Now that I removed the National Rifle Association decal from my 87 300TD, will that help or hinder resale?

Seriously....made me nervous having that thing on the car in the very progressive-leaning town and state I live in. Made it an easy target for vandalism!

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 142k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

When it comes to anything controversial, the potential for "downside" far outweighs the potential for "upside."

Maybe the downside is what happened to pwogaman's wagon and it's stablemate.

Sixto
87 300D

Put an ACLU sticker next to it, now either everyone will attack you, or all attackers will leave confused. Or move to New Hampshire (Live Free or Die).

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'99 E300 Turbodiesel, '82 300TD, 1996 12V Cummins Turbo, '94 Neoplan - Detroit 6V92TA

They don't have a logo or a decal - https://sites.google.com/site/nationalreadingassociation/

Sixto
87 300D

When selling a car, I think the prevailing opinion in the industry is to basically "depersonalize" the car as much as possible.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Didn't the Supreme Court declare NRA unconstitutional in 1935? Oh wait, a different NRA.

Jeremy

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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

Unless you're George Barris or Chip Foose.

It's annoying how some dealerships add a permanent logo, other than Yenko on a late 60s Camaro anyway. The most I see in California is an easily removed license plate frame.

Sixto
87 300D

I guess it depends on where you live. Around here, it would be a positive or at least neutral. There must be folks if some parts of the country that don't believe in The Bill of Rights or even the Constitution for that matter. Regardless, this probably should be in OD, rather than Diesel Discussion if it is meant to rile discussion.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

I find it hard to believe that the peace-loving, celebrate all, progressive anti-gun groups would push vandalism... But that's why I find so much of the polarity type stuff just so outright stupid. Either end of the spectrum is equally guilty and wrong, because of the issues they cause.

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

I would describe those as complete, professional designs rather than a private individual adding stickers, aftermarket stereo, hub caps, etc...

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Just don't put an obama sticker in it's place

Now boys: I value this forum as a place to get away from politics of any stripe. This thread shouild be moved.

True be that. Us MBz diesel owners need a bit of precision and fact in the mix, and can happily live without spin and false binaries.

I'd probably throw in an extra $10 to get the car with the decal still on it

All four of my vehicles have one, and the Dodge also got one of these:

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL