gas mileage than my FJ cruiser.

@youngtimerdriver 5 месяцев назад

Couldn't agree more!

@stoneylonesome4062 Месяц назад

FJ cruisers are great, but they’re gas hogs. If I wanted an off-road SUV, I’d get either one of those military-spec Toyota Off-roaders (can’t remember what they’re called, but they’re the successor to the ORIGINAL FJ cruiser from the 60’s, almost looks like a Humvee) or an Isuzu Trooper/Amigo/Rodeo.

@hadrienlf23 6 месяцев назад

I played that video to my kids at night now and they immediately fall asleep with the orchestra/wind/engine noise. Thanks for uploading !

@youngtimerdriver 6 месяцев назад

Glad your kids liked it. I lost 30% of hearing that day. If it can entertain kids it makes my day.

@tellysavalas1446 11 дней назад

Tolles Auto, reicht völlig aus ❤

@alexanderstrahilov5571 Час назад

No way how smooth that car is...

@stoneylonesome4062 Месяц назад

In my home country, Albania, half the cars on the road are classic Mercedes Diesels (70’s-early 90’s). In order to get more power out of our 240D’s, we install small turbochargers from Isuzu Gemini Turbo-Diesels (they’re just the right amount of boost and very durable) and we also install a different final drive and a special overdrive 4th gear, so we can accelerate quicker, but still get good speed and mileage on the highway.

@youngtimerdriver Месяц назад

@stoneylonesome4062 It's nice to hear that many of those W123s are still on the road today. It must be nice to drive it with a turbo, it's hard to keep up in today's traffic with the 200 or 240d.

@stoneylonesome4062 Месяц назад

@@youngtimerdriver Yes, we have ones that are run on waste vegetable oil with a million miles, it’s a very common thing. I have a 1983 C123 300CD Turbo with 5-speed manual gearbox swap and half a million on the original engine, around have of which is waste vegetable oil (I’ll usually run a 1:1 ratio of WVO to Petroleum diesel fuel). It can be started and ran without a battery, glow plugs, alternator, or starter motor - just let the clutch out going downhill.

@squareapples5118 Месяц назад

Difficult to see the tachometer, but it looks like you're cruising at 5700rpm at around 150kph. Unbelievably high revs for a diesel engine!

@wp8022 2 месяца назад

How low does the speed drop going uphill?

@youngtimerdriver 2 месяца назад

Not as bad as I was expecting. Keep in mind the car was heavily loaded and had a roof gallery

@gkcmgk 21 день назад

i just wonder what is the aprox fuel consumption at this speed?Have u measure it ever?

@ArnaudShanghai 21 день назад

Yes, about 10L/100

@gkcmgk 20 дней назад

@@ArnaudShanghai thx mate.

@happydiedboy 6 месяцев назад

full throttle of an old n/a mercedes engine is like 40% of a modern car one. Literaly you can crank it up in the 7 am, drive all day long flat out, and shout it down at 9 p.m like nothing happened

@youngtimerdriver 6 месяцев назад

That car didn't drive for 10 years. We just serviced it, and I drove it from Paris to Chiavena in Italy through the alps loaded with wheels and spare parts. Almost 1000km at 90% throttle, 10L/100, with 0 problem. Maybe noise is high but I plan to put a hood pad and already removed the noisy gallery. Truly impressed by this car my grand father bought new in 1981...

@happydiedboy 6 месяцев назад

Svizzera e poi Spluga? ( sono di napoli )..i daily drive a 25 years old alfa romeo 146td, from south italy to nord europe and no issues, several times a year up to Milan where my sister live....some cars are simply made for smashing kilometers @@youngtimerdriver

@youngtimerdriver 6 месяцев назад

I wish but Spluga is closed that time of the year @happydiedboy