So I'm at IUP for my last semester before leaving for PSU....

I had my 300TD parked in the student lot for a semester and a half, and no one touched it. This weekend I moved it up to a closer lot near my dorm, and some-no-good-piece-of-trash stole it off my car!!!!!!! I was so mad.......
I know people have talked about this before, but I felt like "venting"
I plan on getting one of those "theft-proof" stars, the ones that you can remove when parking in a shady lot.

Person(s) that took it=

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-Randy Wakefield

1969 220D 4 speed (parts car)
1976 280C
1976 280S
1981 240D 4 speed (parts car)
1982 300D
1983 300TD (Ivory)
1983 300TD (gold)
1985 300TD (gray)
1987 190D 2.5
1970 280SEL (sold)
1977 240D 4 speed (sold)
1974 280 (rusted to death)
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1927 Chevy 4 door sedan
1938 Chevy 2 door sedan
1950 Willys Jeepster
1955 Studebaker President 4 door
1977 Ford F250
1979 Glastron 17'
1948 John Deere A
1960 John Deere 2010
1979 Satoh S650G
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2000 Bichon (Doby)

that sucks man...id sooner mess with another mans woman than to touch his car...much sooner

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1985 300SD 192,000miles...Astral silver/ Grey MbTex

1983 300D 194,000miles...White/Tan MbTex...my newest addiction

Ya, it's happened twice someone screwed around with my star on two benzs I've owned, the latest just 3 weeks ago. But they weren't able to break them off, just twisted and cock-eyed!

It is pretty upsetting for sure,
after my car was messed with, it is a good thing I counld't find the swine that did it,
but once I cooled down I was just super glad they didn't take the car!
It could always be worse....
If I see one of those at the boneyard this weekend, I will grab it for ya.

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Think Alternative Energy!
300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

You can bet that the hood star (and it's cute little fake radiator cap) for my W115 is safe in the glove box when Thing Two is away at school and that car sits unattended for weeks on end.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Thanks buddy

I am glad they didn't do anything else to the car.

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-Randy Wakefield

1969 220D 4 speed (parts car)
1976 280C
1976 280S
1981 240D 4 speed (parts car)
1982 300D
1983 300TD (Ivory)
1983 300TD (gold)
1985 300TD (gray)
1987 190D 2.5
1970 280SEL (sold)
1977 240D 4 speed (sold)
1974 280 (rusted to death)
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1927 Chevy 4 door sedan
1938 Chevy 2 door sedan
1950 Willys Jeepster
1955 Studebaker President 4 door
1977 Ford F250
1979 Glastron 17'
1948 John Deere A
1960 John Deere 2010
1979 Satoh S650G
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2000 Bichon (Doby)

Some people are such peices of trash.

But look at it this way a new hood star only costs $22, at least they didn't jump on your hood or key your car.

I just put a new one on today, they are pretty cool. If you have never put one in before they are very over enginered.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I removed mine before someone else did, and replaced it with a chrome plug. I like it better actually, the star kind of distracted me. It looks a little less majestic, but so what. Better than going to jail for killing some punk who richly deserves it.

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'02 BMW 325i
'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

I'd love to just sharpen the edges razor sharp and hope some tries to take it.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Hey now.....theres a thought...............

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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

'Thank you' for that idea....





couldn't resist

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

And then everything you own will belong to the person that you injure. Especially if it's a child, a valet parking attendant, even a bum that spritzes your windshield with water at a stoplight. It's the same for those who consider electrifying it or any other booby trap. I'd take the case in a hearbeat and watch you squirm as the jury considers that a person who owns and drives a Mercedes Benz . . . laid a trap for the unsuspecting public, specifically to cause severe injury . . . to protect a $25 hood ornament. Ka-Ching, anyone?

If you sharpen your hood star sure it might be saved, but I bet they take a baseball bat to the rest of your car.

For $22 I'll replace the star and move on with my life.

They have magnetic ones that you can just pull out and put in your glove box if it bothers you that much.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

C-4 with an short fuse detonator..........then blame the thief for planting a bomb.................

actually a great thought.......but a poor idea in exicution.......

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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

A claymore(sp?) behind the grill would get the job done!


The only thing I would ever consider doing is to hook a very loud air horn up to the star. As the theif pulls the star out he will get the shock of his life! A decent air horn should be good for 120d blast+!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200