Feb
28
Sunset Snapshots After leaving my office and clocking out, I decided to go for a little sunset drive before heading home. I didn’t have any camera equipment with me – just my mobile phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5 2017.
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Silvester Blues
Silvester Blues | Erinnerungen an schöne Zeiten Ein paar Stunden noch bis die Zukunft beginnt Es ist der letzte Tag des Jahres. Nach dem obligatorisc[...] Read More»
Barn find | Mercedes-Benz W201 2.3-16 Vorserie (pre-series)
Which old car enthusiast has never dreamed of a barn find? How would it be to open the gate to an old garage and finding something long forgotten? Jus[...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day seven
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day six
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day four
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day one
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz W110 | German Smørrebrød
Judging by the previous posts this week, one could be under the impression that our visit to Gatebil Rudskogen was all about classic Volvos. Hell no! [...] Read More»
Sleeping Beauties | Golden Brown
Frequent readers know that most posts here at Drive-by Snapshots feature multiple pictures of a certain subject, most often accompanied by a little st[...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz W116 | Let’s call it patina
Everybody dreams about a barn find. A treasure that has been preserved for many years in a dry place, by a caring old gentleman. But reality often is [...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz W126 | Limousine hearse with six wheels
Considering the name of this blog and the nature of the subject pictured here, it really wasn’t easy to find a suitable title and words to descr[...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz NG | The New Generation is (re)tired now
Somewhere in the Free State, south of Bloemfontein. We are on our way from Capetown to Johannesburg on the N1, being treated to a stunning sunset in t[...] Read More»
The sleeping beauty | 1001 more nights in Beirut
Once upon a time, there was a beauty called Mercedes. She immigrated from a cold country called Germany decades ago and worked very hard under the rel[...] Read More»
Cars parked under trees in South Africa
Sometimes, coincidences are funny. While finishing this blog post for publication, a friend sent me a link to an article over at speedhunters.com. Kei[...] Read More»
Lost Places | Station Service Le Rousset
When was the last time you found something not only totally unexpected, but also thought to be extinct by now? Trundling along the Route Départementa[...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz W108 | A star on a reasonably priced car
Mercedes-Benz W108 | A star on a reasonably priced car Once upon a time… This is how most fairy tales begin. This is no fairy tale, though. Once[...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz C123 | A Comet coupled to a Coupé
Mercedes-Benz C123 | A Comet coupled to a Coupé Surfing makes hungry and supplies don’t last forever. Coming back from shopping groceries at th[...] Read More»
Lost Places | Station Service abandonné in St. Priest-de-Gimel
Driving past this abandoned service station in 2007 sparked a memory. A long time ago, when I was a young boy, we used to take the same route between [...] Read More»
Lost places | Station du Haut-Limousin
In 2009 we found an abandoned service station, somewhere in the Haut-Limousin region of France. I quite like the old fashioned architectural approach [...] Read More»
Mercedes-Benz MB Trac | How to launch a big boat
Small boats may be launched by hand. Medium size boats may be launched by a rusty bakkie. Big boats need something a bit more substantial in weight an[...] Read More»
