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08-10-2009, 09:09 PM
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What have you found under your seats?
One of the small silver linings of the otherwise unpleasent task of removing the seats is discovering change and trinkets from POs, or maybe some lost item of your own. While removing the seats from my parts donor to pass on to a friend, I found two mini sized Swiss Army knives, about $3 in quarters, and a coin from some small Caribbean island country (Grenada as I recall...can't seem to find it). I also found a memory card from my camera that I lost several years ago and looked everywhere for. After cleaning it up, it still yielded up its pictures!
Under the outer front corner of the front seat rail where a flap of carpet hides the vacuum lines there was a sweet spot on mine that seemed to be a black hole for small items. Its hard to reach, but can be seen and poked at if you remove the rear carpet and shine a light under the front seat. Sadly, I didn't find anything when I checked my daily driver. What have you found under your seats?
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08-10-2009, 09:17 PM
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Lets see, i found
Various Hard Candy, Some Gum wrapper, a ring, toys, lots of dog hair, a chicken bone, Double cheese burger wrapper, Various color pencils, crayons, dust, more dust, mud, plastic necklace and a Plastic egg. yeah i found lots of stuff under all of my 300SD seats, which tell's me that this car was abused by kids 
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Current Garage 2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress 1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs 2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver 1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car 1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap?? Sold 1987 300SDL 200K+ 1994 S320 181K mi 2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi 1999 S420 130K mi 1980 240D 360k mi 15+ Others that has come, stay and gone GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN  1995 E320 SE 220k mi 1984 300SD 350k mi
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08-10-2009, 09:19 PM
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French fries and loose change.
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 "Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970
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08-10-2009, 09:29 PM
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phone numbers for lots of ladies on various bits of paper, at least $10 worth of change.... ugh... a un opened condom... I think that was it
lol
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1992 850i 6 speed 1991 M3 S54B32 swap 2007 328iT/6 RWD sport wagon 1987 325E 330iZHP engine swap 2004 Vespa 200GT 1976 W115 240D getting a much bigger engine. 5.5L 1997 R129 SL600 5AT
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08-10-2009, 10:01 PM
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3 kilos of white Peruvian gold and some french fries.
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08-10-2009, 10:05 PM
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My finds were: dirt a few nickels and a couple pennies water rust the ground despair Roughly in that order. OK, no more whining about rust! It could easily have been even worse. 
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1984 300D Light Blue/Blue 2006 C280 Silver/Black
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08-10-2009, 10:09 PM
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the sooner you start... the sooner you'll get done  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.. Its always simpler to tell the truth... 2007 Honda Accord EX 2007 Honda Accord SE V6 96 C220 97 Explorer - Found Another Home 2000 Honda Accord V6 - Found Another Home 85 300D - Found Another Home 84 300D - Found Another Home 80 300TD - Found Another Home Previous cars: 96 Caravan 87 Camry 84 Cressida 82 Vanagon 80 Fiesta 78 Nova Ford Cortina Opel Kadet 68 Kombi Contessa
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08-10-2009, 10:22 PM
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Under the rear seat of my SDL I found a lot of cat hair, and about 10 condoms... new in their packaging thankfully!
-J
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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket  Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states! Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels. 2014 Cadillac ELR 2013 Fiat 500E.
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08-10-2009, 10:28 PM
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New spare key in the original leather holder.
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 Gone to the dark side - Jeff
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08-10-2009, 10:30 PM
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280CE-nothing but change
300D-TONS of horse hair/change no one has found horse hair yet? LOL
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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08-10-2009, 10:43 PM
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Just in my Daughter's '94, she has a horse though, ...
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08-10-2009, 10:49 PM
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Driving into Canada one time, the customs inspector found a 50 foot steel measuring tape under the passenger seat. Those things cost real money nowadays...
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#14
08-10-2009, 10:58 PM
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A neat thing I found in one of the company cars was an english pound coin.
In my Miata at an autocross a condom package slid out from under the drivers seat. I was pretty happy it did not happen when my Mrs was with me! 
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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08-10-2009, 11:04 PM
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When I checked, I found about 85˘ in change, old peanuts, a pair of fingernail clippers, and to my wife's consternation a single large, topaz earring (that did not belong to my wife). It took some time to convince her that it was probably the previous owner's.
She is still suspicious about that...
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327K on 1986 W201, 602.911, 722.414 2.5 190D ("The Red Baron") 139K on 1993 W124, 104.942, 722.433 2.8 300E ("Queen") http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/...0bb92d3c_m.jpg http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1325284354 Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. - Albert Einstein take a walk down memory lane...
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