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w. o . o o webber designing his car deserves a place in paradise but. buster he did a selling job. packing up out the back no. nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing to do it. with all my truck still going out a 6000000 kilometers i spent more time caring for him my then my family acted up on me.

i love the why only one 1st car here because it's a good car for the people only. on for a poor country boy like me. that. mercedes calls them every day classics chorus from the latter part of the last century in germany they're now collector's items but in north africa and latin america many are still in use as were courses helping people earn a wage. this is the mother church every year hundreds of thousands of car fans make the pilgrimage to stuttgart and the control center of mercedes.

more than 130 years of automotive history are on display in the recent days ben's museum. among the 160 vehicles on display are legends like the 300 s.l. . prototypes that never went into production. and silver arrows that made motor racing history. the museum also boasts regular road going models from yesteryear restored to tip top condition and available for sale assuming you're ready to spend the price of a new car on a 40 year old model the stroke 8 as the germans called the new generation w one 114115 was launched in 1968. the egyptians called it can see it a piglet of all things because that's what they thought it looked like. tariq law

is a taxi driver he drives a mercedes $200.00. cairo on the nile the biggest city in africa on the longest river in the world. tariq is a very special taxi driver his clothes are a stylish as his car. his 59 his mercedes only 25 years younger. he's been driving a cab for almost his entire working life. tariq is not keen on new cars he calls them classic cars but i see. a lot in addition to have a very fancy you know sometimes i like. it i feel as. if it

obviously you have a very good stuff anybody catch me. is there maybe is no copy but he's getting the full by the stroke what. i like what's his write. up study i'm more people here. was in there will be able. to believe she did know is that i just got a classic one individual one is like watch and sometimes visuals certainly would like book the shot in which she had such got the same legs this. is nice. sharm el sheik and st catherine's monastery are half a day's drive from cairo and like the pyramids popular tourist destinations. but the city itself is a juggernaut it has $20000000.00 inhabitants but hardly any. or tramlines

public transport is minimal if you don't want to go by foot here you need a car or taxi. there are over 50000 cabs in cairo. the drivers like tariq are now a rare breed because the state subsidizes new taxes that have catalytic converters . egypt is fighting pollution a huge problem especially in cairo. the aim is to banish dirty older models. tariq has to keep his 200 running because there is no chance he could register and another old mercedes as a taxi. for him a worrying prospect. even. if most of. the changes. to. the bugs agenda every few months for months are

like to change a bit. of sadness. that is that is what a good. 8 here is but from time to time tariq does still have to take his mercedes to the garage. after all it has about half a 1000000 kilometers on the clock. the trunk lid is jammed a minor problem and one that's quickly fixed was torn its 200 is one of the last in cairo but in the nile delta he says there's a city full of old mercedes models 50 years after the new generation series came out. was. designed nama metsi to spend time on the trip to. so i'm afraid the.

carbons and 1000 more that interview. you had started a fork. fork. stem from got into. the boxes. maybe under the hood in the nuts once it would include a. scientist mother berms and the fish. mother. nama now to dispense with on the switch. so perfect your. fancy.

in the mercedes museum there's an entire area dedicated to the stroke 8 and its successors they're called every day heroes the bread and butter cars that once guaranteed mercedes sales. along with the mass produced cars there are a few very special models in the exhibition. such as this italian stroke model repurposed as a hearse for some passengers final journey. the successor model was known internally as the w 123. were sadie's produced $2700000.00 units almost half of them were exported from germany to $173.00 countries at 1st customers would have to wait up to 3 years for delivery it was replaced by the w 124 this. portuguese diesel powered taxi has driven

1900000 kilometers not that you'd know it. the w 124 has long been a collector's favorite. in the southern german town of putting the w 124 club holds its final means of the year in late summer a chance for members from the stuttgart region to meet their colleagues from but there you have the club has just under a 1000 members throughout germany and those who have just 1124 are in the minority

in the world of course there was always a bit of snobbery involved when it comes to driving cars from a time when the missions were hardly an issue. that. we have to cross a convertible it was a dance 6 cylinders 8 cylinders 4 cylinder diesel the whole range. i just enjoy driving and i've always loved cars. even for me this is a wolf in sheep's clothing there's it alls and him from people wouldn't look twice if it said 200 diesel on the bag. but then you hit the gas pedal hard more cars because they got smoked. their car doesn't give much away never mind the bottle head or the missing name badge the bear numbers a 4.2 liter ph 279 horsepower top speed 250

kilometers per hour. a 30 year old rocket. but the $124.00 also has its weaknesses says it is an issue with our device anyone looking at these cars to avoid one with visible rush because there will be an endless money pit. rustan's into an issue with these cars here nor is jealousy. and so you have you sometimes suffered from your husband's hollywood. good looking income or not as such he's always been a petrol head. but it's also his job. i also like to drive fast or at least i used to there was hobbies than this escape your mother hobbies and this is. because i own 1124 hours they sold one recently it basically packed it in on all

