friend of mine was out in provincetown on cape cod this weekend and said he had a cab ride in a twin to my 115 240.

pretty neat that these guys are running a bunch of classic benz cabs out on the cape and surrounding areas for as long as they have. website says they started in 1983, wonder if some of these cars have been cabs since new in their fleet? rare to see this in the US

Mercedes Taxi Cab Company - Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA

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Tough cars. Makes sense. Someone needs to invite him to the forum. I bet he is a wealth of information on MBs.

according to some cab companies in EU, they claim MB are the best for this duty, Tough and long life.

But I also think a good selection of independant workshops also dictate their decision.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

Could be BB....

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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There was an outfit in Santa Monica Ca- euro taxi - drivin around 126 diesel benz's. 5 or so yrs back.

Same thing in Phoenix/Scottsdale. Euro way transportation... Mostly 210s.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I was in Casablanca, Morocco about 10 years ago and every taxi there was a 240D. Mind you, most of them had engines that would be condemned anywhere else due to the huge clouds of blue smoke every time one set off from a traffic light. There was a haze of blue smog that hung from about neck height upwards. I had to leave after a day and ahalf, since I couldn't stand the lousy air.

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I choose to be happy, even when the Mercedes is being awkward, lol

They were probably running them on whatever flammable chemical they could get their hands on like around gaza city.

Seen in Morocco a few years ago:

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Yes i've seen these cars a time or two in person. I was a pleasant surprise when I saw what they were being used for

Mercedes Cab:Provincetown Mass.

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

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