W africa. Playing with you wherever it is on this car deserves a place in paradise a part of the ball state of the south i joke. No maam no maam not now but. The belief that the globe as well larry above where my truck is still going after 6000000 kilometers i spent more time caring for him my then my family for me to. Keep. The body. Loverly why only one 1st car here because its a good car for the people if you only hear it on for a country boy like me. That. Mercedes calls them every day classics cars from the latter part of the last century in germany theyre now collectors items but in north africa and latin america many are still in use as work 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 and they were saying he spends 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 youre ready to spend the price of a new car on a 40 year old model the stroke 8 is the germans called the new generation w one 114115 was launched in 1968. The egyptians called it can see it or piglet of all things because thats 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 stylish as his car. His 59 his mercedes only 25 years younger. Hes been driving a cab for almost his entire working life. Tariq is not keen on new cars he calls them plastic cars very nice if. You log in addition to have a very fancy you know sometimes like why. Would i if i was. Really having to see you have a very good stuff did anybody catch me. Is it libya is your country but please name the full my car here is thrilled with what. I like whats with us right. Now studying more people here. Was it though to be able to use a magic indulgence. Religion it is know is like just go to class equality and to beautiful one is like watch and sometimes be able to admit that i would like to study which if such got the same exist. As nice. In Sharm El Sheikh and St Catharines monastery or half a days 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. Tramlines public transport is minimal mean if you dont want to go by foot here you need a car or taxi. Cab. 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 theres no chance he could register and another old mercedes as a taxi. For him a worrying prospect. Leaving. Him plus the. News. That. The bugs are just. Every few months for bugs you like to change that. Didnt exist and. That is that it is a good change a good. 80 years but from time to time torak 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 thats quickly fixed was tonics 200 is one of the last in cairo but in the nile delta he says theres a city full of old mercedes models 50 years after the new generation series came out. It was. Designed nama metsi to spend time on the trip to. So im afraid the. Time no carbons and 1000 more that interview. You had started. Out your fork. From the. Oxygen. In the nuts once you start your heart problems would include a. Mother berms in the future. Mother. Design nama thats a dispenser on the fence which. So perfect your. Fancy. In the Mercedes Museum theres an entire area dedicated to the stroke and its successors theyre 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. Ringback such as this italian stroke model we purposed as a hearse for some passengers final journey. The successor model was known internally as the w 123. Mercedes 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 wed know it. The w 124 has long been a collectors favorite. In the southern german town of putting the w 124 club holds its final knees of the year in late summer a chance for members from the stuttgart region to meet their colleagues from the very end the club has just under a 1000 members throughout germany and those who have just 1124 are in the minority in the world because of course there was always a bit of snobbery involved when it comes to driving cars from a time when emissions were hardly an issue. We have to prove a convertible it was a dance 6 cylinders 8 cylinders 4 cylinder diesel the whole range of it. I just enjoy driving and ive always loved cars. Even for me this is a wolf in sheeps clothing doesnt it alls and people wouldnt look twice if it said 200 diesel on the bag. But then you hit the gas pedal hard more cars because they got smoked. So. Their car doesnt give much away never mind the bottle head or the missing name badge to their numbers a 4. 2 leader v 8279 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 that will be an endless money pit. Rust isnt an issue with these cars here nor is jealousy. Is your view sometimes suffered from your husbands hobby to. Come on not as such hes always been a petrol head. But its also his job. I also like to drive fast or at least i used to there was hobbies than this is keep your mother healthy said this is. Because i dont tend 124 hours they sold one recently if 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 import phone computer or even diesel indonesia since these cars are still on the road there they need the parts and here in germany there arent many left so when a car is sold for parts its the man does he. What sort of mark use. Large people etc is always on the lookout for spare parts larby was born in morocco and has been living in. Card 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 ebay or from a scrap yard of cars not so well that you cant get spare parts anymore. As he sure but he sometimes comes up with the goods as he said usually sells whole cars used models in the low cost segment that are easy to repair many of them end up here into rattly through other countries but exporting to larger bees 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 lets say from egypt 20 plus vehicles takes them apart puts them in a shipping container transport them to egypt then puts them together again and sells them as normal cars. Or they well the welders yes. Thats 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. Mauritius a trained car mechanic and worked for decades in a mercedes contract your arse. He knows the 124 inside out youre just how old is it now i dont place 31. Feet. Even so the cars flawless you can come with me in morocco theres enough space for you to be offered commerce as a bit too much of a surprise for pater lar base neighbor. It looks like you for your father so ill show you some