Many years ago, a childhood friend started calling me 'Bert' instead of Robert and the name stuck. Many years later, I was working at a Porsche/MBZ dealer and ordered shop coats so I could go on a test drive and keep the car's clean. I ordered 'Bert' nametapes. One customer commented on how I looked like a 'Mad Scientist' or a 'Doctor' with respect to the 'lab coat' that I wore and my surgical methodology of working with motorcars.

One of my co-workers started calling me 'Doctor Bert' over the shops intercom system and the name stuck.

I gave the name the German spelling 'Doktor,' since I worked primarily on Mercedes & Porsche and have used it ever since.

Useless trivia....

Photo #1 My Porsche 930 Turbo with Lamborghini LP 4000 covered in the backdrop

Photo #2 My son Marc (now 15) and I in Three Rivers, California, in 1998 with my Porsche 911S Targa RHD

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

There was a Mercedes mechanic named Bert here in Wisconsin who ran an early MB dealership, Bert Reimschuessel. I ended up with some OM617 valve wrenches from the Reimschuessel inventory.

I knew another Mercedes wrench in Wisconsin, Randy Durrance, who worked briefly for Bert R. ... called him "a cranky old man."

Good story, thanks for sharing.

Nice 930.

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Jim

You could be in "Dilbert," since everyone is named Something-Bert.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Thanks for sharing. Love the 930.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

The most accurate and best names are the ones we've earned. Sounds like you earned yours.

Nice, all the way around.

Thanks for sharing the history and the pics, Dok.

Nice story - when do you get the honorary PhD to make it official?

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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!

And if your cat were German he could be called Herr Ball.

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1982 300CD Petrol/Black Leather

Bert, thank You for sharing your story, and a small part of your life.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

You are all welcome!

@ Army - PhD from school of hard knocks????

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Indeed that's the best school I know

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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!

Here all along I thought it was possibly your playing doctor with some of the local girls when you where an adolecent. My wife is still a little mad about that period in her life as they only let her be the receptionist.