This shows up in my mailbox in one of the department store catalogs...



I'm the kind of mistake you'd love to make...

The tag line inside is even more precious

"DIESEL BAD is the first scent of its kind to combine addictive accords of tobacco and the seductive aphrodisiac caviar. This intoxicating blend pulsates with a fresh rush of citrus notes and woody cold spices, attracting anyone in its path."

Ususally when I smell like diesel, motor oil, hydraulic fluid, and coolant my wife tells me to stay back and hit the shower.

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

Yeah... they can't be speaking the same language.

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'82 300CD
"Pearl", the very first turbo diesel 123 coupe
Totaled 11/23/18, rebuild in progress.
'85 300TD, "Artemis".
'78 300D euro, "Ol' Red", mostly retired.
'85 300D, "Gandalf".

Vin Diesel?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

My girlfriend bought me some cologne that is that stuff. It smells pretty good. She doesn't tell me to shower after I put on in like when I come home from work so it must be good.

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

It's all in the pronunciation I believe.

"What are you wearing?". "Eau de diesel, my dear".

As opposed to when your wife asks you what you were working on in the shop and then answers her own question with a wrinkle of her nose, "Oh, the diesel".

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“Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.”
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now

Ahh, nothing like the smell of old cigarette butts, fish eggs, orange juice and moldy wood to get her interested.

Pretty much describes how I smell after a week-end fishing trip. Don't recall the wife fawning all over me when I come home from one of them.

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“Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.”
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now