[QUOTE=gumdoc123]I have to vent--my college age daughter drove our 96 SL500 to the local university for her class...came back with a 12 inch "gash" on the bonnet..I am in the process of bringing this baby back to original condition (as I am with three other pre96 MB's) and I cannot understand the mentality of willful destruction by some people...may their gums rot...thanks I feel better now...

GUMDOC- I feel your pain. I had that done many years ago on my Honda right across the hood. They dug in so deep it dented the hood. Ex-girlfriend of bartender I was dating. I am sorry. "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits." (perpetrators (sp)arm pits)