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winter's barely over, and you're itching to pull the cover off your baby, wipe her down, and show her off! Well, you can do just that on Sunday, May 4 at the twentieth annual Deutsche Marque Concours. This year promises to be a very special event as we celebrate all those years. We will have T-shirts available and participants will receive a commemorative dash plaque. And, the trophies will be special too!
As in the past, the Greater Washington Section will co-host this event with the local BMW and Porsche clubs. Our location is once again the Nottoway Park and Hunter House, located in Vienna, Virginia. This year, we hope to have food vendors available for those who get hungry, and of course there is plenty of room for a casual picnic lunch and for kids to roam. As usual, the friendly rivalry between the three clubs continues as to which club will have the most vehicles on display.
In keeping with tradition, this will be a "top only" Concours. We need all of our Concours "regulars" and you shy newcomers, to get your cars nice and tidy and bring them out to show. Remember, it's not about who wins or loses. Concours is designed to promote the healthy care and feeding of your beloved Mercedes with a little dose of friendly competition thrown in for good measure! For those of you who do not wish to get "down and dirty," there is a Display class, where cars are voted on by the attendees.
The event will culminate with our usual wine and cheese awards reception. One ticket for the reception is included in the package that each participant will receive at the event.
Please note: A Concours is an all day event... A lot of time, preparation, and money are spent both prior to the show and on the day of the event, by both event planners and participants. If you enter the event, please be prepared to stay through the awards presentation. If your vehicle places in its class and you and the vehicle have departed, the award will be given to the next runner-up in class.
Additionally, please be mindful that by order of the Fairfax County Park Authority, cars not registered and displayed in the show should not be parked on the show field. The park has designated areas for non-participatory parking.
Alcoholic beverages are not permitted on the show field. Alcohol may only be consumed on the immediate grounds of the Hunter House. If either of these rules is not adhered to, the clubs will be fined by the Park Authority. Your cooperation is both expected and appreciated.
The entry fee is $25 per car if preregistered by April 28 or $30 per car if you register after April 28 (including on-site registration). The registration fee includes one wine and cheese reception ticket; additional tickets are available at $10 each. There is no charge for event spectators.
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| 8:30AM | Grounds open to show participants for placement on the field. |
| 9:00AM | Public admission begins. |
| 10:30AM | Judging begins |
| 3:00PM | Scores tallied/awards presentation |
Note: Cars not in place on the field by 11:00AM, without prior notice, will not be allowed to show.
Directions:
- Take Interstate 66 west to exit 62 north (Nutley Street/Route 234 in Vienna).
- Go to the third traffic light and make a left onto Courthouse Road.
- Go approximately 0.3 miles and turn left into Nottoway Park.
- The show field is on the left but should be entered from the side near Hunter House (the big yellow house on the left).
| Paul Vessels BMWCCA |
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section will offer a defensive driving school for our Mercedes-Benz owners on June 22. The event was originally planned for March 30, but had to be rescheduled to permit time to finalize facility arrangements. This will be the only defensive driving school that we will offer locally this year. There will also be a school at Tri-O-Rama in September.
The school is an excellent opportunity to "improve" and "brush-up" on your driving skills, especially as we head toward summer vacation driving. The driving school is also the perfect opportunity for your household's young drivers to improve their driving skills in a controlled environment.
The school will provide an overview of safe driving techniques followed by a "hands-on" maneuvering (at controlled speeds) of the school's driving course in your own Mercedes. By driving your own Mercedes, you will become more comfortable and better acquainted with your car in challenging situations. We will have experienced instructors on hand to "walk" you through the exercises.
Teens under age 19 will be permitted to use the car they would normally drive, even if it is not a Mercedes-Benz. If possible, we would prefer that those teens be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
So bring your Mercedes and your young drivers to the school.
Complete the centerfold coupon with the $20 per person fee and mail it today. The fee at the gate will be $25.
Remember, this is the only local defensive driving school to be offered this year, so make plans to attend today! If you have questions or desire additional information, contact Tom Newman at 703-378-6737. See the next two articles for info on the autocross part of the day, directions, and what you'll have to do to prepare for the event.
