What a car!

I'll post a picture of a skateboard I really really like.

Was out at Strandvejen with Helmut today (car's called Helmut, long story). Took a trip to grandfather first, he had no idea I had bought the car so he looked pretty shocked. Loved it though, he had some W123's and W124's back in the day.

Anyhow washed and cleaned Helmut today. Also vacuum-cleaned the seats and the floormats. Looks a lot cleaner now.

Then as said, a trip by grandfather and then back home by Strandvejen (for people who don't know, Strandvejen is a long road by the shore with lots of expensive houses, and due to that, lots of old / expensive cars driving around).

Then on the last stretch of Strandvejen, there's this tiny hotel that looks huge on distance but is sort of like a shrinked in house when you get closer. However it's really neat. There's always a couple of classic cars parked infront of the hotel, since the owner and his wife both drive classics. As soon as we parked the car, the owner ran out and was hugely excited about it. We had been there ~2 months ago, were I also talked about the old Benz and that I'd might buy one. He still remembered that, and he absolutely loved the car. Parked it where a 190SL parked when were there last time, sadly don't have a picture of it but it was beautiful.
Cars also go over the curb and pass slowly by because they want to look at the classic cars that are always parked infront of the hotel (like the Audi in the picture). They change a bit around every day or so. The owners explanation of why there's always some classic car parked infront of the hotel is "we get a lot of special people and special people always own a special car of some sort, usually a classic one". He was really nice, explained some stuff about my car that I did not actually know.

The Chevrolet's his, the small Fiat is his wife's. Then there's my Benz in the foreground.

It's also pretty fascinating, because when you park it for a short while, people will come up and ask you questions or compliment about it. This guy, possibly in his mid 60's walked up and tried to guess the age / model of it. He got pretty close, believed he thought it was a 220 SE from the late 60's, early 70's (mine is a 280 SE from 1970, so pretty close. only difference is the engine, pretty much).