fronts after half a 1000000 kilometers their phone was ringing off the hook. so they were all people from lebanon and jordan who take apart these cars and take them back home because importing complete vehicles into these countries is no longer possible. since these cars are still on the road they're not they need the parts and here in germany there aren't many left so when a car is sold for parts it's the man does he. just because it. is always on the lookout for spare parts larby was born in morocco and has been living. cart for 40 years he drives a 986 w. 124 wagon. you can still get new parts for my car and you can also get parts on e-bay or from a scrap yard but cars not so well that you can't get spare parts anymore. as he

sure but he sometimes comes up with the goods as he's usually sells whole cars used models in the low cost segments that are easy to repair many of them end up here into rattly through other countries but exporting to larger b.'s native morocco is becoming difficult. they must not be older than 5 years old and this car is very old no chance of it entering morocco. many countries have similar import restrictions environmental factors are increasingly important but used car dealers are resourceful. a trader might show up let's say from egypt 20 plus vehicles takes them apart puts them in a shipping container transports them to egypt then puts them together again and sells them as normal cars. or they welded welders yes. that's one solution what is imported is not a whole used car but 2 halves considered spare parts. planning

a trip to casablanca in his native morocco by car 3000 kilometers as the crow flies from start cart. one last check before the trip as the neighbors look on. larvae is a trained car mechanic and works for decades in a mercedes contract the ranch house he knows the 124 inside out here just how old is it now i know by city wanted to be. even so the cars flawless that's all you can come with me in morocco there's enough space that's going to be offered counts as a bit too much of a surprise for pater base neighbor. it's worth fighting for your father so i'll show you some pictures of morocco. just to look at the whole car park is just w 123 taxis but there really sturdy those who say. well this is because of and that

is casablanca downtown where you see only 123 is everywhere no matter where you looks. the payback should imo morocco just gets more beautiful every time i go there. it's my home after all you know i love. casablanca and industrial and commercial metropolis on the atlantic home to form 1000000 people and morocco's largest city. and its large base hometown. he grew up in the day absolute time neighborhood. he comes to visit once a year sometimes he comes alone sometimes with his wife and 2 sons

a lot of the retired a few weeks ago in the future he plans to come to morocco not just for a few days but for a few months each year for. local black people want to rocco is still my own but since my roots are here germany is my 2nd home to where i earn my living. so both morocco and germany have become my home and i cannot live without either of them. one critic you know how. well so is this. that's why every year he drives from one country to the other and

back again with this mercedes which looks perfectly at home in morocco whereas in germany it almost seems like a relic from times past. metsi to spin school decision even for students who are going to. be you know you live about the this was a life and the theme is the right one that. her is a how to feel no use to feel the notes of if you. want to not leave us to feel need some of it and it was originally from his father. sometimes eat your food should smell a little bit of an old movie you both put in the movie just. on. the field who was good movies or took my. c.f.o.

. back in casablanca the w 124 like the one larby drives is considered almost a new car here not least due to the price. the cityscape is dominated by the preceeding 123. its nickname in morocco is the white shark. they're mostly used as call taxi which are generally booked for longer trips. they work according to the principle of shared taxi. driver starts when the car is full. most call taxi are mercedes 240 diesels. this you did that this is the. modern competitors are catching up vans made by red nose low priced romanian brands dacha are picking up the pace here. but the

passengers swear by mercedes and the mercedes taxi driver says wait here for customers in moroccan style relaxing with a glass of coffee. for. the. aftermath maine is 59 years old and has been a taxi driver for almost half his life he tried staley from casablanca to el gato his native village about an hour away he travels 4 to 500 kilometers every day and is taxi seats up to 6 passengers 4 in the back 2 in the front. of a truck with also drives a diesel the fuel is cheaper than gasoline or morocco and ahmed's white shark uses around 8 leaders per 100 kilometers that's hardly any worse than a new car. and. those of. us who do what you i looked at some new cars but i didn't like them. compared to

mercedes reliability is downright ridiculous. in the mercedes you can drive even 2 or 3000 kilometers without worrying about whether you'll break down in the desert or somewhere. that. you'll always get where you're going. all of your adult. hard to believe if you take a closer look at off mit's car it is after all 36 years old. and it does not know how many kilometers it's clicked the a dawn letter is broken. not likely. to. climb. a mountain. if we see him on the lookout for spare parts.

