Mmm... I have always wanted one in white with Euro lights (and possibly bumpers) on 16in Centras and the AMG body kit, because cocaine.

Wow, never realized how much these had appreciated. I remember seeing really clean examples 5-7 years ago for $3000-$4000.

The president of my freshman class in college was named Richard Wang. He may or may not have been voted in because of his name.

I love the Wheeler Dealer episodes where some major problem is apparent and noted at the beginning of the episode but never actually addressed before they sell the car. I’ll just say that I would be cautious if I was ever in the situation of looking to buy one of their cars.

This is so correct. I could be characterized as an environmentalist but I think that fleet-wide mpg requirements are among the stupidest government regulations. I am just dumbfounded when I hear people complain about buses that “only get 8 mpg” and not grasp the fact that their energy consumption per passenger per…

My car, a 1980 Mercedes S-Class, did not come with the optional mirror and that was the first upgrade I did on the car. I found it funny that even the highest end models like the 450SEL 6.9 did not come with passenger mirror as standard despite being among the most expensive cars sold in the American market at the…

These are such sweet cars. My uncle bought one new in 05 (traded it in on a 09 GT500, which, while fast, is a tin can relative to the C55) and I have fond memories of going over 120 mph on long, straight country Florida roads. Basically was the coolest shit ever as a 10 year old after his 88 930 Turbo.

This is one of my favorite things about my dad’s old 240D. As long as the alternator is good, you’ll still have power for lights and some of your electronics (55 or 65 amps max on the original alternator, but an upgraded 150 amp one isn’t very expensive.) Not very fast but very easy to work on and would make for a…

My personal favorite from that concert was their cover of Delilah:

I will never again own an 80s American luxobarge. About 15 years ago, my great-aunt gave my parents her fully loaded 1988 Cadillac Deville that was always garage kept and had only 22,000 miles. The headliner was already falling out when we got it and trim pieces liked to fall off randomly. Quite literally had the…

My brother’s 87 190D had them. They are cool until they stop working and the headrest gets stuck all the way up, making driving extremely uncomfortable until you remove the motor and tracks. To be fair, they didn’t stop working until the car had around 320K miles on it.

I sometimes like watching Wheeler Dealers, but I am horrified at some of the shortcuts that they take to save money/get the car done. There are multiple episodes where it starts with car having major problems X, Y, and Z, and then they only fix X and Y and never mention Z again. Some of their jobs end up looking…

What is the worst is people who put cold air intakes on old Mercedes diesels, very popular on old 300D’s or vehicles with OM617. It is especially stupid because the stock air cooler was designed as a cold air intake, so replacing it with some kit just means you spent a lot of money gaining nothing and now you have a…

I know a independent Mercedes mechanic out in rural Georgia who owns a 89 Evolution I and has been using it in his daily driver rotation for the past decade or so. Bought a W116 parts car from him and instantly knew what it was when I saw it. Probably was one of a couple in the US at the time so you can imagine my…

Hyundai Excel

Really comes down to maintenance, but there were two limo service ones that sold on ebay that had 900,000 miles on the original engines. I have seen pictures of ones where they took the engine out at 700,000 miles I think it was and looked at the internals and they were all still within spec. Ours has almost 190,000…

There was a guy at my school’s (Georgia Tech) auto show a couple of weeks ago with his custom Lamborghini V12 motorcycle.

W124s are such a bargain right now. Values on the gassers are super low (outside of an 500e/e500) and they are very reliable as well when you take care of them, though mileage isn't great. Same is true for the W201s, although I think the W124 is nicer for daily driving due to its size. Still want an OM606 W124 with a…

I have a 1980 Mercedes 300SD that has no passenger side mirror. Oddly, it was an option on every model of the W116 S-Class in the US at the time (yes there are 6.9s that have only one mirror) but I believe was standard on even the lowest model W123 (E-Class), the 240D, here in the US. Passenger side mirrors can be…

I've been interested in cars since I was a wee lad, but I can thank 4 men for shaping and building my love of cars. My parents aren't hardcore car enthusiasts but they do like cars. My mom's favorite car was her fox body Mustang GT, which was unfortunately sold when my brother and I were born to buy a minivan, a…