(raises eyebrow)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaF5JCMC-ts

And to think there was an 8 year waiting list for these.....

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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)

Actually,,, the people seem to really care about doing their job right and getting things to fit as good as possible. You will never see someone spend that amount of time on a door or a hood in an American factory.

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

Those cars are pretty neat. They sure did give alot of attention to them as well

I read the wikapedia entry on these cars. In 1957 they were modern for European standards. They were still using the same technology in 1990 including the two stroke engines.

I saw U2 a few years back and they had Trabants as props for their show.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

I too read the wikipedia entry.

quality? lol, you dudes are funny. the reason they had to work all that stuff so much because it was crap. smoggy crap at that.

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72 W114/M130

RedMeat cartoon

The hilarious part of the video was that all of those deftly-applied fine adjustments would be thrown out of whack upon encountering the first pothole.

A friend of mine used to live in the DDR. He told me that when he was born, his parents ordered his. By the time he was old enough to drive, he finally received it. He promptly sold it, and bought a used Scirocco.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Good music too. I just broke out my martini set.

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'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

It was an engineering marvel if you appreciate simplicity.
Two cylinder, two stroke 600cc engine (26 or 28 hp, I can't remember).
0 to a 100 under 1 minute.
Gas tank placed atop the engine no need for fuel pump.
Front wheel drive, body made of plastic, never rusted.
Air cooled, no radiator neck breaking, no leaking water pump.
No air conditioning, no costly evaporator replacement.
Two stroke engine, no wiring harness problem.
No power windows, no window regulator breaking.
No valves, no leaking guides.
I never had the (mis)fortune to own one.

Alex

Door doesn't fit? No problem whip out the sledge...

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200