I haven't had to spend a lot of money in my year of ownership either. I put replaced lower ball joints on it before driving it home from FL and UCA's when I got home. Other than that it's been regular wear items, tires, oil changes, and new brake pads just last weekend. I think we both benefitted from Hatties having spent so much on it previously.

Sorry for the thread hijack................

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

That is trying too hard. That car is already named........



Love Young Frankenstein though. {or is that Fraukensteen?}

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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

While I like most of the names here I have to admit I have never named an inanimate object, car or otherwise, and just don't get it.

When I used to host an annual crash-n-bash we named those cars because I made people... but that was about intimidation and it was painted on the car.
I named the W116, Jagdpanzer (hunting panzer), my 510, Hirohito's Revenge, my E21, M-Spot (spoof on M-Sport and a the, uh, evasive G), and my Reliant, K Rations (only to be consumed in emergencies). There were others but the old grey matter, she ain't what she used to be.

For those interested the W116 was abysmal at this type of thing. Nowhere near as solid as I expected and very vulnerable to critical failures. A 1985 Celica was by far the best and actually lasted two seasons... the only car able to do this. The 510 was close as it did 2 1/2. The BMW was an absolute blast because it outpaced and outhandled absolutely everything but was, much like the Merc, easily damaged and prone to failure due to easy hits.

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I don't know the same things that you don't know.

Shayne

85 W126 SD OM617.951
87 409D 650S OM617.913
93 E34 Touring M50B25TU
02 E46 Sport M54B30TU

My 1979 280E , She goes by the name of Marge (Marge Simpson). For obvious reasons,her hair.

Its normal... Right...?



My TE is named Jane because the navigations voice is set to Jane... Plus, when it spits out wrong directions, it gives me the ability to focus my anger.

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

lol, I love pandora, I may have to steal this for mine. Im another person who doesn't name his cars, they are usually differentiated by calling them by the year, or model number, but most often, I refer to whichever car as "the one that runs" in response to which one we are taking. This title switches around on a weekly basis.

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My Benzes have all had names,

87 300D - Oscar, named for his Osnabruck license plates beginning OS KR.
92 300D - Anastasia, named for her disney princess teal paintjob
92 300D - Greyhound, the community diesel to drive when your car breaks down, its how we all get home in a jam
87 300D - Thomas the Tank Engine, ratty parts car bought from Thomas Auto Salvage
94 E320 - Eddy, named for the shady cell phone salesman I bought it from

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i