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Had an orange Rapid 130 then got a 136 in your red. Amazing little car and handle really well

These weren't particularly great cars at the time

My Dad had one and then I had the next one after that. It was simply the best car I ever owned. In every respect. Superb.

i had an 340 diesel an petrol it is an rearly good buid car in mercedes and big volvos it has an transaxle and is an very good drift car

Ahh the special GLE, It stood for Generally Lacking Enthusiasm.

Love the 123 Coupe versions. And back when Mercedes were built like tanks, and built well!

Gorgeous car

The early W123 203s are interesting cars. I have a 78 230 which is extremely rare here in the states. Mercedes only sold them for one model year here. I also own an 83 300D, and it's interesting to see the similarities and differences between the two. The 230 is as base of a car as you can get where the 300 has power everything.

I have never seen one of these Volvo's before. What an interesting looking car. Can't wait to see the restoration on this one.

Nice review Chris. Always liked this era of Mercedes. People comment on how big steering wheels used to be...but the wheel didn't block the instrument cluster.

This Is a great car....compliments!!!....here in Italy i want find one of this!!!!....

Excellent. The 280E was the one to have though. 185 bhp or so gave it very lively performance and the handled and rode superbly.

The Mercedes-Benz W123 absolutely love these Mercedes-Benz because this particular Mercedes-Benz W123 is 45 years old and l noticed a couple of amenities that means this Mercedes-Benz W123 will be around in another 45 years after all it is a very luxurious car because all Mercedes-Benz W123 are so reliable and reliability is a luxury

Nice video. The 123 was replaced in 1985 by the 124. The 190 was a new body that came out in 1982 to go against the 3 Series.

W123 replaced by W124 in 1985.

You shouldn't OF ... Still in junior school?

Great video Chris. I had a Strada Abarth same colour gun metal back in the day. Mine was a Mk2. Lovely cars and they fetch big money nowadays, especially in that condition. Great memories of a rapid and somewhat scary ride! Those Recaro buckets were solid too. If you ever get a chance to drive one, do it! 😊

Would love a diesal 123 wagon

Beautiful 'proper' car they don't build them like this nowadays.

A friend of mines dad had one of these in the 80s. He got rid of it because everytime he parked up, someone would knock on the window and ask,' Are you a taxi ,mate???

Love your films . The w123 was replaced by the w224 . The 190 was a whole new caragory❤

Nice. Gave me memories from our own family. It was first Western car in our possesion. Red 340 with 1.6 Renault diesel engine. :)

Very, very poor man's Porsche

A heap of junk.Skoda have moved forward in leaps and bounds.

I had a white 343 DL(?) 1.7. Surprising quick. Like driving a bus while sitting in an armchair. On tyres close to the limit on ice I fishtailed and missed a cyclist by millimetres. Heart stopping fun ! Fun fact : Don't jack up the back using the diff as my Volvo main dealer did or it will leak without end.

I had the great pleasure of owning and working on these cars in the early 90's when I was a fitter for a main dealer. The cars came with regular problems but were very enjoyable and easy to work on. I could have the engine out and on the deck in around 20 minutes when replacing a clutch or the engine itself. So many about back then but sadly a pretty much non existent sight now.

1989 last limited edition, as 1990 had the next Generation Rover 214 on G reg

My friends dad had one , they towed their caravan to the south of France with it every year and it never let them down

Looks like a total cock up to me and had the speedo tampered with ..as in had a haircut... and sounds awful.

Thought I recognised that one the retroshite Skoda! A mate of mine had an orange one was some machine went in all weathers !

So did it get sold? Or put into storage to be sold next year?

I5s not unhealthy it's like you quite rightly saud: "nostalgia!" :-)

How much was it ?

Nice one. Great adventure. Looking forward to part 2.

I learnt to drive in a 1.7ltr Volvo GL and it was good fun to drive and despite its box/wedge shape it was responsive. It was also rear wheel drive (span it once! didn't actually crash into anything luckily) and had some poke.

Congrats! Frankly a totally different (and superior) car to the 340s. Proper Volvo 2.0, real transmission box. Had this for several years in the 90’s. Recommend upgrading to bigger alloy wheels and rubber. Makes it a proper drive. Keep the great vids coming.

Škoda 110 R is poor man Porsche 911, not Škoda Rapid 136.

my first volvo was a 340 1.4gl.........2nd - 340 1.7 gle............volvo 480 (gorgeous paris blue).......volvo 850 estate........then a v70.few of them....currently on a v40 d4 lux nav..........300 series were built like tanks and easy to work on yourself.

had one for a while, a lot better car than most realised and with a bit of simple tuning it would overtake flat out the rep's favorite car the mk 1 Vectra 1.6 and they couldn't catch me, great fun on the M11 doing that to work and back every day, it broke down once due to a water pipe clamp coming off, filled it up from a stream and away I went, no harm done

Had one from new F432UVT, baffled Skoda with 3 or 4 replacement cylinder heads inside of (I think) 6 months to the point they bought it back (bit more complicated, but essentially what happened). Wrote to me a while later saying it was a faulty fusebox. When it worked it was fun to drive, mostly, but did any other owners have to constantly clean that oily film off the inside of the rear window?

ihad one of these and it was the best car i ever had

Why would you buy a car with such an appalling MOT history and a mileage which hasn't updated since 2010 ? Change your medication !😏

Cant believe you got to drive it alot. I had one and spent more time pushing the thing.

Not even 1 Skoda joke in the comments.

3:00 The contrast in hair volume is mesmerising.

Hairdresser Porsche...

Trust me, this car is absolute shit I every possible category. You would not want this for free.

I love seeing someone as twp as me travelling miles and miles to collect an auction car. My last 2 were Cheltenham - Near Wrexham (3 trains) last November and last month Cheltenham - Bury St. Edmonds via London (4 trains incuding the tube). I drove a 340 back in the 1990s. One of the best balanced cars for that era that I've ever driven.

I had a 343 and 2 360 GLEs, really good cars. I bought them all at 2 years old and sold at 4. All carburettors. After I sold them, they all rusted quite quickly. Never understood why given Volvo's durability. When you do the water pump seals or cambelt, it's radiator out, and that is grille and bumper off, as it's mounted in front of the panel. Dead easy.

Looks a really clean motor. 😊 nice vid 👌