Adventures of the MiniMog - Mercedes Unimog

[bugzy]

For those care or dont care. Fehmi_MK5's older brother is flying out tomorrow night to Connecticut to pick up a Mercedes Benz Unimog series 404 and driving it back to San Diego.

He's bringing laptop with a webcam and a wireless card. So should have live footage ;)

i laugh right now, cuz his picture looks like a singles profile hahahah

http://unimog.socalterrain.com




http://unimog.socalterrain.com/minimog.jpg

[Rento_VW]

Hahah, so like.. what are his plans for that thing wow. lol.

[bugzy]

Hahah, so like.. what are his plans for that thing wow. lol.
im not sure ;) but those things are crazy !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VmwbdDqQJ4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxdX0au-BNA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvy1GIrQXg&feature=related

[mike]

he is brave to drive a 35 yearold truck across country that has just been de-mothballed by a european military service, Unimogs are badass, but I don't know about a cross country drive, especially in an early one, especially is its gas powered............... I hope his AAA is paid up.

[RavinJetta]

Is he trailering it back or driving it back because at 6mpg and top speed of 59mph it would be a long drive back.

[mike]

I researched one, almost bought one, but I liked the landcruiser instead. A Unimog is one of the only vehicles that can best a cruiser in the rough though, but I was scared of parts availability and expense, hard to return a part to europe and wait another month if its wrong or damaged.

[youatemynachos]

unimogs...
man those are serious rock crawling machine!

[bugzy]

Is he trailering it back or driving it back because at 6mpg and top speed of 59mph it would be a long drive back.
i think its about 55mpg top speed, with approx 10mpg

and yes, he's driving it cross county, he's taken a 1.5 week off from work

and the picture is the actual car, looks like its been well kept and is in working order

[oc-audica]

dobbleyou tee eff

:ha::ha::ha:

[bugzy]

btw, i messed up typing the OG post. Its Fehmi_MK5's older brother Ahmet thats picking this up

and what he's using it for, i dont know ;) but its cool ass truck ;)

[Rento_VW]

240 gallons of fuel +15 gallons of backup.... ~$1020... and than ~1440 miles for every fill-up...Jesus.

[GTIcrazy]

240 gallons of fuel +15 gallons of backup.... ~$1020... and than ~1440 miles for every fill-up...Jesus.

Yeah I was just wondering how much petrol it's going to take. Hello gasbuddy.com.

[RavinJetta]

240 gallons of fuel +15 gallons of backup.... ~$1020... and than ~1440 miles for every fill-up...Jesus.

Wow you would have to reset the pump 10 times to fill up full assuming that it cuts you off at $100.

[bugzy]

yup yup !!

he knows :) i told him that its going to cost him a fortune in gas

interesting enough, the motor is based on a C230 mercedes motor, 90hp with 105 ft lbs

check out the gear ratios, http://www.rockymountainmoggers.com/gears.html

[Rento_VW]

There's gotta be a place he can fuel it up easier... I wouldn't like the unecessary attention at the gas station...

you: $1000 on 1 please
cashier: wait.. what...
you: erm.. I need 200 gallons...
cashier: I... I'm sorry, we can only give you 50 gallons...
you: ....

*long awkward silence*

you: ohhh kay... here's $200...

[auktane]

dammm.. those things are bad ass!!!

[Southpaw]

i took an off road tour in Sedona Arizona in one of these and wow!!! they might be giants! but they are sooooooooooooo capable of off roading!!!

soooo fun..

my sister's friend's father actually owns one. its huge!!

[SYNYSTAGLI]

Anyone remember Tanks old mog? that shit was fun to roll in and would climb anything...

[Rhynolite]

There was one for sale up in Big Bear a while back when I was up there snowboarding. Fully kitted out w/ a rollcage and everything for off-roading for 4000 bucks. Would've been soooooo much fun!

[bugzy]

hahah

we had bets at work to see which state he broke down, but i guess its already over

he had some trannie issues at the sellers place ... was trying to get it fixed

but guess he's flying back

[oc-audica]

damn!

[mike]

What????? So did it break down on him, or did he not even pick it up and flew back????

[Slapshotnerd]

A friend of mine bought a mog about a year ago, and he's driven it a total of 5 times. First the engine blew on the 3rd time he drove it, he spent $10 to get a fully rebuild motor, then some 16 year old in a mustang crashed into his gf's mini which was parked in his driveway and it got pushed into the mog, which got pushed back a bit while in gear which screwed up the diffs and the tranny. Looks like the mog and mini will both be totaled.

He said there's 2 kinds of mog's. Mog's that are 30-50k and fully restored, and mogs that are less than 30k but need up to $30k of work done to be in good shape again.

[RavinJetta]

A friend of mine bought a mog about a year ago, and he's driven it a total of 5 times. First the engine blew on the 3rd time he drove it, he spent $10 to get a fully rebuild motor, then some 16 year old in a mustang crashed into his gf's mini which was parked in his driveway and it got pushed into the mog, which got pushed back a bit while in gear which screwed up the diffs and the tranny. Looks like the mog and mini will both be totaled.

He said there's 2 kinds of mog's. Mog's that are 30-50k and fully restored, and mogs that are less than 30k but need up to $30k of work done to be in good shape again.

Can't beat $10 for a fully rebuilt motor. At that price I would care if it blew every couple thousand miles. ;)

[bugzy]

What????? So did it break down on him, or did he not even pick it up and flew back????
he was suppose to get the car fixed up with the original owner and drive it back, i guess

but guess they couldnt get it fixed in time for him to drive it back

[Slapshotnerd]

Can't beat $10 for a fully rebuilt motor. At that price I would care if it blew every couple thousand miles. ;)

yea, meant to put $10k