Where Klaudia Keeps Fit

It's been seven months of my ownership with Klaudia, and so far driving is great as long as traffic is tolerable. Seriously, sometimes it hurts driving with a manual transmission in a traffic jam. But I still love manual transmission because it's more agile and nimble for a twenty-five-year-old car.

Rolling restoration is a tough game than I ever anticipated and right now I'm just keeping Klaudia running smoothly by taking care of mostly routine maintenance tasks without much upgrades being done so far. Fortunately, there are still competent ghetto Mercedes-Benz shops around the community that can handle Klaudia confidently. And they are even more competent than those wearing the coveralls.

Face off with the only worthy foe



A.T.E which is located in Daang-Hari and beside Ayala-Alabang Village is a regular shop to Klaudia's fixes. It has been a good shop for her from removing her non-functioning turbo, full-engine restoration, tune-ups, oil-changes, brake repairs and replacement. Soon she will undergo drivetrain and underchassis works. Recently, her eyes has just been replaced with a regular 100-watt Hella lamps from a disgusting yellow beam. She has been a workhorse for the family since she only one available (for now) to perform that task. Soon I'll have to find a partner/reliever. I don't want her to get "tired" soon.