pictures of morocco. Just to look at the whole car park is just w 123 taxis but theyre really sturdy those little boys. All this is cousin and that is casablanca downtown where you see only 123 several where no matter where you look. The payback should imo morocco just gets more beautiful every time i go there. Its my home after all yeah i mark. Casablanca and industrial and commercial metropolis on the atlantic home took born 1000000 people and morocco largest city. And its largest hometown. He grew up in the damp sometimes neighborhood. He comes to visit once a year sometimes he comes alone sometimes with his wife and 2 sons larby 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. Local bleeps you want to rocco is still my home what my roots are here but 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 with. One critic you know how. Well so is this. Thats why every year he drives from one country to the other and back again with his mercedes which looks perfectly at home in morocco whereas in germany it almost seems like a relic from times past. Metsi dispense floats issue even for. You know you with the belts he discusses his wife and thats the best that ive been to. Her would have to feel no use to feel the books and to feel. No need to feel with an absorption only permissible. Now sometimes even make you feel good snuff bust a move that you havent heard in the movie has. Been fairly busy for the feel good movie Beautiful Mind of. Folks with. A gun to please my. Back in casablanca the w 124 like the one larby drives is considered almost a new car here not least due to the price of the cityscape is dominated by the preceeding 123. Its nickname in morocco is the white shark. Theyre 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 of. The most common taxi are mercedes 240 diesels. Yes you did that this is. Modern competitors are catching up vans made by rhinos low priced romanian brands dacha are picking up the pace here. But the passengers swear by mercedes and the mercedes taxi drivers who wait here for customers in moroccan style relaxing with a glass of coffee. A. Good. Document who may is 59 years old and has been a taxi driver for almost half his life he drives daily from casablanca to eldara his native village about an hour away he travels 4 to 500 kilometers every day and that is taxi seats up to 6 passengers 4 in the back 2 in the front. Also drives a diesel the fuel is cheaper than gasoline or morocco and ahmed white shark uses around 8 leaders per 100 kilometers thats hardly any worse than a new car. Those of. Us you do what you i looked at some new colors but i didnt like them. Compared to mercedes reliability is downright ridiculous. In the mercedes you can drive even 2 or 3000 kilometers without worrying about whether youll break down in the desert or somewhere. Of that. Youll always get where youre going. All the poor soul. Hard to believe if you take a closer look at other myths car it is after all 36 years old. And it does not know how many kilometers its clicked the a daw matter is broken. By the. Time im. Not. And we see him on the lookout for spare parts. The. Replacement spit on litter perhaps larby article can help his parts warehouse has nearly everything especially for the t. 40 diesel the most common model here but every year it gets harder to find used parts 10 years from now larby says there wont be any more. He can still get a lot of parts from europe from cars that have been in accidents or where 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 theres a problem with ahmeds 123 its leaking water but its not a cracked hose its something much worse the thermostat housing is corroded the surface all eaten away whats 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 its all done freehand. After a few minutes the corroded hose connectors are welded. To the ground off the excess material. 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 all the proceedings and make a living off them but if the us already have their way that wont be the case for much longer by other countries iraq who 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 or ask mitt a new car is out of the question. Will be the last one to get rid of. The truth no way am i trading in my mercedes. Thats because the car provides his income and his familys. 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 its not easy pays the quibble into 2 months earnings just for the job training for his daughter. She wants to become a Flight Attendant a job where you have to know people that says nothing happens in morocco without the right connections. I am. Sure. 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 me 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. It was. I saw too much inequality but no democracy too many things i didnt like. To force thats why i turned to the profession but its fascinated me since i was a boy driving a taxi. All the symbolism. Of doing his dream job for 25 years now always in the same car because it was simple for me this old mercedes as my faithful companion. Is if i really admire her i would like to stay with her till the. Overspill of. 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 9000 kilometers long it once offered protection against bandits who threaten to take merchants goods for their lives but it was a perilous time which explains the name of the city. Does it its made up of 2 arabic words more kush you go fast but you the area around america was very dangerous and the caravans had to pass through it quickly you put the old city ramparts in the towers provided security for the caravans up enough money couple as did the ins catering caravans not once because they all had big gates and more kush go fast but to the name america shushan that is what i couldnt stop. Talking lexie are knows the city like the back of his hand not least the souk the bazaar and mara cash with its 10000 traders hakim is a choice to 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 sukkah are produced in morocco many right here in the bazaar. Traditional handicrafts instead of cheap copies from abroad this benefits local producers and ensures traditional techniques of work. Arnold last. Talking the tourist guide is 45 years old