Im making it thru a journey of a 2 1/2 hr drive to fix and paint a friends lake house .In the beginning I wasnt going to consider the job but after realizing the trip was too take us thru some of the best scenic parts of East Texas ,I eagerly took the job on. Pulling out on the open road in the morning is the best part of the day.The 2 300cds were geared up, packed and ready for the road like two Mules fully feed.Filled with paint supplies and sprayers we took out for the 2 day event .Passing thru some of the small towns we got alot of interesting looks ,it turns out utility can also have looks ,like a mule with lipstick.The Stretches of open road with slow rolling turns is an amazing drive. The site was a water front view of The Sam Rayburn reservoir ,some of the cleanest lake water Ive ever seen ,well visited by many a bass fisherman .A spectacular view from the lake house was something to visit while on break from some of the hot grueling work.As the 2 days past and we were beaten and tired ,the final task was the drive home. With the Mules packed up and ready to hit the road a quick swim was definately in line after the hard last day .Driving back was not your typical 9-5 commute.I just hope he requires another reason for us to make this road rally.

Lake Erie has some of the cleanest water I've ever seen. Also about a 5-10 foot stripe of zebra mussel shells around the entire lake, same w/ ontario.

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All things are burning, know this and be released.

82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

Work is all play unless you're working on your MB in order to be able to drive it again .

Although gotta admit, I love working on the car most days...last PITA day was last night replacing all the belts. Then the night before when my spare head unit got burned out somehow...fuse blew under the hood and the radio doesn't work now but its 10amp fuse is intact ...

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

In the late eighties and through most of the nineties, I was working in the HMI software industry and driving 60 to 70 thousand miles a year all over Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and most of Lousiana, with a few treks slightly beyond. I started out with one 240D, into another, then a 210 diesel and finished up that stint in a 300E.

Those cars made it fun and also doable. I could get in one in the morning and drive 600 miles stopping only for fuel ,a cup of coffee and occasionally a meal, and get out of those cars rested, alert and ready to go to work.

70k a year! Wow. If I was spending over 45 full days a year in my car it would for sure be a MB!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I can relate.....have travelled all those states and many more since the early 1970s........making the money (lots of it) while driving your MB is a pleasure. Makes the money oh so sweet knowing you're free as a bird on-the-road, versus wearing a headset in a cubicle! LOL!

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert