Well I've got to try that!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Stretch,

I'm with you, I never let anyone touch my cars. I do it all.....As it is, we pay LOTS of TAXES here in the USA. They Ram-IT up our BUTTS-fee for this fee for that(The " cleaver" way of a tax...)

I went to the pick your own part junk yard yesterday for some W140 parts. Their is about half-dozen taxes on the receipt-Crazy... This morning was the craziest. I went to buy "2x4x8ft" Lumber(The US homes are made from lumber). Their was a tax of 2cents on each.... The silly thing of our taxes is they do not directly help us. It is an ADJUSTMENT to the SHORTFALL of the politicians not making the CORRECT calculations.

Here is the USA we have about half-dozen TV comedians, but one of them has a great DIY website on vehicles, and vehicle restoration-Lots of Videos:

Jay Leno's Garage

But Jay Leno said that is the real truth. I will quote him

"A consumer watchdog group says there should be a box to check on your ballot(talking about voting) if you want a dollar of your taxes to fight crime instead of going to presidential candidates. Which I think is a great idea!! I mean, every time you take a buck(dollar) away from a politician you're fighting crime right there!!" ~Jay Leno

Sadly it is everywhere...

What is verdict on the Cars? W140 with Manual transmission? W210? I like the ideal of a W140 with a Manual transmission...

Martin

W140 chassis, manual trans behind the M120 engine. I would probably look for places to go just for the driving experience.

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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)

Given half a chance I'll go for the W140 just for the comfort and the size of it - also from a taking stuff to bits point of view I like a challenge. I'm going to try and get to see some possible purchases next week.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I think alot of it has to do with perspective. I took a ride in the back of a "commissioned" MB car in Holland one very early, and very hung over, morning for a 100 mile trip to catch a train to fly back to the US. I sat in the back of the black, manual-tanny equivalent of the 98 or 99 w210 e300 (I think it's an e200 in europe) driving at 150 km+ per hour- while the driver (a 7 foot tall athletic guy with black terminator sunglasses and shaven head- wearing black leather pants and jacket- kept asking me questions about "your president Bush" and after a while I thought "I want this car. I gotta get me one of these..."

The (w140) S class are nice, big, pretty cars- but the e300 (W210) brings back memories of Europe for me that the S class doesn't. And besides, I'd have a hard time justifying a 75- 100% higher cost of fuel consumption in my life right now. A gallon of 87 octane (can you even burn that in a 140 S-class?) is 3.99, while premium, or 92 octane is $4.29 a gallon, and D2 diesel is $3.89 at a couple of stations in my area.) Doing the math, and looking at insurance rates- I couldn't afford a 140, even if I really wanted one right now.

I guess my suggestion would be to tally the total costs and look at where your life is right now, and make the more reasonable decision for your situation. Good Luck.

I get 29 mpg hiway, 6 cylinder with the modified power of a s550

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran,you are a citizen of the world, all peoples are
cousin's, love all life, your love is enternal

Angel:-

Don't waste 1500 euros a year on road tax! You could buy a W201 for that and pay for most of the road tax - come on you're a Dad now and you'll have more lawyer bills to pay for the divorce...

Devil:-

Ahhhh too much monkey business

Summer's coming and there's a German Autobahn with your name on it 45 minutes away...

...this is the only chance you'll have before they legislate your heavy right foot off of your leg!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

hahahaha

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran,you are a citizen of the world, all peoples are
cousin's, love all life, your love is enternal

The angel almost won today!

W201 test drive (and fun and games trying to buy a car)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Get your W140... You like to tinker

Plus, if your a wide individual, will not over flow on the seat. Your butt will feel right at home in the W140..

Martin

I'm a stripped down racing snake so the wide butt isn't a problem just yet!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!