Two MB daily drivers that double as hobbies. '83 240D in the snow and an '83 300SD for every other day. It is good to have two, however, so when one is down for maintenance the other is available. It is also good to have a wife with a truck ('97 Expedition).

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1983 300SD -- 220k
1983 240D euro -- 225k - sold
2002 VW Passat W8 - Fast
1985 BMW 528e -- 356k - sold
1996 BMW 328Ic - crumpled into bits

My 300SD is the only car I drive currently until the 69 bug gets restored. Then I may dance back and forth but for the 1.5-2hour round trip commute to school and back every day, I sure do like modern conviences like power steering and whatnot.
However the bug has its place...and I still love driving it.
If my 300SD was a stickshift, I would probably not miss the bug so much.
But I am a stickshift guy...luckily the benz doesn't act like a normal auto.

Speaking of daily commutes..
last friday 4 cars nearly hit me at various times and places (changing lanes into me, doing silly things) and I nearly rear ended one car! It was NOT a good day to be driving. The loud horn wins again!

...boy these cars can really get up there in your A list of issues in Life, like your Doctor appointment or son's cross country race or IRS tax audit, there you are wondering if your door straps need replacing...I hear Secretary of State Colin Powell ( Man I truly respect and admire) is a car afficiando too, I wonder if when he's in a top level meeting whether he's secretly wondering whether his injectors need cleaning...of course with his brain power he can multitask and hold a thousand issues up there anyway....

is my prime mover.
Two domestic gassers under repair for resale.
Oh, my wife drives a 2002 Grand Prix, but I don't ride in it.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

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.........but, do you repair it??

it is my daily car.. and only car i use.

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1975 200 - Sold (no pix);
1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron
1979 300TD - Sold
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1985 230E - now my daily driver...

BOTH, and that has been a real struggle for me of late. Carrameow, I have read your posts with considerable interest, as I feel I've experienced exactly the same feelings that you've written about, I mean wow. My "spare" vehicle is now pressed into service while the SD sits in the garage awaiting another round of TLC by yours truly. The spare is a 80 Chevy K10 that is used for dump runs, camping trips and plowing. I have a good view of the road driving that thing, and I mean by glancing through the hole in the floor The ugly truth of what went wrong this time will be discovered very soon and posted here soon after. SHMBO has said that this is better just be a hobby so often that I now almost believe it myself. Taken one way, it makes sense to just get something else, but I'm not there YET. I'm very stubborn, but at 43 with 4 kids, I sure am tempted to get a Honda civic and just be done with it. But it wouldn't feel the same. I feel better having a hobby I keep telling myself, and I really do believe that. So it's both for now

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Mine is not my primary daily driver, that is my honda, and since gas prices got stupid high the Saturn. Mercedes is a fair weather and sumertime only car.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

My '85 is the only car I own...for now

Scott

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1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

domestic tranquility requires that I repair it as needed.

...they're in good shape, trust 'em to take my ANYWHERE and get me back.

96 Civic is the rain and snow car. The 240D was bought to keep miles off the Civic and when I don't feel like driving the motorcycle. The 300SD was bought as a vacation driver. So, they are hobby cars.

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Fred Johnson
1977 240D
1983 300SD

Who is your provider and is it registered with QQ plates, with the limitation of 1200 mi/year or something like that?
My 83's coming up for insurance renewal.
Please PM me if you don't want to put the company's name on the board.
Many Thanks,

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85' 300D No inspection, No registration fees, Cheap insurance
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

only cars I've got. Replaced a 98 subaru and a '67, '78, and '87 volvo to go only diesel. Had an SDL up and running on vegetable oil, then sold that to aquire the wagons, which had been the object of desire for a long time... both are solid, so I'm happy!

A little fix here and there is not so crazy, but your posts seem to indicate that you can't stop at changing the oil; you change out the crankcase... maybe you need another hobby? ha ha...

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2011 Mini Cooper Clubman
2005 Honda Element EX

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I am planning on a 300TD to be my only mode to transport... hope it starts this winter. Gonna call the guy tomorow to see if he will accept my offer, then go p/u a Parts car and GET BUSY!!! Having about a month to work all the bugs out before work and the real world crash back in the picture. Hope it works.

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46 WDX Power Wagon

84 300TDT daily driver