A bit over a year ago an insane 24 year old Punjabi IDIOT used his employers Peterbuilt tractor trailer to purposely hit my car, a pristine 1993 Mercedes W124 sedan.. There were witnesses and statements issued.. unknown to me was that Mercedes had ceased parts support for its classic models changing a LONG time policy... There were NO repair parts available.. .There were no good used parts available either..
So I changed tacks... and hunted down a donor car.. and it became the source of the parts that were needed to repair my car.. Work started in September and was just completed.. and today was our anniversary so I picked up my Wife with the car on the way it was threatening to pour so I high tailed it to our garage and had it safely tucked in before the rain started..
VERY happy to have the car back again, to have saved it.. a miraculous save of a low miles clean 32 year old Mercedes sedan that is living history of the best car that was ever made...
My dad drives a green Mercedes too but it’s an old suv that was torn to hell by i’m guessing the cops in a drug raid? 😅 he got it for cheap at a junk yard and drives it as is 😅
@pdqsailor1 oh we had a 2004 BMW X5 once.. it was nice.. but we sold it because we had to move our house and were broke sitting in a hot shed 116’F in the summer with no ac it was unbearable but they wouldn't give us electric because they had some flood rule about floor elevation having to be 1’ above the road and we were downhill (our property slopes down to a creek) so we sold our car to move our house/shed up by the street (higher ground) 🙄 dumb rule as it has never flooded here ever but whatever 😳 the suv drove nice.. had good power 🙂 my mom has a pitiful little car it has super weak momentum but at least she gets good gas milage .. I'm happy with my current car it has decent power and mpg 🙂 heated leather seats and what not 🙂
@YoMomma I own three cars.. My Wife does not drive... This one, my Wife's Grandfathers' Cadillac sedan and my small SUV which is the beater.. I think the balance of simplicity and elegance in the Mercedes is perfect.. I am not a fan of gadgets in cars... there is no cup holder in the Mercedes.. the engineers said we built this car for you to DRIVE not to drink coffee in..
@pdqsailor1 such driving snobs lol.. we have an old four door pick up with a topper.. before we got our shed we were living in my dad’s 9’x11’ shed in the woods in his alt property with our 7 dogs (4 tiny cute puppies, 2 yorkies and one pitbull) then we slept in the back of our truck while clearing this property.. 😅 till we got the shed then we slept in the shed.. one of those cute lil pre built sheds they sell people.. they make tiny houses out of them out here.. ours has a lil porch ☺ we have a bathroom and kitchen in ours but i think i overbuilt the kitchen because i have this thing for roasting turkeys on thanksgiving but i didn't do it the past two years because i was having solidarity with the hostages.. (or using it as an excuse to be lazy and not cook idk) but i roasted the turkey when my brother visited from Israel recently with his family ☺
@Teggy thank you.. wool carpets, leather, gleaming wood trim, polished stainless steel trim, tank skin, durable, simple, reliable and covered in lovely gleaming green paint.. an unmolested piece of history...
