I've been away from the forums too long, folks. The '95 sedan has been so worry-free, I've taken for granted our little community here. Please forgive me!

So, my wife has made it clear that I need to limit myself to one car. Now that I'm moving to 100% work from home consulting, I don't need a commuter car any more.

I made the relatively easy decision that the I can't part with the wagon. I'll be fixing up a few last things on the '95 E300D and finding it a new home.

That said, I had to do something about the rusted out exhaust on the wagon. A quick trip down to a local exhaust shop and a couple bills later, I now have a straight-piped 300TD. It sounds glorious on the highway. Really looking forward to finishing the cosmetics on this car and enjoying the hell out of it.

https://youtu.be/IOXWs-lctG0

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Take wife to psychologist everyone needs at least 2 cars.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Hah!

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

They've got 2 cars. His wife drives a Volvo.





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"Everyone needs at least 2 cars" means 2 for him, 2 for wife. I'm a little short because son just started driving but I'll get the 78 Datsun Z going this summer.

85SD, 84SD, 00 Cummins unfortunately installed in a Dodge, 12 VW TDI, 15 Volvo V60. Then the Z will bring me even until VW buys the TDI back.

If the wife insists on only one for her, he gets 3.

Perfectly logical and simple.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

That's exactly right and I like your math. My wife gets two cars, I get two trucks. One of the trucks is a work truck so it doesn't really count, so I am due one more car.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Sounds good!

After getting the Forester, I'd be hard pressed to go back to sedan or coupe for a daily driver. Just too practical, haul too much crap.

The "my wife made/won't let me XYZ" posts baffle me.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

No one can drive more than one car at a time. His wife already has a car. See his sig.

I got along with one car for over 40 years. Proof, that it can be done!



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everyone needs more than one driver. look at my signature.

back up for the back up.

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Both my kids are out of the house and have their own cars, so I don't have to worry about them. So my wife and I have 5 vehicles with plates and insurance on for just the two of us. We have two regular cars that we drive year round, we call these are "Winter" cars. Then we have two W123's, the 84' Euro coupe and 85' wagon. And one Unimog on the road. We then own 5 other cars or trucks that we don't drive at this time. We are going to start thinning the herd soon, as we are looking to downsize as we get older.

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Von
Fairport, NY
1973 Unimog 416 Doka
1980 Unimog 416 Doka
1981 Unimog 416 Doka
1984 Euro 280CE w/diesel conversion
1985 300TD Estate wagon
(I really need to stop buying these things!)
http://vonsmog.com

Right? Either grow a pair, or ask for her purse and dig yours back out. If you have a place to park it, it gets driven, and it's cheap to maintain, why can't it stick around?

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Current stable:
1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

I have a pair, but I agree with her that we don't need unused cars sitting out front. We live by philosophy that if it isn't used, get rid of it. As I said, I'm not even commuting to work anymore. If I want to look at great cars, I just need to set the background on my monitors or go to Cars & Coffee more.

I'd much rather I enjoy the wagon fully and someone else enjoy the E300D.

Also, I like to make sure I have martial relations as much as possible. While I'm still young...

In all seriousness, I was curious. I'm not married, my girlfriend and I live together but don't share finances, so obviously I have only a very limited view of married life. She has her household responsibilities and I have mine. As long as I take care of my responsibilities, I'm completely free to keep a dozen vintage MBZ diesels or buy a Dodge Viper without asking her, and would neither expect nor accept any hassle for doing so. Likewise for her, she's not a jewelry and purses type of girl but when she bought a multi-thousand-dollar gaming computer system that dims the lights when she hits the power button, I was only happy for her.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

Hah. Great typo on my part. Sometime marriage does seem to be like suiting up and taking it to the mat.

All relationships are different, that's what makes them interesting. I'm not going to judge someone else's.

We live in a densely populated neighborhood and I'm the president of the HOA. (If you can't beat it, run it). Aside from owning a garage queen, there's no space for extra cars except on the street and it only looks like crap staying out there long.

The wagon is going to be brought back to full glory. Proper new paint job and rust repair. New or restored leather bits. New carpet. The mechanicals are all sorted with essentially a new suspension all around and a drivetrain that purrs.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Quality over quantity, love it.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap