im 16 but i bout mine when i was 15 8 months ago for $300 it rus and drives too.

I'm 48 and I just bought my first one! '82 TD

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'93 300D 200k (since Aug 04)
'82 300TD 205k (since March 04)
'02 Ford Escape 192k (bought new)
'90 Ford Festiva 310k (since '92 with under 10k)
'01 Jeep TJ Wrangler 278k (since 07 with 235k)
'76 VW Westfalia van 150k ? (since '90 with 100k)
'72 Chevrolet Corvette conv. (base not a LT1) 175k (since '84 with 100k)
71' VW Squareback (since '72 with under 9k, odo turned over, then stopped then replaced. maybe 250k)
'87 Yamaha Riva 125 scooter 7k

First yr college, age 20 - nearly 30 yrs ago. Car was '65 220Sb with blown head-gasket for $600..... an easy DIY repair and the seller thought he ripped ME off. It was an immaculate 4-spd antracite grey, red leather interior, manual sunroof car that was less than 10 yrs old at the time.

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'80 300SD/ w116
'79 240D 4-spd
'71 750cc Guzzi

previously owned:

'83 240D 4-spd
'77 280SEL 4-spd
'74 280/8
'72 250/8
'65 220Sb 4-spd
'63 220Sb 4-spd
'63 190c 4-spd
'61 220Sb 4-spd
'60 190b 4-spd

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I was 16...I got my 240D on July 1st 2002...and 14,000 miles later...we are still going...albeit with the piston slapping replacement motor.

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Nick
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2002 Sprinter 2500 140" High Roof :

i was 25. it's my 79 300TD euro.

the other MBs we had were more of a family car... the TD was my own.. after selling my jap car.

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Mike

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1975 200 - Sold (no pix);
1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron
1979 300TD - Sold
http://www.pbase.com/hboy/greenwagon
http://www.geocities.com/hboy726/300TD.html
1985 230E - now my daily driver...

I'm surprised how many youngish folks there are here..

25 for me, last Thanksgiving. Traded my father a pretty nice 82 VW Caddy turbo diesel for the 300D, that I've been trying to weasel away from first his wife, then him, for the better part of a decade now.

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One more Radar Lover gone...
1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

28, but I'd been wrenching it before I bought it. I think age 10 or so the first time I let out a clutch on a truck. Age 12 when I first backed a truck with a trailer attached (I remember that day!).

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daBenz - 1970 220D

I was 35 when I bought the gasser. 36 when I got the 220d.

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1992 500SEL 25K
1995 E320 40K
1995 SL600 120K
2002 JX8 Sport 43K
2005 Volvo S40 95K
2006 Isuzu NPR 304K (Frankencamper)
2007 Crown Victoria 150K
2014 Smart Electric 20K

I bought my first Mercedes 83 300D of of Ebay 5 months ago. I'm 47 young. I wish I had discovered diesels a long time ago.

18 -- Bought the '79 300SD for $500 and drove it home. Was so cheap because the kickdown wiring melted itself (and all others around it). Never done anything but an oil change before I bought the car, first thing I did to the car was remove the dashboard and rewire what needed it. A little over a year has gone by since then and I can't imagine NOT owning a Mercedes.

John
'79 300SD

33, although I came home from the hospital in the back of a '58 180 Ponton....

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

I bought a hub cap when I was 15 and said to myself this is the first part of a Mercedes that I will someday own.

Bought a 1972 280SE 4.5 when I was 29. Sold it when I was 41

We now have the 3 in my signature.

I don't believe I will ever own past the 92 Vintage. I am likely to stay in this range or go older as the years go on.

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Fortyeightsomething.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

I got my first diesel benz at 40. It was a clapped out 87 300SDL that is now in litigation. Before I turned 41, I had picked up a 95 E300D and a wonderful 72 220D. Still on the hunt and looking to do a conversion of a 250C into a diesel Cabriolet

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clay

2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei

retired models-
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers

i guess my first and second at 49.
the 190e 2.3 bad motor
while waiting for new motor bought the 300e
love the 300
but now must sell the 88 190e 2.3
why ?

got diesel? think its time to drive an s class diesel
again what a great forum
rich

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88 300E White, sold 9-04
88 190E Black 2.3 sold
90 300CE White, Grey sold 12-24-04
92 400E White,Grey Sold 5-06
90 300CE 91K Signal Red,Black Sold 2007
1989 300CE Smoke silver,Tan Sold 1-08
1993 300E 3.2 M104 motor
1991 300CE White,Grey
1994 E420 beautiful car,gone to new home
1994 E320 Smoke an Parchment.Beautiful car