replacement spit on litter perhaps larby article can help his parts warehouse has nearly everything especially for the 240 diesel the most common model here but every year it gets harder to find used parts 10 years from now larby says there won't be any more. he can still get a lot of parts from europe from cars that have been in accidents or were scrapped every 3 to 4 months he receives a delivery by ship the last one came a month ago and has almost been completely sold on. unfortunately this white mudguard which could use comes from the wrong car the successor model. and then there's a problem with ahmed's 123 it's leaking water but it's not a cracked hose it's something much worse the thermostat housing is corroded the surface all eaten away what's needed is

a new part but that cost several $100.00 drams or he can try the garage across the street. what follows is an introduction to moroccan improvise ation involving advanced aluminum welding the welding wire comes from an old alternator housing and it's all done freehand. after a few minutes the corroded hose connectors are welded. they grind off the excess material. thank you thank you. now they only need to put together a seal and the thermostat housing can be reinstalled. the entire repair takes half an hour and costs around $6.00 euros. omelets mercedes is good to go.

in morocco a lot of people live with old mercedes and make a living off them but if the other thorns have their way that won't be the case for much longer by other countries caracal is fighting air pollution the state pays taxi drivers half of the purchase price if they buy a new car even so most cannot afford to replace their vehicles and cannot get a bank loan for us meant a new car is out of the question. will be the last one to get rid of. the truth no way am i treating it. that's because the car provides his income and his family's. akhmed can afford an apartment in one of the better neighborhoods of casablanca he lives here with his wife and daughter and his mother in law and her nephew. the son lives in new york where he too works as

a taxi driver but it's not easy akhmed pays the quibble into 2 months earnings just for the job training for his daughter ayesha she wants to become a flight attendant a job where you have to know people i've met says nothing happens in morocco without the right connections. she. life is expensive and difficult for taxi drivers. nothing is provided for you here health care unemployment pensions. these are all things that we have to cover ourselves. already told very little. morocco is a country in transition agriculture phosphate mining and tourism are the pillars of the economy as is illegal hasheesh farming. morocco is

a monarchy the king is as popular as he is powerful he holds sway over the economy. even so unemployment is high one quarter of the population cannot read or write. security and stability take precedence over freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate. document could have been a government employee for life as a police man but after 2 years he decided it was not his true calling. i saw too much inequality but no democracy too many things i didn't like. to

force that's why i turned to the profession but it's fascinated me since i was a boy driving a taxi. simple as that. doing his dream job for 25 years now always in the same car the message is simple for me this old mercedes is my faithful companion the one who is if i really admire you i would like to stay with her to leo there's. the good to be a mosque one of the iconic landmarks of morocco. the red city morale. close pearl of the south more than a 1000 years old and one of the 4 royal cities mark ash. the city is surrounded by a wall 19 kilometers long once offered protection against bandits who threaten to

take merchants goods for their lives it was a perilous time which explains the name of the city. does it it's made up of 2 arabic words more or kush you go fast but you the area around america was very dangerous and the caravans had to pass through it quickly you go to the old city ramparts of the towers provided security for the caravans not my pickup as did the ins catering to caravans not because they all had big gates and more cush go fast but to the name america shushan that is what i couldn't stop. talking lexie arnaud's the city like the back of his hand not least the suit the bizarre and mara cash with its 10000 traders hakim is a tourist guide he speaks english german and french the 2nd official language in morocco the biggest contingent of tourists here come from france followed by spain

and germany practically everything on offer here is aimed at visitors from abroad but hawking says 99 percent of the products in the city are produced in morocco many right here in the us are. traditional handicrafts instead of cheap copies from abroad this benefits local producers and ensures traditional techniques of work. and shit on on last. talking the tourist guide is 45 years old actually it happens to have

a doctorate in science he studied into sold or if but instead of researching he shows tourists his city. this is an apostle and that's what it's always been a passion of mine for me i like to show my country to people because i have seen that many people from europe like germany do not have the right image of our land the rich they can do but was it is and. that's why he also offers tours of parts of the old town where tourists rarely venture the marchesa of the moroccans just around the corner from the shiny facades of the modern tower blocks. hakim's main message is that morocco is a liberal country including in religious matters he calls it islam lite. fundamentalist islam he says is not very popular here. all this bakery

does is take the customers mix they don't themselves the baker just pushes it into the oven. mark is hot even in october temperatures reach 35 degrees celsius so almost no one has their own oven. i. but prosperous tourists sometimes encounter the poverty here. a friend of hakim new haleigh sells paper tissues she is 14 years old although school is compulsory and morocco she has never attended because she has to help support her family. her dream job. to the doctor. mara cash a city of contrasts in manifold ways. this is all that i'm

just up to it's what's special about this city is that the modern and the ancient lived side by side of the money you can see traditional wife and modern life together more than other living tools i mean you might find a really old door from the 14th or 15th century and next to it is an i phone 7 or 8 i phone zeven or the i have one. it's a similar scenario with taxis new alongside old. one horsepower versus $150.00 you also have mercedes models of all ages alongside their modern rivals. and as everywhere rule number one is 1st come 1st served usually. this gives the most but i feel there are always disputes here but after that everything's fine

again the missions because people intervene and they help the others to reconcile the next day is a new page. to put. in mara cash taxis have to wait outside the old town due to the narrow streets and alleyways and the city's most famous square gym a elf not a good nest the world heritage site is in any case off limits. it's where you'll find the jugglers snake charmers musicians artists fortune tellers the sellers of miracle cures and street traders. one meaning. is assembly of the dead as it was once the venue of executions. in april 20th levon the square saw a new tragic loss of life when a terrorist attack killed 17 people. today the tourists are back enjoying the squares flare especially after sundown.

