My -81 300SD has reached the ripe age for antique plates in VA, so today while visiting the DMV I couldn't resist the temptation to get me a pair. This particular car happens to about the ugliest faded green Benz out there so if nothing else, me and pals will get lots of chuckles over the 'antiqueness' factor. ('Surely' I won't be driving it on daily basis... )

On the way home, it kind of hit me that the Benz with its new plates is kind of unique, as in; what might be the percentage of diesel powered vehicles of total number of registered antigue cars? Furthermore, how many antique cars have turbos on them?

Be it as it may, after I installed my new plates, some fellow with a 380SE decided at a stop light that I was going to be easy pray for him... (Might it have been the new plates??). It turned out to go kinda of ugly for him as much to my surprise this antique ride caught up and passed him by the next stop sign!

Good Times

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1983 300SD, 1999 200 cdi and 1998 1,6 (gasser)

I wouldn't get collector car plates for a diesel, but then again, here I don't have to get any inspections and collector plates have restrictions.

That guy in the 380 probably didn't have it floored. Your car isn't fast.

What are you talkin about? My 81 sd is Hella fast!

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I also think that green is not the nicest even unfaded. My finalised purchase today has it. The only compensation I find is the interior is at least my favorite color. Palamino I think it's called. Never though I would hear of another as that color should be a little scarce. I think it's puke green? Man it's an ugly green but some may love it. What is really worse of all the car does not need a paint job and the original clear has not even started to lift anywhere. I imagine that color even looked a little faded when new.

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1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

You might already own a car with this color. I doubt it as it is pretty bad. I know the post is about antique plates though and agree that I should have stayed more on subject. That green is pretty ludicrous with them and is with normal plates as well. I may have seen perhaps one other mercedes with this color in the last 10 years and see a lot of them. It's so bad that I have even had it mentioned to me how bad it looks by people that normaly make no comments. It's on a 84 300d. I would even go as far to speculate in any other color it would probably have been sold before I originally found it.