Hey, I know where you guys are coming from. Although I don't drive for a living, 36 of my 38 customers are outside Canada - so I spend a lot of odd hours on the phone with people in time zones ranging from Israel to Singapore. And I'm usually in the Bay area for about a week a month.

So yes, I have more projects backed up too!

Tell your family it is therapy. That is what it is in my case.

I have to make time to work on my car. Now I am under the gun to get my 1987 done, so I will have to make lots of time. My usual time is from 4:30 to 6:00 in the morning and after 8:00 PM evenings. I drink a lot of coffee.

I am very excited to know I will be driving my 87 wagon soon.

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1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

Yes, true. General rule of thumb, is that almost anything Therapeudic, is approved by family members, as blood is thicker than water, and they care SO much about your health...Great suggestion Riethoven..

Cheers, Nick

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I'm thinking about making some changes later this year. Retire the SDL to weekend toy, so I won't be rushed to fix things, and it will stay as clean as I want it. Buy something newer for every day use, take said newer car to the shop for everything.

I just don't have the time or ambition anymore. I don't feel like working/detailing my car every weekend, I rather be working or out in a boat. If I have a free day and its a choice between sailing and working on the car, the car waits.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Last few summers have been the same situation for me Hat. Only difference was that when I do manage to get home, I would spend my every waking moment out riding my motorcycle, and not even ever getting around to doing some of the things I had planned long in advance. Then I'd get back in the truck, and be gone for a while again, and be infuriated with myself once I got rolling again, and it's too late by then...Stupid motorcycle, took precidence over real priorities. I don't want to let that happen this summer though. I'm going to do my best at it anyways.

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I don't have all that much time currently to work on my car....so I do it at night after work....or on the weekends sometimes when I have time. I replaced my alternator a couple weeks ago on a friday night, took me from about 8:30pm till 1:30am....took so long because I spent about 2 hours trying to get the pulleys swapped....finally got it though.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Didn't swift go out of business... or just their car carrier branch? RB Auctions had like 200 of their car carrier trucks (covered and un covered)

I'm with you guys - I have a 13mo old son. If he's awake, and the 240Dismal needs its locks fixed, then my locks won't work the next day... (they still dont =) More kids are gonna = more broken bits on the benz.


it gets me sometimes...
I don't know what the answer is, other than becoming a automaton that leases a car for 3 years and turns it back in to jump into another lease (if that were really an option for me (maybe it should be..) I wouldnt be hanging out here =)

-John

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2009 Kia Sedona
2009 Honda Odyssey EX-L
12006 Jetta Pumpe Duse
(insert Mercedes here)

Husband, Father, sometimes friend =)

No, Swift is very much in business. In fact they are the second largest carrier in the world, and own countless other trucking companies also.
They did however, liquidate their car carrying division. It was originally only opened, to accomodate a huge account which they very shortly after buying all of those trucks, lost, due to poor performance, etc.
After losing, (screwing up) the account, they did not know what to do with the trucks. Morons went and put all of their eggs in one basket.

This is why I contract a lot of my trucks out to various different carriers. In this industry, even the biggest companies go belly up, every day. I have my trucks farmed out to a host of different carriers, with several different names on the sides of them. I try to stay as diversified, as I can, which works very well for me.

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