I agree--their shop is definitely not a beauty at all.

The '66 250S hacksaw convertible conversion with a 15-foot tall TREE standing up in the backseat comes to mind, as well as the sad 300sel 6.3 sitting in back of the shop on collapsed air suspension.

However, although the shop is an eyesore, the homes around it definitely fall into the "eyesore" category too. Pretty much a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

But if they were truly "grandfathered in" like in the article, they have a right to be there, same as every other structure in the neighborhood.

When my dad and I went down there on July 26th to get the 380SE, the mechanic who did the lump sum of the work on the 380SE noted that "no cars could sit outside of their shop with their hoods open" due to an injunction. I wonder what legal rule decided that...

-Sam