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section will also hold a Mercedes-only autocross on June 22, after the Defensive Driving School is completed. The start time is planned for 1:00PM. The only exception to the Mercedes-only rule will be for those teens who will have driven another car in the Defensive Driving School.
Many Mercedes owners have requested that we offer this type of autocross, so tune-up your Mercedes and dust off those race tires (if you have them) and come to your autocross ready to show your stuff.
The event is open to all Mercedes drivers with a special invitation to our former Mercedes autocrossers who have not attended an event for some time. We look forward to renewing friendships and reestablishing good-natured challenges on the course. Even if you have never attended an autocross, bring your Mercedes out and see the great fun associated with this event and how it improves your driving skills. We drive rain or shine...except for thunderstorms.
Fill out the centerfold coupon and identify yourself as an autocrosser and mail the coupon and $20 fee today. The fee is $25 at the gate. There is only one fee per person, whether you attend only the defensive driving school, only the autocross, or both. If you have questions or desire additional information, contact Tom Newman at 703-378-6737.
This is the hardest part of the two events to "pin down." Both the Defensive Driving School and the Autocross are scheduled to be held in Maryland, just off the Beltway, at a Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) site. The biggest advantage of this site is that the timing and waiting area is all under cover! You won't get wet!
Important note! This site, although it is not currently active, cannot be used by the club if we are in a Code Orange status. With that in mind, you must remember to check the club's web site <www.gws-mbca.org> for last minute instructions. If the WSSC site is not available, the event will be held at James Wood High School in Winchester, Virginia. Direction to both sites follow.
Directions to the WSSC site:
- From the Beltway (outer loop): Take exit 28 (New Hampshire Ave./Route 650) northbound to Columbia Pike (Route 29) northbound. Continue on Route 29 until you reach Industrial Parkway. Turn right onto Industrial Pkwy. Straight ahead to the gate and take directions from the MBCA member at the gate.
- From the Beltway (inner loop): Take exit 30 (Columbia Pike Route 29) northbound to Industrial Parkway. Turn right onto Industrial Pkwy. Straight ahead to the gate and take directions from the MBCA member at the gate.
- From Route 70 area: Take Columbia Pike south to Industrial Parkway. Make a left turn onto Industrial Pkwy. Industrial Pkwy. is two to three miles south of the 198/29 intersection. Straight ahead to the gate and take directions from the MBCA member at the gate.
Directions to James Wood High School:
Take Route 7, Route 50, or I-66 west. Get on I-81 north to the Route 37 and Stephenson exit. (The Route 37 exit is one exit north of Route 7 and two exits north of Route 50.) Turn left at the traffic light at the end of the ramp. Stay in the right lane and take the Route 37 Bypass (road splits). Go to the next exit (Berkley Springs) and turn right at the traffic light. Go to the next traffic light (100-200 yards) and make a right on Apple Pie Ridge Road. The entrance to the school parking lot is the next left. You will see our group from there. Allow an hour to an hour and a quarter from the Beltway.
March 2003 Defensive Driving School Pictures
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of the many pictures Tim Brischler has provided to the Metro Tri-Star
from the March 2003 Defensive Driving School.
More of Tim's pictures are here.
 A bevy of C32s line up at Summit Point for our March event. |
 An Audi Quattro gets hung up on a snow pile at the Summit. You can get a four-wheel-drive car stuck! |
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I need race tires for defensive driving or autocross? No! But to make your car handle better for these events, add ten pounds of air over the Mercedes recommended pressure (not what it says on the tire). The same still applies if it's raining. We suggest you add the air before coming to the school. Drive on a full to nearly full gas tank.
Remove everything from the car you won't need and leave it at home. Bring plastic trash bags to store the items you do bring along. You will have to remove all items before running the course. No leather soled shoes or sandals. Wear sneakers. Bring a rain jacket, an umbrella, and something warm to wear if it turns
Loaner helmets will be available. They are required for autocross and are optional but recommended for defensive driving.
We'll have water and soft drinks. Drink lots of water... especially if it's a warm day. You'd be amazed at how fast you become dehydrated.
