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cmitch
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Ala-Tenn
Vehicle(s): 2002 ML320, 2005 S430 4Matic, 2010 F150 Super Crew
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| First Benz Experience
What is your first benz experience? Mine was driving a 1981 S class. A Beauty. I don't remember exactly the number but I do remember that it drove like a DREAM. I was 20 years old and the owner let me drive it to lunch one day. I had always wanted a Benz from that day on and never thought I'd get one. He bought the car in Europe and had it shipped here. He paid some import duties and it had a German tag. He said the total bill for the car and duties was $22,000 NEW! Even to this day I can remember watching that star on the hood and nearly running off the damn road!
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AsianML
Date registered: Dec 1899
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The First Benz experience we had was the same one that I said in the Best Benz Experience.
We went to Atlantic City in a brand new Obsidian Black W220 S-Class almost a year ago. I was completely obsessed from that moment on. Once my dad began looking for a new car, and mentioned Mercedes I immediately said DO IT! |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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For a short time I drove a friend’s 69 250 114 chassis when in college. I recall how solid it felt, that riding on a rail sensation. Then when still in college I fell in love with a brand new 1981 240 D owned by a professor who parked it in the same place every day. And on the way to class I’d walk by it everyday. It struck me as a remarkable combination of Teutonic austerity, timeless styling, and just the right amount of luxury to make it comfortable but still fun to drive.
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Noodles
Date registered: Dec 1899
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It was a grey market 84 W124 280e. A friend got it and needed me to pick up some
people at O'Hare airport. I was drvivng a CRX at the time so to fit all the people
he told me to take his Benz. I was amazed at how solid the car was with already 108k
miles on it. I knew from that point forward that I would be in Benz someday. |
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Jayhawk
Date registered: Dec 1899
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Here is my first Benz experience:
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AndrewAZ
Date registered: Dec 1899
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My first benz I remeber was my parents 96 S420 I before that they had 2 diesel mercedes but I never saw or road in them since that was before I was born. My first benz was also my first car a 2000 ML 320 and my next benz is my current 2002 ML 320. I will be looking for a new car in the next year since the other 2 where my moms old cars. I am either thinking about a used E320 CDI or taking my dads M3 that just sits around, but I think i would rather have the E320 since it has 4 doors and people wont bother me at every street light. |
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cmitch
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Ala-Tenn
Vehicle(s): 2002 ML320, 2005 S430 4Matic, 2010 F150 Super Crew
Posts: 3412
| Re: First Benz Experience
AndrewAZ - 4/29/2006 7:05 PM My first benz I remeber was my parents 96 S420 I before that they had 2 diesel mercedes but I never saw or road in them since that was before I was born. My first benz was also my first car a 2000 ML 320 and my next benz is my current 2002 ML 320. I will be looking for a new car in the next year since the other 2 where my moms old cars. I am either thinking about a used E320 CDI or taking my dads M3 that just sits around, but I think i would rather have the E320 since it has 4 doors and people wont bother me at every street light. You don't know harassment at every street light until you ride in or drive your friends Monza! 
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1996_S500
Date registered: Dec 1899
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My first Benz was a 1981 300 SD Turbodiesel W126.
Then soon followed:
1989 560 SEL
1995 S500
1997 S600
1996 S500. |
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BackRoll23
Date registered: Dec 1899
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In 1984, my dad had just purchased a new sl convertible. He was doing about a 120 mph and got in a wreck. Destroyed two of those concrete barriers on the highway that separate the oncoming traffic leaving only rubble. Instead of the engine coming through the firewall, the firewall collapsed as it was intended to do. Granted, when it collapsed, it crushed his knee and he had to have three surgeries to repair the damage, but it did its job. While the accident was his fault (DUI), the car saved his life. Since that day, I've known that I wanted to own a Mercedes. |
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