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Veloce300DT · #66 04-30-2004, 07:16 PM

16.. I inherited my moms C280, drove it for a year, put in 50K miles!
Then I bought my first w123 Diesel at 17.. a 1984 300DT. Beautiful car, put another 50K on in a year. Sold it with a desire for one in a different color and not willing to put the $$ it needed into it.
SO i used that cash and bought an 85 300DT. Midnight Blue. Amazing condition. Then my friend totalled it after I had had it for about 2 months. I scoured the newpapers and internet for the hopefully final and most beautiful 300DT.
Found the current Orient Red one I drive in San Diego. I'll never forget leaving the airport terminal and seeing the car waiting for me. 1 owner, all records, 145K miles. Looked as though it was put in the garage and never driven. Since then (june 03) ive put about 27K miles on it, and was backed into by a neighbor.
Ive brought the car up to perfect mechanical condition, and the next step once the money is all saved up will be to repair the bodywork (not that it needs it, but maybe even a complete respray for the hell of it.. which probabaly wont be for a while.. im not cutting corners, and as im sure everybody knows paint jobs are $$$$$ for quality ones), repaint the wheels or buy chrome ones, and drive it for the rest of my life. This one is not going away!