Calendar of Events
Greater Washington Section Events
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the last few weeks our Membership Chair, Klaus Hirtes, and I have received emails and calls from some of you who live in the District of Columbia. It seems that your newsletters were delivered about four weeks after most members in Virginia and Maryland had received their copies.
This appears to be a problem with the local USPS branches. All newsletters are delivered by our printer as sorted bulk rate mail to the Post Office in Alexandria on the same day. Our understanding of postal rules is that no branch can hold this mail for more than two days.
Years ago D.C. mail delivery had a horrible record. To our knowledge, late delivery has not been a recent problem... until this last issue.
Before I offer you a few solutions, let me talk about another newsletter matter.
The board's policy is that we try to avoid two-month issues except for the "quiet" winter months and the rare year that there isn't much going on in the dog days of summer.
In the last few weeks, we've had so many things happen that caused us to postpone the March issue several times. First, the Kentlands car show was moved to a new date. Then the event was canceled due to a permit problem. While that was going on, we were waiting for confirmation on the new and old defensive driving/autocross sites.
The new Maryland site (see the articles on pages 1, 6, and 7) required both community and legal review. Final approval was a scant two weeks ago. Then there came a call to let us know that we could not use the facility if the country was in a Code Orange status. We believed it was better to rewrite the articles and delay publication until we had final information. Changes like this will undoubtedly cause inconvenience to our members and that is something we want to avoid. Last year's picnic cancellation - twice - was weather related but getting the word out was near impossible.
So, let me get back to the solutions I mentioned earlier. The club's web site is the perfect way to check on the status of an event. Our webmeisters, Dave Thompson and Paul Vandenberg, have done a marvelous job of updating events and the online version of the newsletter. If you have a question on an event, go to the web site first!
The other incredibly good way to receive up to the minute event information is to get on the email list so very well established and maintained by Janet McFarland. All you have to do is send an email to Janet and ask to be included. That's it! No fuss... no muss. Please add her email to your address book and remember to contact her if your address changes. You'll never have a reason to miss another event because your newsletter is late!
| Joe |
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Autocross 2003
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first autocross of the year is only a few weeks away! It's been a long, hard winter and it will be great to get back to playing with our cars. There are some changes this year. So, pay attention!
Our first autocross on April 27 is planned for a new (to us) parking lot off the Beltway in suburban Maryland. Bruce Roth has led the effort to get us this Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission facility.
You will love this new location! Much of the staging area is under cover. There's plenty of dry room to change tires and store your gear. So even on the wettest day, only your car and the corner workers will get soaked... Oh, I forgot... you'll all be corner workers. Bring umbrellas!
The lot itself is quite unique. There's an L-shape to it. The surface is a rough, airport-like concrete which should be grippy but tough on race and street tires.
However, (are you still paying attention?) if the U.S. is in a Code Orange alert status we cannot use that facility but will return to James Wood High School in Winchester, Virginia. We will post last minute event information on the GWS web site at <www.gws-mbca.org>. It is your obligation to check so you don't end up at the wrong place. Directions to both sites are on page 7 (opposite).
Autocross 2 will definitely be held at James Wood High School. You should mark that date and place on your calendar.
The Autocross Committee, headed by Tom Newman, will soon meet to set the rules for the coming year. Last year was so very successful we don't anticipate major changes.
Several of the SCCA sites have already posted the PAX indexes for 2003. We'll have them printed for you at AX #1.
We're still waiting for the SCCA to produce the 2003 Solo I and II rules book. Hopefully, it will be on hand by the first event, as there have been many car class changes proposed. For example, we've heard that the Subaru WRX is being moved to SS or ESP. That ought to slow the little buggers down! Same goes for the new Mini - although we've yet to see one at an event.
We still plan to hold an Autocross Meeting/Social to hand out 2002 Series trophies and to have some time to chat before the 2003 Series begins... However, recent events have forced us to look for a May date, which means there will already have been one event by the time we meet. Watch the newsletter and web site for more news!
