Wow MKiii- your wife sounds Irish.

We had our first date when I was a year outta college. I got the firebird a year later. I met Liz maybe 18 months later. Liz and the firebird always knew I had the 230/8 first and while it's obvious what the answer to the question "me or the wife" would be, she's put up with Liz and all the others year after year. -CTH

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http://www.111lakeside.com/

I can do what I want within budget but I can't touch her Caravan. And who'd want to? It has cost a little more than oil changes over 87K miles (got it at 100K miles, now at 187K miles). Granted the bar isn't very high, it feels a lot more like new than my 222K mile 87 300D. And bless her soul, I've lost every argument to replace the 300D with a >30mpg urban crawler.

Time on the forum is a point of contention. The only reason I have a laptop is so I can take the forum with me wherever in the house I go. It's like a Verizon commercial

Sixto
87 300D

Very Irish. Her maiden name is Murphy and she is very proud of it.

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MKIII88Turbo

"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind."
--Aristotle--

1986 Mercedes 190D
2004 VW Golf TDI

After working at my wife for along while I got her to enter the MB world from her dumb Toyota..... her history of cars includes a Chevy Corsica, Buick Century, and Toyota Rav4.....yeah. She refused a W123 and W126, and didn't really want a diesel unless it provided exceptional mileage vs a gasser......so that left it to a 190d 2.2 or 2.5....which are rare, and over priced, and way too small. Soo....I drifted over to the W124....300D was considered, but are too expensive to aquire.....so I looked for a 300E....and found a Nevada rust free one here locally with 133k on it. She likes it (just not the maintenance cost)....so I guess its a success. Its a very nice car...comfortable, quiet, and fun to drive Not a fan of the gasser needyness though......however its interesting to work on and learn something new. I've done quite a bit on it and its been reliable....we've put about 1,000 miles on it already and have only had it about a month. Mileage isn't great.....I got 18.5 when I was driving (but I'm a maniac)....she'll probably get 21-24ish....she drives very gently....however, premium is 70 cents less a gallon....so its even still a little cheaper to run than my SD.

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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 only catch flak from my girlfriend when the 300D is disabled to the point of no driving(which is more often than not lately )

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

hahaha

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1982 300D Silver/Blue 612000kms (Sold 2010) Now at 660000kms, original engine, original tranny.

Well you do have quite the fleet....maybe i'll knock on your door, if I ask nicely maybe i'll get the 560SEC

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Wife #1: No way.

This one let me have TWO of them. And understands the economics of maintaining maintainable cars vs purchasing a new one.

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86 560SL
With homebrew first gear start!
85 380SL
Daily Driver Project

http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/mercedes.htm

That's funny. Wife #1 would have no problem with my Mercedes. Heck, she was with me back in '92 when I bought my '67 Camaro. [note to self: go to sainted mothers and start that car]
A few years back she even had a 2002? CLK430. I don't think she liked it very much.....

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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

I told my wife that I wanted to buy us an older Diesel and she was really into the idea -- now she loves our car!

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1984 300D Turbo, 326000 Km, Thistle Green Metallic

Oddly , my old lady asked _ME_ to find her a Mercedes Diesel ! I explained to her they're :

A. noisy

B. slow

C. smelly

D. etc.

Her reply ' my girlfreind has one , it's great! '

So I found a cherry 1981 240D for pennies and she bought it .

I was soon hooked and now I have a nice 300CD we tour in .

BTW : this woman bought new tires for my 1968 VW Panel Truck when first we were dating and once bought me a Metropolitan Nash I was enamored of as my old Metropolitan Nash Convertibles is a POS ~ she rode in it to CANADA and back again !

She's cute too .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I can tell you how much it takes to get rid of a wife that does not like old diesel MB's if anyone is interested. It was worth every penny.

I now have a woman in my life that is as much a car enthusiest as I am and would not have any problem with anything I drag to the house.

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Jim

My cars are my mistresses. It's cheaper.

When I met my wife 34 years ago, she was driving a Corvair Corsa stick shift, and loved my 190SL. This, I thought, was a very good sign.

"Her" fleet currently includes the 95 E320 wagon, which replaced her beloved 87 300TD, the 280SL, and a very nice 68 MGB.

Still have my 64 Lincoln convertible that I first met her in, and I'm not allowed to sell it. Also have a couple of other family heirlooms she dictates cannot be sold. (54 Chevy 1/2 ton, 61 Ford Ranch Wagon).

Usually, she finds out I have a new car when it shows up in the driveway.

My daughters have been issued old MBs as they turn of age. Oldest got an 83 300SD, then upgraded to my 71 250C, middle has a 79 280TE wagon, and my youngest, who will get her learners next month, wants the red 73 450SL in the back field....

Teach 'em young.....

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
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

OOOOOOOK...
I never really got grief per se... over the cars. ... nearly 50 0f them...
however, there was always an argument over money, and "if I just SOLD some of my HORDED JUNKYARD or some such, I'm sure we could afford it" ... has been uttered here and there...
ok, she's out of the picture now. I bought her a condo, and let her keep the new van, bought her a phone and pay most of her bills... I'm happier now.
the new girl just LOVES cars, and as long as they don't obstruct her view of the garden or the lawn, she is fine with whatever I have... I have not tested her resolve on me purchasing a new addition to the fleet yet however... she's got one flaw, she dreams of driving a NEW car every year! I have GOT to explain the economics of this to her soon.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!