Do you guys feel as guilty as me when you even start your old Benz? Images of global warming, Children starving in Africa, Hurricanes just go through my mind when I even start the car. I guess it is time to let go and buy a Prius and move to Seattle. What are everyone thoughts on this??

__________________
72 280SE His Majesty

Move to a bubble with recycleable air and slowly die. Then you'll feel better. Guilt is a worthless emotion without action. If you feel bad about the world's state of affairs, do something to improve it.

PS - "Children starting in Africa"? Births happen here in America too, you know.

__________________
- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Children starving in Africa? What the hell has that got do do with driving an old Benz? You realise most of the reprobate dictators in Africa who'se people are starving cruise around in top of the line Mercedes. Not to mention that most of the road transportation by heavy truck in Africa is by Mercedes. Wasting money on a new car rather than using an old one that's long since pulled it's iron ore from the ground is not helping the environment in any way. You might use a little less gas in a prius but making the thing used a hell of a lot more natural resources very recently than your 20 year old Benz.

- Peter.

__________________
2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Being cold and heartless, no. In fact my plan is to sell my '00 Wrangler and buy a mid- to late-60's 4x4 pickup to put a plow and dump body on so I can avoid the state emission testing and lower my local tax burden since my elected officials have no desire to do it for me.

__________________

1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Kind of reminds me of a very harsh bumper sticker my ex wife wanted to put on the Volvo we had, a snide and arch swipe at all those bay area/Berkeley Volvo bumper stickers, "Save the whales", "You can't hug your kid with nuclear arms", "I share the road with bicycles" blah blah blah


"SAVE THE PLANET, KILL YOURSELF"

__________________
1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

At least you're not buying a new car every 4 years.

__________________
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Our son just bought an 04 Diesel Excursion,,,, I love it and if I even had the slightest need for one I'd have it in a minute. BTW,,, no, I'm not worried about global warming.

__________________
95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

That's how I feel as well.

How much FF does it take to make new steel, plastic, ..., ...

I would move to a 'better' comuter if the opurtunity came along, but I think it worse to throw away a so large a tool when it still works well.

__________________
-Marty

1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831799&postcount=13
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831807&postcount=14

I continually find ways to increase fuel consumption, although only as a biproduct of moving faster. And when that gets old, upgrade to a Ferrari.

Global warming? Cool! Longer summers!

The Mercedes is not even my daily driver. It is a Sunday Driver. My daily drivers are a SUbaru and a Toyota. I have been toying with the idea of getting a diesel for a while. They are much better for the environment and if Burning Veggie oil even better. Half the country is doig the same thing as well. The problem is the price of good diesel cars are going higher and higher. What to do?

__________________
72 280SE His Majesty

Bicycle.

Ed Begley Jr, from some crappy TV show and disciple of St. Al Gore would says, "Go electric!"

__________________
'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Nope, no guilt here!

You should "talk out" these guilt issues with your psychologist. Will put you on different meds.

Are you Jewish? Ahh... that's the reason.

Guilt issues? That's an old Catholic joke.

__________________
'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder