Residents of OD! I propose the following scenario to you:

You have been awesomely granted the power of vehicular time travel.

What vehicle would you take to what time period, (past or future)...?

What intentions do you have when you get there, we're not bound by any foolish prime-directive or any posh Laissez-Faire policy, contaminate the timeline to your hearts content!

How would you go about maintaining said vehicle in the time period?


Sidebar:
Pretty much the entire 3rd installment of the Back To The Future series could have been avoided if doc brown had diesel powered his delorean. Am I right?

GOOOOOOOOOOO!

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

4000 BC. Life was much simpler, and without political internet threads.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

You could accomplish that by going back to the 1960s, AND you'd have the benefits of (almost) modern medicine and sanitation.

I have always viewed Edsel Ford as a tragic figure; a sensitive artist dominated by a tyrannical father. I would like to be able to take a modern vehicle, ( almost ANY modern vehicle) back to 1940 and show him. He was a champion of unitary construction, so it would have to be a uni-body. Since he was the President of Lincoln, a modern Lincoln would be appropriate. The automatic transmission is merely an updates and more refined version of his father's Model T transmission. He also championed hydraulic brakes, so he would appreciate that feature, too, ( can you believe there was actually a debate over hydraulic brakes?)

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Back to 1955 driving the famous W196 instead of Stirling Moss

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"If women are so bloody perfect at multitasking how come they can't have a headache and sex at the same time?"
Billy Connolly

I would take my modern John Deere tractor with implements including haying equipment and several thousand gallons of diesel fuel back to about 1880.

If you're going to build a time machine, do it with style...

1950's for me

I think I would rather go back to the 20s get a few cars and bring them back to the present.

Having had neck surgery I'd go no further back than the first instance of front seat head restraints. 1968? 1969?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Did you know Benny Hill was in Chitty Chitty bang bang?

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So many Women so little duct tape.

June 2006....

To warn myself not to take the PA job and not to invest in a program that turned out to be completely false .

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

now here is where I step in to be the kill joy.


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You go back to June 2006 and warn yourself, hopefully disguised. Since if you contact yourself in the past consequences could be horrendous (BTTF PII). You warn yourself, never get that job, never invest. Phew... future is safe.

however you are now trapped in an alternate timeline and can never go back to your own since you modified the space time continuum.

Then, you never went back in time since you never had that job or horrible investment scam and you never warned yourself...

Now since you never warned yourself you get that crap job and invest in a scheme that screws you over
Go to 1

You are now stuck in an infinite loop. I'm going to go drive my convertible now

Fine then, i'll send a ****ing letter.


Now historically speaking just for fun....Lisbon around 1480....and i'd bring a globe

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I think I'd take an SD or other 617 powered vehicle back to the mid 20s, when people were just starting to drive cars...

I'd grab a collection of mp3 CDs and scare the **** out of people with going fast and playing hardcore techno music or maybe some Rammstein. LOL

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Cruise Control not working? Send me PM or email (jamesdean59@gmail.com). I might be able to help out.
Check here for compatibility, diagnostics, and availability!

(4/11/2020: Hi Everyone! I am still taking orders and replying to emails/PMs/etc, I appreciate your patience in these crazy times. Stay safe and healthy!)


82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

I'd probably buy a bunch 20's series bills, go back and get a Cord, a Cadillac, a Duesenberg, and a few other current cars, along with building a very large, very secure barn to store them in. Come back around 2004-2005, and "discover" this old family farm building, make a few million off sub-1000mile extremely rare cars.
Take that money, buy more classic money, go back and buy gold, repeat.

Actually I am building a time machine and for obvious reasons I am in no hurry to finish it.