haha, not so much in LA
everyone and their mom drives a Benz
you would be waving all day long

also there are lots of diesel 123 drivers in my area near Venice beach, it's the "in thing" to have a diesel that is "veggie powered" or "biodiesel powered"

I neither wave at them...just let 'em SWOON over my W210, haha

Most local folks wave here in Vermont, but I have noticed that the few vintage Benz owners seem to studiously ignore other drivers and the late model Benz drivers are from away and don't know about the friendly wave.
Go figure

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1981 240D 143k 4 spd manual -SOLD

2004 VW Jetta TDI 5 speed 300k -still driven daily

I wave at any MB older than a W123 - as well as all W123s of course. There is little point waving at newer MB company car drivers here... they'd probably take it as an insult anyway and follow you home.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

124s and 126s if they're diesel, pretty much any diesel, and otherwise only 123 and older M-Bs. Most of those owners are enthusiasts of some sort.

Although the 123 owners don't always wave back, think I'm probably just another hood-star wannabe.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

We travel, and prefer places like this.


Reading all of these posts, it is very strange to see how some answer/ handle this. I wave and say hello to many people and could care less how they respond. We need more polite and friendly people in the world, it only takes one wave and smile at a time.

Cheers !

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I wave, not always returned. Its manditory in an older Jeep, but it seems the new Jeep guys are too good to wave back. I think their so pretty and comfy now they attract a completely different crowd, they are too busy texting to wave.......

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

being a former 'old jeep' owner, I experienced the same thing. I just dont believe the owners you mention are even aware of the "Same car!" friendly wave.

Think of it this way....the future success of the brand depends upon the influx of many new owners. Much of these new owners are not going to know the friendly communications of other owners....or they are just jerks...either way, maybe an ad campaign is needed.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I wave if I'm waved to. Which happened to me twice. There's not a whole lot of old benzes around here in Utah...

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1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD - Wife calls him "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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1983 Toyota Tercel (Tommy, The little Toyota that could)
1965 Ford F100 (Grandma Ford)
2005 Toyota Sienna (Elsa, Wife's ride)


Gone:
1988 Toyota Pickup
2004 Subaru Outback

1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
1986 Volvo 740 GL Station Wagon - Piece of junk.
1981 Volvo 242 DL 2 Door - Hated to see it go. R.I.P.
1987 Pontiac Fiero GT

Generally yes although the chances of me doing it increase with the age of the other car

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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."

When I had my w123, I used to see a cream, early 80's SD all the time. We would always seem to see each other at lights, and be yelling over the engine noise to each other. Now that I have the w124, people don't seem to notice as much, as the car is so much less ancient looking; ie, not so classic.

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1989 300E 144K

4 situations.

1. It seem like I was starting to annoy people when I would wave to them. Here I am driving my Dodge diesel truck and they are in a w123 or w126 diesel; so I quit waving.
2. Last night, I was minding my business in the slow lane when a w126 blew my doors off; upon catching up to it, I found it to be a 300SD. I clocked the woman driver doing 81mph. So if you have Desota county, Mississippi tags, you know I'm the guy in the truck. I would have waved if I had been in a Mercedes diesel.
3. I always wave when I driving Ben and catch people giving me the "double look".
4. I also wave to one owner of a SLK 280. We had a discussion about what kind of car seats were in the back of my truck and WHY.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Being in the "201" club, I get waves from other 201 owners, especially from diesels, and I always wave back cheerfully. Other MB chassis owners give me the odd quizzical look like "what the hell are you driving THAT thing for" or some such remark - (I am 6 ft 6) - Occasionally, I will get a wave from a 123 or 124 driver who happens to be burning biodiesel. I guess the bio-burners are in a different category altogether...

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327K on 1986 W201, 602.911, 722.414 2.5 190D ("The Red Baron")
139K on 1993 W124, 104.942, 722.433 2.8 300E ("Queen")

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/...0bb92d3c_m.jpg http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1325284354

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
- Albert Einstein

take a walk down memory lane...

There is a guy in town that has the EXACT same model W124 (color too) that I have. I wave every time I see him.

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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC
2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC
2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L

http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png

Other W126 owners stares at my car or me. IDK if they are check out the euro headlight or they hate me. But in some odd way its nice to know that they stare at other W126 with a poker face

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

I wave at most Benz's but I noticed the newer gassers just look at me as a "kid with a benz"
(90% of people think I am 23-24 but I am 30)
and they don't wave

but all the classics tri-stars I wave at 123 124 126's
usually the classic drivers wave back gas or diesel

I do wave at more strangers (good lookin ones)
because they are looking at my car for longer periods of time than most cars you don't see any
300 SDL's around here

I was at the pump with a V-12 AMG on the other side pumping gas and a guy came up to me to ask about my car and not the AMG... makes me feel good