Have a buddy who recently got both done at same time. Skied moguls for years, is a big guy, thus was not surprising his knees were toast. He does not remember the day he tried but could not get into the 47 jeep presurgery and last weekend he did so with ease. His goal? Skiing this winter.

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95 E300D gave away
77 300D, 227k, station car
83 300CD 370k, body gone away to the rust gods, engine is in a Yota pickup, going strong
89 190E 2.6- 335k, no more
79 VW FI Bus- 154k summer driver
59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k
12 VW Jetta- 250k
74 MG Midget-78k