I went to my kids' school recently and was struck by all the new cars the teens drive. Several have crewcab F350's and one kid even drives an H3 Hummer. My first car was a 1970 MG Midget that was such a POS that I wound up buying a 1969 VW Beetle as a driver. The VW was so rusty that when I drove through a puddle, water would come up around the rust holes near the e-brake and splash my butt. It has no heat because the heat channels were rusted out. Wish I had both of those cars now...although I have plumped up a bit and probably couldn't get in and out of the MG now.

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2002 Ford ZX2
2 x 2013 Honda Civics

My 300D ^_^

Kids these days and their fancy new cars, I could care less because they don't know what responsability is and they just go willy nilly party all night and suck up in class all day..

1968 Buick Special, 2-door
V6
3-on-the-tree manual transmission
non-power steering
non-power brakes

Good transportation

a black 190e 2.3 16v from 1986
lether all electrics ect
17 inche weels
nice car but the rust became to bad and i sold it

After my discharge from the Army in '56, I bought my first car a '52 Chevy coupe. I remember trading it on another Chevy because I didn't want to spend $35.00 for a valve job.

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62 220sb
67 250S
72 280SE 4.5
74 280C
77 300D
82 240D
85 190E 2.3
86 300E RIP 12/28/09
85 300SD
92 300D 2.5
00 E320 Current
Over 1,000,000 miles in Benzes, Since66

....and a whole passel of BMW 2002 and Tii

1953 Daimler/Lanchester ...with pre-select.

IIRC, Consort model.



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[http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/ ]

"A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."

A 28 year old aircooled VW van.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

First Car & Daily Driver:
1963 Chevy Impala SS
Hurst 3-speed shifter
327 - 4 bbl - headers directly into "Lake Pipes"
"100#" racing-clutch
NO P.S.
Color: Candy Apple Green - Flat Black Hood
(195/205/215?) 70R14
Moon Caps on Black wheels

Had it for over 9 months - finally got "tagged" on the pipes - next car was a '65 Chevy Bel-aire 4dr. w/the 230-6 and 3-on-the-tree, no PS, but the best rust-free body I ever saw in Wisconsin for its age. (Even NOW!)

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ Yogi Berra ~

A brand new 1985 IROC with the Tuned Port Injection - first year for that motor and it was something else. Nothing sounded as good as that car did.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

My 83 300D. I love that car

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Andrew

1989 Volvo 745- 202K

1967 mercedes 230, 6 cylinder 4 speed (in 1978). Great car! Wish it was still here.

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1996 Saab 9000 5 speed
2002 Volvo XC70
1983 300D [sold ]
1981 300D [sold ]
1973 450se [sold ]
1967 230 (4 on the floor) [sold ]

Oh man, the folly of youth, eh? I just saw the earliest home movies my family took back in around '57. My sister took them to a place that put them all, even the 8 mm, on DVD. Pretty cool.

At one point, the camera swung slowly around and scanned the street we lived on in Roswell, NM and oh man, classics in cherry condition everywhere.

My first was a '59 International Travelall Panel Truck that had once been a Sear's service van. Still had "We Service What We Sell" painted on the sides and the outline of "Sears" underneath crudely applied paint. What a beast.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

'76 Malibu 4 door. Rusty - very rusty...actually had a plant start to grow in the carpeting once. The left rear door usually didn't open - something would come unhinged.
The 305 was easy to work on - plenty of room, and parts were plentiful and cheap for those A bodies.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

The car was candy apple red and was modified. Shadbolt Cam, headers with 3" exhaust, polished & ported head, and Bilstien suspension. Love that car! I blew a piston at 140 mph on highway 1 and that was it....

Shaun

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1992 Pearl Black 500E (08/91) SOLD
1997 White C36 AMG (T-Boned by Chevy truck)
2003 Silver C32 AMG (lease due, traded up)
2002 Pontiac Montana VisionSOLD
2007 Volvo XC90 3.2
2005 E55 AMG (newest ride)

1960 simca aronde with four on the tree and reclining seats! 1300 cc one barrel.

nice handling car with good ride good steering and decent brakes and economy. motor and tranny were pos though.

had the motor out twice and the tranny out twice.

second car was a 61 bugeye sprite. great handling pos motor.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.