how old were you when you bought your first benz?
 

how old were you when you bought your first benz? i was 15

I was 21. Bought the car in the summer of 2002, and have had it for a bit more than a year and a half now. :)

I was 24.

I'll LYK how old I am when it happens (got mine free - bad tranny)

Hmmm
 

Old enough to know better; but to smart to resist.
Umm, I watched the Apollo launches live.
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Ma & Pa Kettle reruns where the big thing, oops....
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I will leave it there.

About 28 or 29.

I was 20.

About 27, It was a '59 180D.

P E H

I was 22 and its and 81' 300td

I've got you all beat - 18. I paid $400 for a 1962 190c with a shot clutch and a bad transmission.

I was 26 in Germany in 1977. '73 220D.

I was 16, bought a w123 with a blown engine for $500.00

bought on January 16 1997

I was 17, boutght my current 300SD (first car) 8 months ago.
David

17 - '83 300D

37 81 300SD
 

Never thought I would own a Benz, bought my first one as a wreck. Should have been a parts car, but I put it back together. Have driven it over 1.5 years and with another parts car to boot, still have less than $1500 in it.:D

I was 20. It was a 1984 300TD Wagon, astral silver, Euro model. At the time, I didn't even know what it was, but I knew I had to make it mine. :)

22

My interest in MB diesels started in the spring of 2001 but I didn't buy one until the summer of 2002 when I was 25. That's when the addiction began.:)

17 when I bought my 82 TD.

I think I was 24. I bought a '75 300D. I thought I'd buy a slow diesel after I totaled my Datsun 240ZX.:rolleyes:

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:)

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.

<edit: I'd be amazed if *anybody* who bought their first Benz at an early age ever drove anything else for the rest of their life.

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.

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.

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.

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!).

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

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

Fortyeightsomething.

old and in the way
 

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

17, and glad I did.
 

1980 300D. Bought it brand new in Dallas when I was 17. I’m still driving it today. My daughter is 6 now, and wants it as her first car. That's fine by me.

23. Needed to buy a 4-door since we had our first baby on the way. Saw this cute little green MB, and went for it. This was almost three years ago.

Wanted one when I was 15.
Bought my SDL 2 months ago off ebay, I'm 18 and can't imagine ever driveing anything else! Thats the problem with driveing a MB it ruins you, everything else is just cheap junk to me now.

I was 16 when I inherited my parents' 190D. They sold it a year later because they thought it was going to nickel and dime them to death.

I was 21 when I bought the SDL... I'm 22 now.

71 when I bought my '83 300D. Wish I hadn't waited so long.

I agree with hatterasguy, I work at a used dealership that mainly sells 1-3 year old Gm cars, and the difference is that of night and day between them and my SD. Everytime a friend asks me about a specific car, I always say junk, no matter what they say. Every car has its problems, but MB's are manageable and make up for it in so many other ways....
Thanks
David

too old
 

I was 52 when I bought my first, an'87 420 SEL. Next came a'78 300D, currently w/ a bad transmission($800). Then came my current fave, an'81 240D stick($500. I put on new front brake pads, front shocks, and a used rear axle,total cost about $1000, I am putting a timing chain on soon). I am currently negotiating to sell my 420 and buy an '85 300TDT. I always hated to wok on cars when I was younger, mainly because of poor design and engineering, fasteners designed to work only once, etc. I love benzes, wish I had found them years ago.

I think I was 23 when I bought my 74 240D in 1999. Never got to drive it though, as the engine had a severe knock, because the previous owner (owner after my uncle who bought it nearly new) had left the oil cap off. I discovered that it had set on wet ground so long, on flats- that the floor pans had rusted out. Otherwise the car was 100% rust free southern car. I sold it for $75. two months later. :D

I was 30 when I bought my first and only MB.

17 .. My Sdl

@ 52 I bought my first MB
 

I have liked diesels for the past 20 years & driven them for 15 yrs.
When I bought my W123 300D with small dents in every panel, I looked for one with good bodywork. the Mrs took one I bought for the body.
I had to buy another parts car.

I was 26 when I bought my 1st MB, a 220 gas sedan.

i was 18 when i bought the car i have now. it was the car i drove throughout high school and i bought it from my parents. car was first owned by my grandparents, so im keeping it all in the family. i hope to own it for the rest of my life. i think i can pull it off.

45 when I bought the 420SEL 2 years ago.

22 when I found my '97 E300 on eBay in October of 2002. I love my w210 but pray for the future that MB fixes their problems and gets back to building the finest diesels on the planet. I'm gonna try to keep this one as long as I can. It's so easy and fun to work on the w210 that touching anything else is almost a crime. Granted the w210's have their problems, at least they are fun to work on :D

I'm shocked to see the number of people in their teen's and 20's here. :eek: It's a good thing!

Thirty-something when I bought my 300D. I could have bought the same car new but I couldn't see spending that much money on a car.

Well I was 15 when my old man bought it for me... does that count? :D

Hopefully I CAN buy one on my own here soon.

I was 14 when my dad bought me my first car but it wasn't an M-B, it was a POS!