Well, sir, I got lucky, to be honest.

I looked on www.autotrader.com and was actually looking for a friend who wanted a gas MB. I thought, what the heck, why not see if I find a low mileage 300SDL. Up popped mine, with only 45k miles. Actually, I thought it was a mistake, because that had happened to me a few years ago.

I called the number and it was accurate. It was an elderly couple in Virgina, who bought it new. I paid $700 to ship it home and spent $140 fixing about a dozen dings on the right side and have done little else.

I had a nice Alpine stereo in my 86 that I transferred because the radio in it was not working properly.

Don't hate me, but I paid $14,000 for it! Incredible!

Burgundy interior, which is first one for me.

So, that's the story, folks.