It all started with a run to the liquor store, a panicked phone call to JohnHef, AAA and a nice service advisor at Mercedes Benz in Midlothian, VA. Someone borrowed my car (without asking) to make an adult beverage run to the liquor store and the SL500 died. The borrower called JohnHef and he diagnosed the problem (bad crank sensor)BUT then had to walk 5 miles back to explain to me why he was there and my car wasn't.....Pushing the envelope we decided to try and drive back to Arlington, VA from North Carolina and if the car died we'd let it cool off and continue on. Died on 95 North and we pushed it off the road where a really nice Virginia State Policeman stayed with us until AAA got there and towed us to the Dealership where the service advisor Ryan had the service tech stay late to repair the car and he even made hotel reservations for us to stay the night. I can't believe how nice everyone involved was from the State Police Officer to the AAA tow trucker driver named Mike who taught us the right way to strap down a Mercedes because of the suspension to Ryan the service advisor. Breaking down can be a positive experience.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Jeezz,,, HATE when that happens, but glad all went well.

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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

Sounds like a very pleasant experience.




All the times my cars been towed, they have wound up breaking something or scraping something....

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Road Trip!!! Wooooohoooo!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Hmmm, the weather looks nice, why is the hard top on??

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

No time to pull it off.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

It was too heavy to carry on that 5 mile walk....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

that's funny right there....

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

That bottle of scotch was heavy enough after several miles . . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Ouch, sorry to hear of your problems, yet glad things worked out.
That's (Midlothian) just up the street from me.

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83 SD

84 CD

Did it at least break down after you got to the package store?

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Glad to see it all worked out for you. They didnt smack the wallet too hard down there did they?

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

No, but they tore the Amex card up pretty good . . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

That had better be some damn good scotch!

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

Glad you got a good response from MB of Richmond. My experience with that dealership hasn't been very good.

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Greg Schwall

1983 300SD - 465,000 miles