at 5 o'clock in the morning mohammad wipes the last grains of dust from his 124 the most common taxi model and mark ash. he then sets off south for seti fatma in the atlas mountains i . comets diesel powered car has more than a 1000000 kilometers on the clock it's only a little younger than its driver in the valley is an insider's tip among tourists and a popular destination for the locals less than an hour from our cash. there's

a great appreciation for water in areas north africa the restaurants and bars along the way offer a special feature getting your feet wet i but life in the mountains is tough with farming very limited many people here look for work and mark hash others get left behind especially unmarried women. this is painstaking manual work 1st the nuts are peeled then the hard shell is cracked and finally the omen shaped kernels are ground up. this is how our gun is created the oil so beloved of the global cosmetics and food industry and its production provides many women with a small income. a number of cooperatives have been founded in the. they employ widows divorced women and single mothers the argonauts only grow in the south of

morocco in the audio region but the oil is extracted here from 30 kilograms of nuts the women can produce one liter of oil. well there's a thought that the 1st reason to do it by hand is that it preserves tradition. in morocco you do everything with your hands and the 2nd reason is to maintain the quality because when you do it with machines that oil will not be good for very long. a little. it's sold locally either as cooking oil in which case the nuts are 1st roasted to remove bitterness or as a cosmetic oil moroccans swear by it because it makes the skin so soft. and mohamed brings the customers here in his taxi. certified mother lives in the greek a valley at the foot of the high atlas it's 1500 residents are berbers who lived in

the atlas before the region's arab ization in the middle ages. for mohamed this is literally the end of the road the inhabitants cannot afford a taxi any way they walk or take many buses then to models made by mercedes. if you want to go further up into the mountains as a tourist you have to look for a driver with an s.u.v. in this case it's a land rover looking back down on saturday fatma in the fertile river valley. the atlas is the highest mountain range in north africa. it's an inhospitable area the highest peaks are in excess of 4000 meters the 1st snow already falls in october. there are only a few villages in these parts the people keep sheep and goats. on some of the steep

slopes they've created terraces for farming whoever can leave here does so to look for a job in the city. perhaps as a taxi driver. we're now back in egypt driving along the nile delta. tariq the taxi driver from cairo is on the way to that small city full of old mercedes coos. laden with sickness full of good job. the clothes that sit sometimes he will be here between. who's. got the clothes. he wore to go to take the little guy for his looks like state was. the

market square in fact who says also the main stop for the shared taxis some are over 50 years old in addition to the stroke age the w 110 known as the fin tail is omnipresent. it was 1st built in 1961 the rare long wheelbase mercedes models are especially popular with 3 rows of seats for 7 passengers. or in this case 11. despite appearances everything is organized precisely here and runs according to a strict set of rules and it's the coordinators job to ensure that. the system here is that every car going to be higher take 6 passengers the fare is

5 pounds $25.00 euro cents. it's simple never gets there 1st those who register 1st that's pretty handy ali has had a fin tail for 27 years twice a day he drives to 80 kilometers away the taxi is his only source of income but he's not doing badly sandy has 2 houses 2 wives and 5 children 2 of whom are currently at college. in this city everyone loves the most eighty's cars for christmas sadie's is a german product under tough car. to say these are great the shops is strong and it can withstand a lot of. the cars developers were convinced of this almost 60 years ago he. gave this he he said i keep the bush dynasty present.

oh. well. that one day in a meeting. for me in an automobile and. he doesn't need to stick. it when they get sick. and father myth the gods go kind of. i. fers who gets right. the apartment. stopped after this link up and i'm leaving the object. and just like this when they get forensics don't you know me to. think i had for the in my mission give fairly can see 2 or 3 only in childhood so i'm going to.

tariq the taxi driver from cairo has problems with his engine it could be due to the poor quality fuel in egypt there's a tight network of repair workshops in fact loose but of course they specialize in mercedes. repairs are made in tiny workshops mechanics make spare parts with self-made templates original spare parts are too expensive so you have to improvise . somehow they always manage to keep the veterans alive taku swell probably remain a mercedes city for a good few years seattle and secure the livelihood of countless taxi drivers and mechanics but eventually the almost indestructible stroke apes and fin tails will have to be retired. perhaps they will then be replaced by the successor models the

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