To be honest, I wasn't actually looking for a TD at the time. I own that 300SD in the picture, behind my wagon. My neighbor was thinking of buying a TD and I just happened to find one advertised in the paper. I told him to buy the car or I will since I have always wanted one, but I allready had a Benz. He called the number in the paper to inquirer, but there wasn't anyone home so he left a message. For some reason they never returned his call. That same week the ad disappeared, so I figured the car was sold. 2 weeks go by and the car was in the paper again, this time for $2900, down from $3200. By this time though my neighbor had decided to wait on buying another car, so naturally I inquired about it. Reluctantly, my wife let me buy it. She likes the idea of us owning 2 wagons and also the fact the car has working A/C. It also helps that the car is easier to drive around town and park, than the SD. I have since given the SD to my brother, who likes Mercedes but isn't mechanicaly inclined enough to sort an old car out. So I gave him one that was already sorted out.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
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