#ml320

[thecargays]

You, me, an air mattress in the back of a 22 year old Mercedes SUV at a drive in theater; it’s a date 🚘🎥▫️🌅

[thecargays]

Howdy from TheCarGays!

We greatly appreciate your patience as we paused on our posts.

To recap, last week, my husband and I were driving the CLK55 when some asshat decided that he needed to be in the lane we were in, without noticing that we were already there. He hit the passenger front of my car, pit maneuvering himself and sending us both into the median, jumping curbs and hitting each other 2 more times.

The good news is that the CLK appears not to be a total loss. The bad news is we expect it to take months to get fixed. The worse news is that I likely tore something in my shoulder, and my husbands back has been sore ever since. We’re both scheduled for an MRI and regular chiropractic visits. While the initial impact wasn’t bad, going airborne jumping the curb wasn’t exactly a cake walk.

Thankfully, the entire incident was caught on my dashcam. If you don’t have a dashcam, let this be your sign to get one. They’re often under $50US, and can save you thousands. In my case, the other party flat out lied to police and insurance. My dashcam proved him wrong, and his insurance has accepted liability.

We’re thrilled to report that we will be resuming daily posts this week, and are going to be going to a number of car related events to bring you new content!

We also bought another project… a German POS, that isn’t really German. In fact, it’s colloquially known as the “Alabama Trashcan.” Yep, that’s right, we bought a W163 Mercedes Benz M-Class. More specifically, we bought a 2001 ML320.

Why? I want an overlander, and these old MLs were wildly under appreciated. The W163 came standard with true, full time four wheel drive, with a two speed transfer case. They had more ground clearance than all of the competitors at the time (Explorer, Cherokee, Range Rover, etc), and even had a secondary air inlet to act as a snorkel for water fording. While the prices of Jeeps, 4Runners, and other common overlanders skyrocket, we paid just under $4,000 for this example.

All we need now is a lift kit, some big all terrains, and some recovery gear!

[birkacnota]

[thesharkdesigns]

Um SUV de respeito e deixou muitos apaixonados pelo segmento de SUV. Mercedes-Benz (W163) ML 320 3.2 V6 (1999) Potência: 218HP Aceleração: 0 - 100 em 9,5s | Velocidade Máxima controlada 180 Km/h Escala 1:18 . . . . . . . . . . . #mb #suv #mercedesamg #amg #ml320 #w163 #mercedesbenz #mercedesml320cdi #sharkdesign #leonidasdesigner https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pnZv3pY39/?igshid=1fxbl7q9mmvh9

[thesharkdesigns]

Um SUV de respeito e deixou muitos apaixonados pelo segmento de SUV. Mercedes-Benz (W163) ML 320 3.2 V6 (1999) Potência: 218HP Aceleração: 0 - 100 em 9,5s | Velocidade Máxima controlada 180 Km/h Escala 1:18 . . . . . . . . . . . #mb #suv #mercedesamg #amg #ml320 #w163 #mercedesbenz #mercedesml320cdi #sharkdesign #leonidasdesigner https://www.instagram.com/p/B_n-UYlp1lb/?igshid=1q93moid7uu1s

[silerroad]

@mercedesbenz trotted out the first #MClass (aka #MLClass) off the line back in 1997 to the global first media drive program for its successor, the #GLEClass, in San Antonio, TX. The signatures of the workers at its then-new Tuscaloosa plant cover nearly every square inch of the white #ML320 with its gray bumpers. Incidentally, the global first media drive program for the M-Class was my very first #MBpressdrive, and I still have the 1:43 scale ML320 model I got on that program. #job1 #Jobone #mercedes #mbusa #GLEClass #Gledrive #signedanddelivered https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5F7RGHYV5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2nyxie8uz8er

[powerkingxyz]

[tjljr1]

Audio & Bodyworks priority one got a look good got a sound good once we get it registered and insured worry about mechanical that’s gonna be the most expensive therefore the is mechanical third. #DIY #ML320 #w163 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm1GdN_lJRE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ouwrap6q6o5a