You deserve a Pulitzer prize for junkyard journalism!!

Well written indeed. I have always loved going through places like that, it's a real treasure hunt, and exhilirating when you find something you need, and even better when you find something you didn't think you need, but would be perfect for your car.

I never met a woman who could understand this.

One of the last Northern California Mercedesshop diesel drives ended up, not surprisingly at a Pic 'n' Pull in Sacramento, with Diesel drag races held outside the yard.

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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)