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Saturday, June 14, Dent Wizard will host a demonstration tech session at their Rockville, Maryland location at 5530 Randolph Road. Dent Wizard, now in its twentieth year, has perfected the art of paintless dent removal. They have the most extensive training, the best technicians, and the most complete coverage available.
The Dent Wizard staff will explain and demonstrate the techniques they use to remove dents, dings, and dimples. The program will begin at 10:00AM and run until about 12:30PM.
Section members are encouraged to bring candidate vehicles, and Dent Wizard will happly provide estimates and schedule service. Discount coupons will be available to all participants. Space is limited, so sign up right away!
The event cost is $12.00. Please fill out the coupon on the Events page and mail it to Steve Walters, GWS Tech Chairman. If you have questions, please contact Steve at 703-765-9405 or send him E-Mail.
StarTech - April 25-27
Into The Future
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is MBCA's biennial technical event. This year the Sacramento Section will be hosting StarTech at the beautiful Hyatt Hotel, across from California's State Capitol and park. The theme for the event will be Into the Future. Central to the weekend will be a showing of DaimlerChrysler's NECARs. If you are wondering what a NECAR is, it is the New Electric Car. These are powered by hydrogen, emit no pollution, are extremely quiet, and actually run with good pickup! The first 100 registrants will be guaranteed a personal ride in one of these cars! The Site Manager for the research facility in Sacramento, Wolfgang Weiss, will offer lectures on this technology. This is an excellent bonus, so hurry up and be one of the lucky ones to get the ride.
Other session topics for StarTech include: future fuels, including biodiesel; tire technology; and, lectures by the California Highway Patrol on road rage and carjacking.
Sacramento offers many activities besides StarTech. Only ten minutes away from the Hyatt is Old Sacramento - a reconstructed area that reflects the original town the gold miners saw. The famous California Railroad Museum is in Old Sacramento. The Marshall Gold Discovery Site is a 45-minute drive up in our foothills.
For those who can spend a bit more time in California, Yosemite and Sequoia National Park, world famous Highway 1 from Monterey past Big Sur, and San Simeon are nearby.
For more ideas, call Bill Brandt at 916-399-1736, Anne Pezzetti at 916-687-4792, Tom/Inga Bourdon at 707-864-0567, or Joyce Dupriest at 916-933-2185. <www.startech2003.com>.
Kentlands Car & Art Show
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event to be held in Kentlands---Art & Luxury of the Automobile on Main Street---has been cancelled. The event promoter was unable to get the Town of Gaithersburg to issue permits on a timely basis.
While technically not a club event, it sounded like something our members would have enjoyed. We regret any inconvenience to our members.
testament to the importance of properly caring for automobiles is the vast number of guidebooks, instruction and service manuals available on vehicle maintenance. Unfortunately, the value of caring for the appearance of cars has long been overlooked. Even respected maintenance manuals like Haynes, Chilton and Clymers, as well as most owner manuals, fail to properly address this subject, or at best, pay it only faint homage.
Understanding this shortcoming, Bruce Roth (aka The Concours Curmudgeon) scheduled to have Meguiar's regional representative, Rod Kraft, provide a cleaning and detailing seminar. For those who don't know, Meguiar's is the exclusive, domestic supplier of car care products to Mercedes-Benz. Held on Sunday, March 2 at the Herb Gordon Mercedes-Benz dealership in Silver Spring, MD, the seminar was very well attended with over 30 anal retentive - not to be confused with obsessive-compulsive - automobile enthusiasts.
Rod's extensive knowledge as a detailer and his expertise as an automotive enthusiast was immediately apparent. He began by providing a brief account of Meguiar's auspicious start in 1901 as a furniture polish manufacturer before becoming the preeminent maker of automobile care products in the US. The importance of this brief history lesson and Meguiar's place in it for over 100 years was not lost on anyone.
Part of Meguiar's cleaning philosophy is it's 5-step appearance "program" which Rod expertly explained.
Step 1: Washing. Removing loose contaminants on the top of your car's paint surfaces. Using the correct tools is essential and Rod pointed out the importance of using a thick pile wash mitt versis a sponge, using the correct amount and type of soap, and suggestions on how best to wash your car; i.e., wheels first, then top to bottom.
