I just returned from 2 weeks at my in-laws place in Odessa, Ukraine. You would not believe the number of W123s running around there. All with euro lights and bumpers. I must have seen at least 20 cars every day I was there. I was drooling...and over the chicks, too

We went to the junkyards looking for cheap euro lights but the best we found were $80 a set and they weren't all that great. ( and I didn't feel like dragging them back- 15 hours flight time with 2 changes). This is in a country where the average monthly salary is about $200 - can you say Mafia?

It is amazing that anything runs there. They have potholes on the street the size of Hondas. Vehicular anarchy abounds.

Rick

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