After lunch, to the Mitsubishi/Subaru/Honda/Izusu/Suzuki (How's THAT for a depressing corporate litany?) dealer in Lancaster, CA. for the 5k service on the Outback. Beautiful high desert country, hard to believe you are in Los Angeles County.

But life has a tenuous quality out there, in the vast reaches of the open desert, it reminded me of flies sticking to the glass of a window...

First stop, of course, was a visit to Charlie ("chadahar") out at the ranch to visit him again, and of course, to check out the recently acquired lapis blue '84 500SEC euro, that I had heard so much about. His '89 560SEC was at the property too but it was pretty dusty. I wonder which one he likes to drive more.

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the line up this afternoon

Outback I drove, the '84 euro and the '89





Damn dogs, they never listen, even to Charlie!!!







I should have driven the Mercedes!!!! Darn it!!


(Continued.....)

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)