As Tavarish said, enthusiast forums & websites are your friends! Nearly anything you're looking to do has already been done on every vehicle you can imagine & others who have already done it will have step by step instructions on exactly how to do it (videos can really help at times too), with special tools and diy…

Older Mercedes are designed to be fairly easily maintained with basic tools, and parts are reasonably available (even used from junkers). I have 2 84 SDs (same chassis as your car) and they are easy to maintain — the maintenance manuals are available on CDs. You have to keep after them though, which takes some time…

The way I did it was I bought a 10 year old GM product (no hate, Buick 3800 Series II - fabulous machine) and a Haynes manual. Turned out the car needed a lot of suspension work. Suspension stuff is great because all you're doing is unscrewing, prying, and re-screwing. Then the engine had a misfire and I tried…

Deprecation is awesome. I've seen condoms retain more value after one owner than some luxury vehicles.

My sister was a trainer as part of a nationwide program that trains service dogs to address the needs of someone like Mr. Hurtado.

Agreed. Or some sort of seat cover or something. A polite request from the dealership mixed with a thankful attitude towards him would be a win-win situation for both. As an active duty veteran this is a tough one because there are several of "us" that can act entitled and it gets old for the civilians who sign our…

I think the blanket is a perfectly reasonable compromise.

Because anyone else without the service animal would have gotten a Mercedes. They failed to offer fair treatment and the discrimination was because of the service animal/disability. How is this not sinking in?

Exgirlfriend sat on the louvers.

You all can have your newer, more complex (and problem-prone) Mercedes. I love me some W126 coupe.

Jalopnik: 99% opinions, 1% buying power.

The price comparison between a redneck's sportscar and the soon-to-be resurrected Japanese icon is irrelevant.

Show up.

Nice! Many years ago, I had a two tone W126:

Everything Toyota did in the 90's they did because Mercedes.

So "screw you Demurano" isn't in the gray but I'm stuck there. Screw me.

my Elise has 75000 miles on it and has never had a single issue (other than an LED turning light on the side going out). Only routine maintenance. I can do grocery shopping in it just fine - the boot is pretty big and if you are alone you can fill up the passenger side. It is the most reliable car I have owned…

Doug, you hit the nail on the head when you described Lotus owners. They know their cars very well while your average (but not all) p-car owner has no idea how to work on their car, all they know is their boss had one or maybe the guy at the club had one.

I'm sure if people adhered by this, we'd see a noticeable decrease in congestion