Too far. After getting stuck in traffic, I spent around 6 hours on the road for a flywheel & adapter plate...that's now in storage

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

I drove 200 miles twice for 300 gals of wvo

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

A few years ago my wife and I drove from Long Beach, Ca to Albuquerque, New Mexico .... about 800 miles / one night hotel stay / 800 miles back for a $500 random assortment of ponton parts that 1/2 filled my Jeep Grand Cherokee. At the time even I questioned my sanity for taking such a crazy trip but over the past few years many of the parts I needed for restoration that were not available from MBZ or would cost more than $1,000 from the Classic Center I found in that pile I picked up in New Mexico .... so these days I think I'm a genius!

My Steve Martin adventure was from buying a car off Ebay in West Palm Beach, FL. Found a cheap plane ticket from Atlanta. Got up in the morning and drove from TN to Atl and left the car with the daughter who was in school at GT. Walked over to the Marta station (they were still partying in the streets at 5:00 am) and caught the train to the airport. Seller met me at the WPB airport. Test drove the car and confirmed it was as advertised. Signed papers and traded cash. Drove north and was home right at dark time. Planes, trains, and automobiles.

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You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime you just might find you get what you need.