Staying in Rosarito Baja for a languishing Summer and who knew of all places to have such a concentration of W123's and some W126's as a matter of fact i just saw a cool Anthracite coloured one drive by in front of my house , anyone else has seen a disparaging amount of the cars we love in in unsuspecting places ?

Merican pickups, work vans and RWD barges in Sweden. They eat that **** up over there.

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I am on the FB group for the "not Uncle Olaf" persuasion of Volvo drivers in Sweden (think Volvo diesel wagons with a stack poking out of the hood). In most of the driveway photos there is an American pickup truck sitting beside the Volvo.

F-150s seem to be very popular over there.

Swedes love big displacement foreign iron. And the styling. Some of the old Volvos took their styling cues from American cars (notably Studebaker).

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Now that right there is funny.

The American hipsters are trying to get their fill of Swedish style at IKEA, and the Swedes want old American styled cars.

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

I was surprised by the number of Swedes that speak accent free American English.

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1993 MB 300D 245K died.

In the old days Europeans spoke English with a British accent (kinda cute). Since American TV took over the world they all sound like us.

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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

Oh GAWD THE HORROR

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1993 MB 300D 245K died.

Yup, thats why its our favorite place in Europe to go back to. I don't speak a word of Swedish and I get along just fine. The car culture there is amazing and I always manage to come back with more than a few rare Volvo bits.

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