I have seriously mixed feelings about cars.

But it's a complicated topic. I met an older fellow, 89 this in about '79. His father had been a banker in Lincoln, Nebraska. His family owned the first auto in their county, a Buick, around 1906 IIRC. He said the auto transformed the social lives of people living in farm country. Before autos they were largely isolated, would only see their neighbors on special occasions. After it was like a Renaissance. I can see why they took off. And this is to say nothing of the portable bedroom back seat.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K