Hard to tell from the pic, but the driver's seat was getting itself warmed up just for the comfort of my posterior.....



Was 16 degrees and I never even thought about whether it would start or not. Weird......

It is funny to hear some of these Acura owners talking about block heaters.

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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

On page one of this thread I reported "not really any snow here in NW Arkansas". Boy was I wrong.............

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2002 E320 Sedan 93K Designo Mocha Black Metallic!
1995 E320 Wagon 205K Black Wagon
1982 240D 183K SloPoke

I believe each of these cars are the final production year for that model.

76 300D

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Western NC
1987 300SDL W126 Turbo Diesel 335,000 + miles
1976 300D W115 275,000 miles+

blue under there somewhere

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I will have to go find some pics of the Benz(s) in winter!

'supposed to snow tonight... I'll snap a few in the morning if it does

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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!

Well, of course, not really "in" the snow. And a picture of my other diesel in the snow --- I made my dog actually "sit"; it was the only way I could get her in the pic.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

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

HOW CRUEL!
making that poor doggie sit on the icy driveway...

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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!

Hey now! That's exactly where my ETD sat - in the driveway plugged-in, after the trek from Las Vegas, NV last week. With 6" of snow on it, and stalactites all the way around, no way it was coming in to the garage 'til it melted off!

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Well...if you saw the other 20 photos that I took trying to capture her and my truck, you might understand. She gets so excited when I take her out the the garage door. She likes to ride in the backseat of the big Dodge truck.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

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

Has the front lower bumper of that Dodge been "modified"?

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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

NAW! that's the new optional "GET OUT OF MY WAY" bumper
you ought to see mine on my 6.2L 2500... the bumper was just not agressive enough. so I removed it and painted the frame stubs!
NOBODY stays in front of me!

oh, and I installed MB horns in my truck... I gotta have something MB in whatever I drive!

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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!

Ha! I was thinking of doing that in the TL. I put an old MB horn in my sons truck back when he had it. I've got a spare around here somewhere. Hmmmmm...
The TL horn is el-genero, and I love the MB horn sound. Oh dear!! Would this count as a "Mod"??

From the other day, btw.....

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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

Those are sometimes referred to as "Whiskey Dents" sometimes accrued while drinking and driving - or when others may have been when they ran into us.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Glad you noticed. I was on the forklift loading a motor into a another guy's truck when it happen. A kid (punk) drove right in front of me and turned around .....talking on the phone.....backing up. I think his foot slipped off the brake and he MASHED the accelerator. I heard high RPMs, his wheels squealing, and then THUNK\CRASH. I didn't even lose my cool. He had backed into my truck. Poor Dodge Diesel. I politely told him I wanted him to fix my truck. The shop guy is getting the money out of him, buying the parts, and we will probably install the new bumper together.

I do feel sorry for the kid (punk). He was driving his Mom's brand new BMW that night with less than 6000 miles. He had to go home and explain that to his Mom. Also, his health is not in good shape. Poor situation all around.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

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