Step 2: Cleaning. Removing bonded and embedded contaminants, blemishes and oxidation that washing cannot remove. Examples of the contaminants requiring special removal techniques were acid rain, bird droppings, and tree sap.
Step 3: Polishing. This is the key step for restoring the paint color to a rich, swirl-free high gloss luster. Rod pointed out that not all products labeled "polish" are pure polishes. Some are abrasive and some are waxes. In other words, read the label. Caveat emptor.
Step 4: Protecting. Applying a barrier coat of waxes, silicones, resins and/or polymers on top of the paint finish to repel contamination and oxidation. Waxes are designed to sacrifice themselves to protect the paint from UV rays, dirt, tar and other contaminants our cars encounter on a daily basis.
Step 5: Maintaining. Removing the daily accumulation of surface contaminants (i.e., diesel exhaust, hard water spots, tar, etc.) as soon as they are discovered, before they have time to bond or etch into the paint finish. Rod referenced the various one-step cleaners or quick detailing sprays that are ideal for this task. He also emphasized the importance of this step in keeping a sharp car looking sharp all the time.
In addition to providing a thorough explanation of each step and using Judy Roth's beautifully maintained 190E 2.3-16V as an example, Rod showed us numerous detailing secrets. Due to space limitations, however, I am not able to expound upon them here. He also did an excellent job of maintaining the focus of his presentation on detailing, and not restoration - which is an entirely different subject matter. So for the novice or uninitiated, this seminar was a good, basic introduction to the cathartic world of automotive detailing without being too overwhelming. And for anyone with more than a fundamental understanding of detailing, it offered helpful, specific and informative cleaning tips, suggestions and ideas.
As a self-professed anal-retentive motorcycle/automotive detailer, I am probably a little more critical of another expert's techniques than a dispassionate owner. But I was hard pressed to find much fault with Rod's method, system or approach to cleaning cars. This is one seminar I'll plan on attending annually - or more frequently, if enough of us can convince Bruce to organize these seminars more regularly. Is monthly too often?
| Bill Shaw |
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yourself, buckled into the cockpit of a Mercedes-Benz AMG, thundering down the high-speed stretches and corners of a world-class racetrack. No stop signs. No speed limits. You slip behind the wheel of one of the world's most enviable, high-powered street machines, and put your driving skills to the ultimate test. This is the AMG Challenge.
The AMG Challenge is your chance to indulge in an exhilarating racing experience. Your $850 admission gets you an unforgettable day filled with on-track driving clinics led by top professionals, plus a chance to drive a variety of AMG vehicles including the high-performance SL55 and the fastest Mercedes-Benz production car of all time - the new E55.
Using code 21413P register now for one or more of the AMG Challenges listed below, and you'll be in for the ride of your life!
| Date | Location | Track |
| May 9 | New York Area | Pocono Raceway |
| May 21 | Florida | Daytona Raceway |
| June 21 | New York Area | Lime Rock Park |
| August 8 | Los Angeles | California Speedway |
| August 15 | Los Angeles | California Speedway |
| August 28 | San Francisco | Infineon Raceway |
To register or learn more about the AMG Challenge call 1-877-295-7115.
Curry's Auto Service Rolls out the Red Carpet
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Abel, the Director of Service at Curry's Auto Service, had the entire staff of the Chantilly location cleaning and polishing days in advance of our arrival bright and early the morning of March 1. It was quite a contrast to enter the brightly lit, spotless shop after driving through the dingy, gray, snirt (snow + dirt) covered streets to get there. Curry's made half a dozen lifts available to use for our Fluids Only Tech Session and pre-event safety inspections for those going to Summit Point.
After getting things started for us, host Matt Curry had to leave to for a live appearance on the Pat Goss radio program. Several radios were tuned up, and we worked on our cars while Matt's conversation with Pat filled the air. Matt showed up again later with bags of bagels to help us catch a second wind.
Two very able techs helped our members and also performed the safety inspections. Austin Ley "walked" Charles Gainor through the brake system on Charles' S420, examining and explaining from the rotors to the master cylinder. Austin also gave Bill and Debbie Repass' 1972 280SE a thorough safety inspection. As Austin pointed out, the older the car, the more things that need to be checked closely.
