Absolutely!

What a great turnout. The best and largest group yet!

The following people attended:
1. Robert (Bobby) and Mary Rayson with their 82 380 SL (with an engine and transmission from a 560 SEC).
2. Doug Kinney and his 92 500E
3. Placo1 (Afshin) and his 92 500E
4. Hi-Power (Ernesto), his wife (Cristina), their two daughters (Sofia and Fernanda) and their 86 300E and 95 E420
5. Mike Tangas and his "brought back to life" 86 560 SEL
6. JCE (John), his wife (I can't spell her name, Liese???), and their son (Christopher) came in their 87 300E Sportline
7. The Black Guy (Marvin) and his 83 380 SL
8. ML Dude, his wife (Juanita), and 8 month old baby boy arrived in two cars - their 2000 ML430 skyview and 2000 CLK 430 convertible
9. Phil from PartsShop and his whatever year Z28
10. Mark Cummins and his E320 wagon
11. David C Klasse and his 95 C280.
12. David's friend in her C230 Kompressor.
13. Me, Suginami (Paul Smalley) and my wife Tomoko arrived in our 1993 E320.

We had enough food to feed an army and still practically ran out of food!

Man, we had ribs that Mark BBQ'd, BBQ'd chicken, ham, tostadas, chips and salsa, potato chips, macaroni salad, potato salad, cookies, banana pudding, Snapple teas, soda pop, Tequila, beer.

Holy Moly, I'm telling you that we have met that nicest people from this forum. My wife and I were commenting on the way home how hard it is to make friends these days - what with being married and working. We are so busy with everyday life stuff that's it's hard to really have time to make friends. And we sure are glad we've come to meet so many good people that we've come to be friends with from our association with this site.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".