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It's a boulevard cruiser. The engine doesn't idle smoothly but off-idle is it pulls like a freight train and is smooth as silk. I'm new to these cars... having never considered buying one before this one fell in our lap. My research and our trusted mechanic tells me that these old R107 Benzs are notorious for vacuum leaks and rough idle. Part of me wonders whether that roughness is inherent in this design... or whether I just don't remember how unrefined cars were 30 years ago. She gets about 11 miles per gallon. We told all of our neighbors that we need them to keep their electric cars because we need all the gas they aren't burning.

It corners pretty well, probably because it's low to the ground, but it's extremely nose-heavy (the hood is about as long as the cabin and trunk combined) and the brakes can't keep-up with the car's acceleration. We drive it smooth and steady and that's where the chassis is most comfortable.

There's a ton of play in the steering. Again, not sure if it's the design or the age of the car, and it also probably is related to the bus-sized steering wheel.

It's beautiful. Everybody waves at us, people in parking lots stop us to ask questions. It's like we are leading our own parade almost anywhere we go. It's hard not to arrive at work smiling when you drive up in this car.

We gotta get the AC repaired. It's an old R12 system, and our trusted mechanic tells us it needs to be converted to the new refrigerant, with new hoses and parts. That's going to be a few thousand dollars, but we can't drive the car in sunny Sacramento without AC. Wife will let me get away with a lot, but she won't do without AC. We bought the car because it was such a deal, so we don't mind investing a few dollars.

I can't wait for the weekend to clean and detail it, as well as remove the hardtop and drive it for the first time topless. I will post a picture here if I can figure-out how to do that.

It's a boulevard cruiser. The engine doesn't idle smoothly but off-idle is pulls like a freight train and is smooth as silk. I'm new to these cars... having never considered buying one before this one fell in our lap. My research and our trusted mechanic tells me that these old R107 Benzs are notorious for vacuum leaks and rough idle. Part of me wonders whether that roughness is inherent in this design... or whether I just don't remember how unrefined cars were 30 years ago. She gets about 11 miles per gallon. We told all of our neighbors that we need them to keep their electric cars because we need all the gas they aren't burning.

It corners pretty well, probably because it's low to the ground, but it's extremely nose-heavy (the hood is about as long as the cabin and trunk combined) and the brakes can't keep-up with the car's acceleration. We drive it smooth and steady and that's where the chassis is most comfortable.

There's a ton of play in the steering. Again, not sure if it's the design or the age of the car, and it also probably is related to the bus-sized steering wheel.

It's beautiful. Everybody waves at us, people in parking lots stop us to ask questions. It's like we are leading our own parade almost anywhere we go. It's hard not to arrive at work smiling when you drive up in this car.

We gotta get the AC repaired. It's an old R12 system, and our trusted mechanic tells us it needs to be converted to the new refrigerant, with new hoses and parts. That's going to be a few thousand dollars, but we can't drive the car in sunny Sacramento without AC. Wife will let me get away with a lot, but she won't do without AC. We bought the car because it was such a deal, so we don't mind investing a few dollars.

I can't wait for the weekend to clean and detail it, as well as remove the hardtop and drive it for the first time topless. I will post a picture here if I can figure-out how to do that.