Being reliant on someone else for transportation in Phoenix is not a good thing, long term. No matter how tempting it may sound immediately. As for dumping the 116. It may save you 115 a month on the storage unit but that's a small price to pay for long term motoring piece of mind. I found that out big time a back in 2008 when I got rid of my previous 240D. That was a mistake that literally too me years to recover from.

While I like the idea of Fintail motoring, I don't think it would be wise to lose the 116 just yet. Decisions made in the heat of the moment can bite your ass down the road...

Of course you can always decide to be magnanamous and donate it your favorite charity, namely me :D

- Peter.

Due to the length of this thread and the long pause since the last post, I am starting a second part here: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/390231-my-custom-1980-w116-300sd-project-part-2-a.html .