Most of you have not been around here long enough to remember the legal wrangling that took place between mercedesshop and Daimler-Chrysler. Yes, the site was almost shut down because they used mercedes in the name and they are definitely not allowed to use the trademark 3 pointed star. They managed to stay open because the site was started as a non-profit support forum and the parts business was added later only to defray the costs of web site operation. If it had been intended as a profit making sales site, it would have been shut down for use of the Mercedes name. Please consider that your use of the official star in combination with the Mercedesshop.com name may cause trouble for the site owners, not us personally. And who is going to put up the money for a legal defense if the site owners get sued by Daimler-Chrysler?

Fastlane is not who you need to check with about this - Phil just sells parts. You want to talk to Bill Wood (webmaster) or Donnie Drummonds (Benzmac) who actually own the site and get their permission for use of the mercedesshop.com name.

Finally, no offense guys, but I'm not wild about the designs on the last couple pages. Without the entire wrench, it's difficult to realize that it is indeed a wrench. And the globe loses much of its impact when obscured by the star and wrench head. Since R Leo makes his living as a graphic artist, let's see what he can come up with. Now that we seem to have enough interest, maybe he can create a few designs and put them up as a poll so we can vote on them.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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