all your old MB's were broken? I was close to that situation this week.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

Its always good to keep one boringly reliable vehicle around when one has a lot of old stuff...like a late model corolla or a pickup truck.

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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.

X2 on the late-model Corolla .

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I have my old MBs worked on at the dealership, where they loan me a car...

Sometimes the cost of being, uh, thrifty, can exceed the value of being, uh thrifty.

Yes.

I just rented a car two weeks ago to make the 6 hr drive to Shelbyville, KY for my brother-in-law's Grand Master reception. Of course, it was a 6 hr drive the next day to come home.

The 87 Champagne needs that belt tensioner work done. I think that's my Thanksgiving plans.

And the 2000 4BT Dakota is just a bit too much of a truck to drive there and back. Maybe, I'm just getting to the point where I really want to be comfortable if driving for 6 hours????

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

i thought about that but do the math though.....insurance, maintenance, tags and it adds up....i would love to have a pickup truck but the math does not work.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

That can come in handy. A couple of years ago, I had a C350 sport for a week....and a month a later a new E-class for two weeks. Then two days later the ignition switch broke. No loaner that time...a two week repair fiasco. I got by riding the Harley.

Yes this summer - I had to cough up 10 days of rental for a trip to England 'cos I buggered up the camshaft on my newly bought W201...

...still kicking myself...

...still fixing it (along with everything else on the car of course)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

When I first got back from Iraq, I was staying in the Motel 6 because I hadn't found an apartment yet, my 300D was in Georgia. My tools were in storage, and the starter on my 240D died. I had to rent a Nissan Altima for a few days.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

There have been 3-4 times over the years where my old mb was down for maintenace, and I didn't want to make the drive in my work van to some location, so rented a car instead.
Honestly though, it usually reinforces my love affair with my old smoky rusticles though. I get a taste of a new car, speed far too much, am not impressed by much else, and return with open arms

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Last winter, the van was out of service, the SD was out of service, the SDL has never been in service and the SE was the daily driver. If it failed, I'd have to resort to driving the 740iL as the daily driver.

Oh the horror...............

yes.. in that situation now.

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

nope.thats why i dumped the benz

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have no worries.....President Obama swears "If you like your gun, you can keep it

Tip of the day!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I guess I am a repair ninja. I went over 8 years with my 300SD as my only car, never had to use another car other than my wife's 300E maybe once or twice...I have done full transmission swaps in 1.5 days.....and I replaced a sway bar on that car in ONE evening....the whole bar...I work fast under time crunches

Now that I have 4 cars and one of them is new its not a concern. Currently all the MB's work but the 190 needs a flex plate or flywheel....but still drives...tearing it apart soon. My 420SEL has never broken down in 2.5 years....and my SD has never broken down in 10.5 years. Its all about excessive maintenance.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)