My trip accross Australia (Jan 2010) from Perth to Melbourne, in our 1985 Mercedes 230e. Many of the sites are familiar to us Aussies and I didnt think needed any titling. The car averaged overall about 10-11L/100kmh of 98 octane with two male passengers and fully loaded (as moving home!). The final pic shows the overal trip stats, although the fuel cost was not correct. The thunderstorm was just over the SA border from WA. Video (low quality) was with a small Canon IXUS and the still shorts were mainly with a Nikon D90 and 18-200. The clip is an old Australian classic by Icehouse, Great Southern Land.
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24 responses to “Driving across Australia in a Mercedes W123”
Can’t imagine a better car for the trip!! 🙂
i put the same bumpers on my 230e 🙂
Actually nice travel with Mercedes w123 to see and look for scenic areas; I have Mercedes w123 230 model 1977 in Jordan and like to travel from my city Amman To Aqaba City and Aqaba port.
Good Luck and nicely shoo.
Did the car break down at all on the trip?
best country in the world fuck europe and the usa they have nothing on australia.
what a great country! i would love to see it in person. thanks mate.
Love the whiting out of ‘Max Speed’. Brilliant.
I’ve got a W126 300SE. You’re video is great — fabulous scenery, country, brilliant car.
you sir are a gentleman scholar.
good day to you from the colonies.
(cheers, glad you liked it)
what a brilliant ,interesting vid , i really enjoyed it !
MAN Driving 146.6 km straight road . I’d die from that. That would be kinda booring! So I would try to spend less time driving there by speeding 😛
@w116036, thanks for quick reply, man. Good luck 🙂
nah mate, we rebuilt the engine and trans at 175km’s or something like that. it was running ok at the time but dad is a nutjob. it ran about 10L/100km on the way over, and the way back!
Holy shit….is it REAL mileage on the clock ?
What was your average litres per 100km? I just bought a w123 230e beautiful old car i just need to tidy her up a bit
Great vid.. I have never been to Oz so it gives an impression of what road trip there might be like.
hi my friend,
really perfect trip with the best ca ever made:=)
is it really 61.000?????
and please watch my 230 ce video:=)
Do you have the pic @ 3:22 in high quality? I want it as my wallpaper. Thanks!
great southern land by icehouse. enjoy!
heh mate, the song is great southern land by icehouse. a good old fashion aussie tune!
what’s the name of this song! it works perfectly with video! please tell me the name, thanks!
perfect, what’s the name of this song? it works perfect whit this video, nice job
Hi, you are right. That must be it. Thanks.
I am going to try to put in a temp gauge from a w126 or w124 in my w123 (that is in need of a small restauration).
unfortunately when some workers took out the instrument cluster, they lost the black foam that normally blanks this out. i also wasnt aware the temp gauge was available on 123s, but maybe some early 123s had column shifts and this is where the gear indicator was?
excellent pictures! 5stars.