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It never stops it’s an addiction. In the MB line the SD is the current money pit but not by mechanical need, it’s fed by my OCD. It’s been two years since I bought her from a young man that had no clue on how much cash it took to maintain a twenty-year-old car. I remember posting a thread for someone to just take her off my hands for the original $1200 investment. I knew what this car was going to make me do. It wasn’t long there were new flex disk, guide rods, motor mounts, shocks, etc, etc, etc,. Then a radiator, back glass to get rid of the delamination. Then all the interior and body parts that came from forum members all over the country (world). Why not install some Euro’s on the front and paint the bumpers and cladding. The SD is a great car in looks and mechanically she is stout ( pic in my gallery) but I could easily spend $1,000 right now on Fastlane. I keep meticulous records on everything purchased for my cars but I don’t find it entertaining to tally – but I know this car is easily at the $4K mark now. My money pit is not really spending to keep them running it’s that next step into the great black hole of compulsion. The real sad part - in the last 8 months it probably has not been driven 500 miles. It’s covered in a garage it shares with my boat that hasn’t seen water since we left Texas.
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