I love your wagon Tyler.

Thanks. Its nice to have a dream come true every once in a while. The idea of a all black, Aero II wheeled W124 rattled around in my head for a year. Actually, my dream one had a black leather interior, but the saddle has grown on me quite a bit.

The C36 was more accidental. Now that I had the front bumper resprayed its getting really close to factory fresh looking. It is the nicest condition Mercedes I have ever owned...even nicer than my 2004 E500.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Hey ship me my shocks when you get a chance

I guess Joe forgot about the euro bumper we hauled that day, along with all our tools, and some other parts. Which happen to still be sitting in my garage...

Coulda picked you up, let me know next time and I'll bring my useful automobile.


Joe, do it or I'll smack you.

I know how you feel. My first Mercedes was my C280. It was a great car on which to cut my teeth, because it basically needed everything. It was pretty cool to take a dowdy w202 with 5 previous owners and make it into a good looking reliable form of transport. Then, in true car enthusiast form I sold it and moved in.

How about making a BMW Z3 number 10. I seen a guy walk out of a party supply store with a huge bundle of balloons .Big balloons At least 3 foot in diameter. Me and the wife sat there just to see what he was going to get into. He walked up to the beamer and actually opened the trunk first !

After about ten minutes he pushed three in through the window then stood there with three still in his hand. Probably thinking the same as the spectators "how the hell do I get in".

All that was missing was a video camera and some Benny hill music.

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Experience : what you receive 3 seconds after you really needed it !!



86 300SDL 387,000? Motor committed suicide
81 300SD 214,000 "new" 132,000 motor
83 300SD 212,000 parts car
83 300SD 147,000

91 F700 5.9 cummins 5spd eaton 298,000
66 AMC rambler American 2dr auto 108,000
95 Chevy 3/4 ton auto 160,000
03 Toyota 4runner 180,000 wifes

You kidding. I would think a Z06 would help more.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

damn it.. I wasn't complaining just finally understanding what an impractical car is and damn did I realize that I really can't use a car like this for what I do on a day to day basis. It's good to drive but anything else.. nope I can't even go golfing with it. The CD changer is in the way of a golf bag fitting in it.



in a nutshell, I never knew what it meant to own an impractical car.

you're not green.. lol ... I dont know I started making one of those weird lists that you make from time to time and just started putting junk.

I did send you a text but got no reply. Figured you were at work. I was going to give you that amp to you if you came to my house anyways. I told you you can sell the bumper and keep the cash or throw it in a dumpster lol



Tyler wants to trade for the wagon.. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

How can you NOT fit a flat packed desk into that car? Obviously, you weren't trying hard enough.



2 chairs, a coffee table, a bench, 2 side tables, a 4x8 rug, a pillow, a picnic blanket, AND 2 people all home from Dulles VA in the red miata.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

lol.. well I didnt want to mess up the paint or interior. If the weather wasn't crappy I would have been ok with the top down but it was very overcast.

The first time I went there, back in '93, on the way from Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, to my hotel in Miraflores, I saw a 1956 Ford Country sedan at a stoplight.

It looked exactly like this, even the colors, but it had about 12 mattresses, loosely lashed down to the top of its roof.



Down there, not only do you run what ya brung, you do it FOREVER !!

Car insurance, what's that?

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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)

Click and Clack on their show had some guy from Virginia call in, and his 1982 Oldsmobile 88 Custom Cruiser station wagon broke down, and he had no way to pull his horse trailer any more.

They told the guy to let the HORSES pull his station wagon!!








So I think -

They would have told YOU this:


Your NUTS!!!

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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)

lol.. well the boxes the desk and shelving unit came in were wider than the car and very long so theres no way they would have fit in safely

Just gotta think outside the box. Made it home just fine both times

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

I fit everything I own into my 300D last August on my way back to school.



Don't make fun of the comforter.

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