Hello fellow Mercedes enthusiasts!

It's been years since I've checked the forum and decided to login last night. I spent a few hours looking over old posts and reliving some stressful repairs and some really memorable experiences.

I'm wondering how many of my old friends are still active here. If you see this thread, let me know you're still kicking!

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

I'm still around. Still trying to get my wagon looking as good as yours.

I swapped in a OM603 and just bought a 716.6 6 speed manual in Italy to put in it.

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Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat

I recondition w123/w126/w124/w140/r107/r129/ steering boxes!


1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

Continuous ownership of Mercedes-Benz diesel motorcars, since 1969.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Good to see you Chad, great memories from your get togethers over the years! Im in a w212 e550 these days and love it. We also moved down to the beach a few years back but still have our Philly place rented out. These days the forum is mostly political banter, but plenty of good info from archived posts.

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

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

Hi Chad,

Good to hear from you. Attended one of your gatherings, definitely a good time.

Thanks!

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"Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength" - Eric Hoffer

Man, I miss those gatherings. They were a highlight to my summers.

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Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat

I recondition w123/w126/w124/w140/r107/r129/ steering boxes!


1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

I miss the Benzfests too, but with two kids in college my free time is little compared to back then. I can't even imagine being able to maintain an old Benz these days, let alone the multiple ones I used to have. I'm loving my Jeep though and it fits better with my love of camping and outdoors.

I started a catering company about three years ago with a few friends and it's really starting to take off now. I still do glass art, woodworking, and metalworking, but the jobs don't come in like they used too.

My time as a scoutmaster is done now too, and my son got his Eagle rank which really helped with college scholarships.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Yeah imagine that. This forum is 25 years old.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

I still poke in now and again, other than my 280SE I'm out of the old Mercedes world for now. I just don't have the time I used to or the desire to work on old cars. I did mostly restore an SL500 a couple years ago which was fun.

I started poking around this forum when I was 15, I'm turning 40 this year!

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Good to see y'all.

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Jim

I showed up here in 2001, when I was thinking about buying a w126 560SEL. Never did buy one...

EDIT - just did some research and found out that I showed up here in June 2000...