I'm heading west in search of a cheaper place to live and somewhere I can work on my car/s without threat of being fined by the city. It's awful up here but I understand why. It's just too crowded. Add to that, out west (midwest, to be specific) there are still a lot of little towns with small newspapers that still hire reporters and pay them decent salaries. In the big cities, photographers such as myself are working for peanuts and hoping for some scraps from the big papers until we get on staff, marry rich or die of starvation.
I'm opting out of the big city journalism for now and feel like paying some more dues in a small town.
I digress.

I'm really going to miss the sunroof in my 300D. The 220D doesn't have one. Granted, that's probably why the floorpans aren't rusted out but it's so nice driving on warm summer nights with that thing open. Heck, last winter when I was driving across the country, I had the sunroof open driving through Utah and Wyoming, and it was incredibly cold outside. Heater on full, sunroof open and a beautiful day out, the temperature in the car was perfect.

Ok, out to troubleshoot my windwhield wipers and reverse lights.

Phil Forrest

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1972 220D "Trudy," named by a friend.

"The 220D sounds good... I suspect it is the only car that you need a calendar for, rather than a stopwatch, when doing acceleration tests."
Tom Abrahamsson