Spo123,

Good to hear you are alive and well in the big storm dominating the news all day. Did you change that water pump yet? If not, it might not be too bad to do it while it is in that garage.

I am now slowly making my way home from a week long business trip to Florence, Italy. Seems Philly has a way of trapping me as I spent a day or so in 1999 or 2000 here in a snowstorm too.

Hope everyone stays safe, and I second the motion there to learn to love the snow when it happens. In most cases it is some extra work shovelling or if you have one, snow blowing, now and then. And in other cases it changes your plans, like this one. But hurricanes and tornados as well as earthquakes plague other parts of the world, and I think snow is the gentlest of them. Common sense and a little planning and the worst you have is a couple days of being shut in.

Good luck, Jim

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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles

Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)