"What am I on about"? Not sure I comprende'. Don't hear that expression on my side of the pond much I guess.

What do I care what British people think about a German car?!
I will have to take a British person's opinion on a case-by-case basis.
Maybe there aren't a lot of Mercury's across the pond. If there were, I bet the Brits would want to make darn sure their Mercedes were not confused for one....

I don't have a good quip for that at the moment. I'll just soak in the venom for awhile and see what happens......

How ironic that you are the one that knows so much about old California license plates. Maybe that is where the world begins......




**disclaimer**
The above is intended simply as forum banter, and is not intended to be disrespectful of Jim.

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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

Merely the center of the universe...

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Bama1


2008 SLK 280, Firemist Red - "Hurricane"
2001 F150 Lariat 4x4, Black on Black - "Badboy"
1982 240D 4 speed survivor -"Pearl" - Donated to Vietnam Veterans
1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 -"Gertrude"

1954 model original owner - ~2.5M
Gray softtop/solid exterior/modified chassis

Did you ever get the car home??? Every story needs an ending.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13