Diezzzel Benzzz Pilots Nuts All!

Hope your wife enjoys the new wheels!

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My occupational hazard bein'
my occupation's just not around...
1980 300SD
1980 300SD

Good going Shoe!!

One day you wake up and think, "Why the hell am I driving this primitive old car that isn't nearly as comfortable and optioned as a newer car?"
I have a newer car and still have no car payment. I do have to change the oil every couple of months.....
That is lame reasoning anyway. Newer cars are usually worth the payment. And the warranty!

While there is nothing wrong with loving to drive your old Benz, to call out Shoe as some of yall did seemed quite uninformed and probably youthful.

Plus, I love the look of those new Explorers.
Now the E350.......Meh......

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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

Thanks guys I was beginning to think all the sane people had left. I will still be lurking around.

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

I understand where you are coming from. If I did not decide to save my TD and continue with SVO for a few more years, i would have finally moved on (been driving it daily almost 7 yrs).

Next car will be a Jetta TDI sport wagon mit 6spd. AC would be nice, and the thought of less time spent on weekends maintaining/repairing gets more and more appealing every year.

There is life after diesel MB's...

GL with the gasser's

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82 MB 300TD, 87 Audi 4000TQ, 05 Audi A4 avant 1.8T 6spd (Wifes), 63 356C, Samurai VW 1.6TD, 71 NSU 1200C, 71 Toyota Hilux, tractors and junk

I TOTALLY get it if you need the space for product, that makes up ALL the difference!

what's the explorer get MPG's? is it one of those "hybrid" assist models?

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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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Advertised at 28mpg hwy. have not had it long enough to get a good feel.

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Keith Schuster
2006 E350 98K miles
2013 Ford Explorer 15K miles

A vehicle is just a vehicle. To know the wife is out on the road with something pretty reliable is worth a lot to most of us. Hopefully the expense of it can be at least partially written off tax wise at 900 miles a week.

I for one really would not like my wife out there doing anywhere near 900 miles per week every week with an old car. Some of the stuff I drive locally myself I expect to break with age related issues from time to time. Over time in fact that has been the senario. That is just the price of doing so. Preventative maintenance will never get it all. Although it does help.

I also feel that what one puts out financially and is comforatable with depends on many factors. We usually have vehicles around in our immediate family from almost new to over seventy years old.

Everytime Im under the car or the hood Ill picture Shoe driving along with a smile on his face .I might have to take off one of my shoes and throw it at the car.

Good luck with the new motah (said in Cockney accent) shoe - I'm glad you're still planning on sticking around.

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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!

The new FWD Explorers are way nice. Ford's powertrains and interior quality have come leaps and bounds in a few years. IIRC you can get the 2.0 I-4 Ecoboost, the 3.5 V6 Ecoboost and the N/A 3.7. Which did you get?

Depending on options, expect 17-22 combined driving.