it happens to have a doctorate in science he studied indecl dorf but instead of researching he shows tourists his city. This is an a plus your thats what its 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 theres initial damage they can do but in the summer. Thats why he also offers tours of parts of the old town where tourists rarely venture the marquez of the moroccans just around the corner from the shiny facades of the modern tower blocks. Hakims 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 dont themselves the baker just pushes it into the oven. Marquez is hot even in october temperatures reach 35 degrees celsius so almost no one has their own oven. I. Think. But prosperous tourists sometimes encounter the poverty here. A friend of hakeem new haleigh sells paper tissues she is 14 years old although school is compulsory in iraq oh 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. Lets move on but ill just stop if whats 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 that are living through the moment 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 as youve been or the i have one. Its a similar scenario with taxis new alongside old. One forest power vs 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 idea there are always disputes here but after that everythings fine again the missions because people intervene and they help the others to reconcile the next day is a new page. In mara cash taxis have to wait outside the old town due to the narrow streets and alleyways and the citys most famous square gym a elf not a good nest the World Heritage site is in any case off limits. Its where youll 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 levin 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 oclock in the morning mohammad wipes the last grains of dust from his 124 the most common taxi model in mark ash. He then sets off south for seti fatma in the Atlas Mountains i. Mohammeds diesel powered car has more than a 1000000 kilometers on the clock its only a little younger than its driver leave the valley is an insiders tip among tourists and a popular destination for the locals less than an hour from our cash. Theres 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 in 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 already cavalli 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. Therefore there is a the 1st reason to do it by hand is that it preserves tradition. In morocco you do everything with your hands. The 2nd reason is to maintain the quality because when you do it with machines that oil will not be good for very long so a little. Its 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. Said he thought man lives in the valley at the foot of the high atlas its 1500 residents are berbers who lived in the atlas before the regions arab position in the middle ages. For muhammad 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 more sadies. 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 its a land rover looking back down on seti fatma in the fertile river valley. The atlas is the highest Mountain Range in north africa its 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 theyve created terraces for farming whoever can leave here does so to look for a job in the city. Perhaps as a taxi driver. Were 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. Like the music just. The clothes that sit something you believe. In god knows how you. Go to take. His gifts they might stay in. The Market Square in fact who says also the main stop for the show. Taxis some are over 50 years old in addition to that stroke age the w 110 known as the fin tail is omnipresent. And it was 1st built in 961 the rare long wheelbase mercedes models are especially popular with 3 rows of seats for 7 passengers. Thank you for in this case 11. Despite appearances everything is organized precisely here and runs according to a strict set of rules. Its the coordinators job to ensure that. Thanks. To the system here is that every car going to take 6 passengers the fare is 5 pounds 25. 00 euro cents. Its simple whether gets there 1st as who i register 1st thats between tom de lay 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 hes not doing badly one day has 2 houses 2 wives and 5 children 2 of whom are currently at college. In this city everyone loves the mercedes cars christmas sadies is a german product but under tough car. Hes a great shots he is strong and it can withstand a lot of. The cars developers were convinced of this almost 60 years ago. Oh. That would make them in the middle. East closer have them stumped gotten me in an automobile and in distress id like to get this on the prestige that im dead so i did this when they got so i dont think you know media. And rather myths the gods go kind of. I. Right father on a group the apartment. Steps up to this link up and here 1st im leaving the topic 5 father and just read this when they get forensics dont you know me. The cads was the man hindu family can see to it see only in china and so im going to. Tariq the taxi driver from cairo has problems with his engine it could be due to the poor quality fuel in egypt theres a tight network of repair work shops in fact whose but of course they specialize in mercedes. Repairs are made in tiny workshops mechanics make spare parts with selfmade templates original spare parts are too expensive so you have to improvise. Somehow they always manage to keep the veterans alive aku swell probably remain a mercedes city for a good few years yet and secure the livelihood of countless taxi drivers and mechanics but eventually the almost indestructible stroke eights and fin tails will have to be retired. Perhaps they will then be replaced by the successor models the 123124. But someday it will all come to an end new cars have too many electronic parts for the inventive repair artists here some of these workforces might then make the return journey to germany as sought after collectors items. To do. More and more women in the Indian States on her rush drive becoming landowners a larger military a sustainable approach to land. And the environment i am stephanie said. You know 30 minutes w. 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