Well, in our family it started with one MB....then another the following year....then another.....then two last year! 5 MB's have been accumulated in 6 years....once I have more $$ the situation will only get worse....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I am totally cured.
That's why I have gone from one to ummm not enough.

Need more Mercedes Benz...

Zombified 123 enthusiast


"15 inch bunnnndddtttsss"


"Working A/cccccccccc"

"Suunn rooooofff"

"Gloowww plllluugggss"

"Dieeeseeell"

"High Mileage Awardssssss"

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

Mercedes and Cummins 2nd generation.

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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

"It rubs the diesel on its skin"............... Hooked bordering on obssesion!!!!!



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Experience : what you receive 3 seconds after you really needed it !!



86 300SDL 387,000? Motor committed suicide
81 300SD 214,000 "new" 132,000 motor
83 300SD 212,000 parts car
83 300SD 147,000

91 F700 5.9 cummins 5spd eaton 298,000
66 AMC rambler American 2dr auto 108,000
95 Chevy 3/4 ton auto 160,000
03 Toyota 4runner 180,000 wifes

As I look at every benz on the street and wonder if it too is a diesel.
As I continually mention the benefits of diesel power to every friend shopping for their next (new or used) vehicle.
As I continuously search for bargains on W123s and W124s in my area, hoping to find a deal and have another.
As I start putting more miles on my benz than on the Mustangs and Porsches I used to prefer to drive daily.....

You have to suspect there might be some obsession.

But I dont think so. These cars are just great. I hope one day my little girl gets to appreciate them as we do. That will be her choice to make.

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85 300D 3 pedal. Current project.
83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I am not

obsessed

with

Mercedes

diesel's!!

I just need
[www.DRIFT.me] : Diesel Mercedes W123 + SCANIA turbine @ Eastern European Drift Championship 2010 - YouTube
one for

every day

of the

year.

Don't forget the

car hauler.

.

Everyone around me thinks I am insane. You see in this part of Canada everyone is very 'grey'. They buy the same ugly cookie-cutter, treeless-lot tract houses, they wear the same clothes. They pretty much think the same way.

Honest to god, we might as well be in the old DDR for all the good people make of the immense freedoms we still enjoy (sorry off on a tangent here)....

Everyone drives a Toyota Yaris, a Honda Civic, an F-150 or a Dodge Ram 4 x4. Or an old Ford Fusion that hasn't been washed in six months.

At least there used to be the local guy who drove a Citroen DS every day, to make me feel less of an oddity. (He even used to tow a trailer to the topsoil place to get his gardening soil, with the DS. That's commitment.)

But I haven't seen the DS for a year. So here I am left to wander West Quebec in my w123s, like some sort of itinerant priest for an obscure, osolete eastern religion. When I visit a shop (as infrequently as I can manage) I can almost here an audible chorus of sighs from inside the bays: "Oh *****, HIM again."

Yeah, I guess I'm obsessed

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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

I like girls also.

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1984 300SD turbo 126
"My true love"

God made me an atheist and who am I to question His wisdom

At my age I had to give up on girls. Way too much noise. High maintenance costs. Not necessarily reliable. More show than go.

Now I try to stick to women instead

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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

stop interrupting.
I am busy searching craigslist for Mercedes.




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I want MORE.

My story is different.

I bought the 300SD because I worked for the dealer and it was a nice car that was had cheap. I fixed it up and had some fun with it, but then tried to sell it. The car just never sold, so I kept it.

I think I have become obsessed with its reliability and recently have started putting some good money into it.

Every few dollars I spend really yields a return; I mean the car responds to every dollar spent and gives back change...

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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

[www.DRIFT.me] : Diesel Mercedes W123 + SCANIA turbine @ Eastern European Drift Championship 2010 - YouTube

That was an AMAZING video! Kinds firms up my latent desire to get a 123 wagon.

There's one part where the sun glints on the three-pointed star that's still on the hood. Simply amazing. I WANT to get another Merc, and the next Merc I get WILL BE a 123 Wagon. The only problem is, I have no more space.

I keep telling my wife that we need to move even further out into the sticks, and maybe get a small farm like 5 acres or so...so that I can grow my own vegetables and raise my own pigs.

I think she's on to me....

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1987 300TD
1984 300D
755,000 KM and going strong
BC Canada

Cmon' down to Murland, eh? Everyone house I see with a W123 usually has another runner sitting next to it, or one in the back yard for parts...

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