There are very few cars as satisfying for long highway trips as a Mercedes. I have not noticed that the noise on either of my cars is any sort of irritation, and I have yet to replace the hood blankets in either of them.

Of course, that is what a radio is for. I plug a cassette into the stereo or put in a Book-on-tape for a small rental fee from the Cracker barrel, or a tape I got at a yard sale or used bookshop and it keeps me amused for hours and hours, even when I am way out there in the wild where the only thing on the radio is screaming preachers, the hog futures report and perhaps rapsters or 30 minutes of commercials per hour radio.

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Semibodacious Transmogrifications a Specialty

1990 300D 2.5 Turbo sedan 171K (Rudolf)
1985 300D Turbo TD Wagon 219K (Remuda)

"Time flies like and arrow, yet fruit flies like a banana"
---Marx (Groucho)