I plan to mount a wreath on my grille. Nothing gawdy. Post a picture in few days. This thread may lie dormant for a few days/weeks, but it should come back to Life. Lets see those pictures of your Diesel in snow bank with an Xmas tree in the background---past or present.........

From a couple of years ago:

Um, nah.

funny, i only clicked tis thread so i could reply with a flat No.

enjoy your wreath- ill pass, but ill probably still wave if i see you going the other way

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02 Jetta TDI
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Our cars all have a star on the hood, so they are decorated already.

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'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)

Never any snow banks around here, but there is a Wachovia.......

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'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

I thought that was supposed to be a reminder- Go to work at 8am, lunch at noon and go home at 4pm.

Yeah that too....its a multipurpose star. I use it as a cross hair when I see something I don't like.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'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)

I'll leave the grill wreaths to the big rigs

You need to consider something more subtle.

Each year we decorate our hood stars.

Lots of craft shops have small 3-4" dia wreaths that fit on the hood star. We attach them with a couple of pieces of safety wire, and have a couple with small red bows.

Low key, shows holiday spirit, without the in your face look of a huge wreath. Quite classy, actually.

Oh, never decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving......tacky.

Jim

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95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

Hmm... how 'bout a bloody reindeer head hood ornament with a light-up nose?

Nah, I think I'll just keep the soot decoration.

For me, it helps me ensure that I don't bump into things... for a while, when it had fallen off, I could never judge where the front of the car was and I would always hit the wall in the parking garage or bump other cars when parking. Now, I don't bump into anything anymore... well, with the front of the car anyway.

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Both the diesels are green, that's Christmassy enough.

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Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I'll second that....

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'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

I put a huge red bow on the front of mine last winter, turned out pretty well but it started to look tattery before I was ready to give up on it. That, and it never hung quite straight in the wind.

This year, I'm considering two possibilities. Whichever I don't do this year I'll do next year. I won't decorate until December.

1. Reindeer kit. Two antlers that ride the top of the windows and a nose on the grille (no way to light it up unfortunately). I'm leaning that way.
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2. Nice wreath on the grille. It'd be nice but I'm afraid it'll blow off... what a thing to have fly across the hood star onto the windshield at 75 mph...

Let me just run this idea by you... just temporarily... is there any EASY way, meaning without pulling the dash apart and installing five circuit breakers to protect the car... to tap into the voltage going to the headlights, under the hood? You can run a string of christmas lights on DC voltage... not a full string, but I'd make a string of ten or twelve (or get one of the battery operated strings and modify the box.) I'd like to put white christmas tree lights in the wreath and have them go on and off (RELIABLY, battery drain...) - with the headlights/parking lights/fogs. Any easy way without having to slice wires open and such? if it isn't simple I'll abandon it... or just use a battery box. I've got one already that does lights.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL