Saw my first stationary 400E today

[DerFuror]

Cutting thru town today on my way home from a grocery store & saw a decent stock 400E parked curbside. First time I've ever seen one sitting still & first time I've ever seen one here in the Hinterlands.

199 with a Tobacco / Camel interior (...not Beige or ).



Not quite as rare as Bigfoot, but probably the only one I'll ever see for some time, so I took a couple pics.

 

[gsxr]

Interior would be code xx4, on a 400E that's Palomino (referred to as "Date" in the EPC). The color changed for the facelifted E420, to "Saddle".

 

[gerryvz]

Date, palomino, tobacco ......
Creme beige, champignon, mushroom ........

 

[gsxr]

You get an "E" for effort, but no yank award. Sorry.

 

[gerryvz]

saddle .... parchment .....

 

[126v8]

That tobacco color is nice.I think it was also called 'cognac' in the 108/109 series.

 

[DerFuror]

Good call. Cognac...yes, the descriptor it should be. I'll have two, VSOP, by the way...



Old school rules!

 

[DerFuror]

A sad reality is that here in the Hinterlands, where I currently am exiled, this is the only 400E/E420 I have ever seen (...and why I was taken aback upon its sighting). I am the only 500E/E500 (which is kinda cool in an exclusive way)...and, I've only seen two local 300E/E320s.

No other local W124s on the road & none encountered in the local boneyards in @5 years.
Reality check. The proverbial clock is ticking.