Well I have had my SDL for just shy of a year, I bought her on the 22 if I remember correctly. It has been an interesting year, I have had a lot of good times in her and she has &(&()*^*(^(_ with me a little to.
Just like having a demanding girlfriend. I have to say I still enjoy driving this car, everytime I need to go somewhere I look forward to the ride.
Here is a run down of what I have done so far:
I have put 10k miles on her since I started driving her everyday in very early June, I will probably do 15k by this June, or 18k if I go to Old Navy's meet.
Wow the miles rack up!
I don't want to know what I have in her, I think about $11k-$13k including the purchase price. Throw in $2,400 for insurance.
No wonder I am broke, 04 was an expensive year.
Considering how bad the poor old girl was when I bought her, she needed someone like me. A few more projects and I will have a perfect SDL. Throw on a paint job and take out a few dents and she will be pretty cherry.
All in all it has been a pretty fun year, and I have to say a 300SDL is pretty close to a perfect sedan. Awsome brakes, great handling, good power.
Next year I plan to fix the tranny leaks and maybe replace it, along with a bunch of other stuff under their.
Timing chain and those %&)%^)&*(^)*( lifters!
New windsheild so I can see!
No more tape on the bumper!
Upgrades:
Euro lights
XM radio, with better system
Dents removed (maybe)
Winter/school beater. I would like to retire my SDL to an April-October driver.
It has been a fun year looking forward to another!
btw I will post my maintaince records in a seperate post.