Galin Rierson, another Curry's tech, also inspected a number of cars for the drivers' training session. Galin helped Dave Seiler sort out the self-leveling rear suspension on Dave's recently acquired 1991 300TE. Intrepid Dave took a crash self-study course in the section's brake fluid pressure bleeder, and is now qualified as an instructor. He also thoroughly checked the underside of the car for leaks - his first real chance to do so since the purchase.
Bill Shaw, the "hospitality manager" at Curry's shuffled cars in and out to help keep the lifts full and our club member smiling; including DIYers (do-it-yourselfers) Hendrik and Mark Bakker, who changed the oil on Hendrik's beautiful 1999 E-Class. DDIYer (don't-do-it-yourselfer) Harry Newman, section vice president, had Curry's bleed his brakes and do a safety inspection. Our section president, Joe Wozney, stopped by to provide quality control for the coffee and bagels.
We would like to thank Matt, Vernon, Bill, Austin, Galin, and all the others at Curry's Auto Service for providing such a great opportunity to work on our vehicles, and for lending a skilled hand and trained eye whenever it was needed. It really was the Red Carpet treatment.
| Steve Walters |
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you think that parking is tough in New York City or Washington DC, you should see the mess in London.
Ah yes, London, that great imperial city, sans empire. She is the capital of a country that, though victorious in a succession of wars, has been denuded of 95% of its former territory and most of its manufacturing industries. Mighty England, upon whose possessions the sun once-upon-a-time never set, is now but a lonely twinkle in an emerald sea. Yet the London of the 21st Century is, indeed, a jolly place to visit. Since Britain has become integrated in the European Community the quality of comestibles has vastly improved. Now delicacies from France, Italy, and Greece have supplanted kidney pie, bangers and warm beer. There is indeed culinary life in the charming back streets of Mayfair and Shepherd's Market.
I happened to find myself in London in connection with writing an article on the subject of sporting shotguns made by the firms Holland & Holland and Purdeys. Visiting the workshops and smithies of these two purveyors of fine double guns was a real treat, as was the opportunity to break clay targets with a $40,000 smoothbore on the grouse moors. I stayed at the Hyde Park Gate pied-a-terre of my kinsman, Molly Dichov, just off Kensington Gardens.
Whenever I travel I am always captivated by the automotive scene in the countries I visit. I can remember the first time I was in Great Britain back in the '70s when it was a land of Austins, Morris Minors, Daimler Majestics, Vandenplas Princesses, Hillmans, MGs, yes, and Coventry cats. Things are very different now.
The upscale English neighborhoods are awash in BMWs, Audis, Porsches and starships. The middle classes drive Volkswagens, Peugeots and Fiats. Only the ubiquitous London cabs remind the visitor of the frumpy, traditional England of yore. But even these relics of ancient Albion are now powered by Nissan diesels. Sic transit gloria auto-mundi!
Because of the parking crisis in the city my old London friend and fellow Benz enthusiast, George Jerjian, drives an A-Class Mercedes. His A190 is a commodious four-door sedan with the road footprint of a telephone booth. Despite its upright and unconventional dimensions, the A car has good perfomance, road holding and economy. George took me for my first ride in one of these new starships. I was pleasantly impressed as we tooled through byways, negotiated traffic snarls and sped down the high road. But most noteworthy was the ability of George's A190 to park in a motorcycle sized spot in front of his favorite tondoori restaurant! If the A-Class Mercedes automobiles come to these shores I am certain that they will meet with great success in our crowded urban areas. Three 5-passenger A cars can park in the place vacated by a single Ford Expedition or Chevy Suburban. And the boxy Mercedes really is much more fun to drive than an outsized utility vehicle!
After parking the A190, George, cousin Molly and I enjoyed the opulent, oriental splendor in the private dining room of a notable Indian restaurant while we sampled the finest creations from the subcontinent. I felt thoroughly seduced by the luxuriant trappings of the old raj and the prosperous atmosphere of this cosmopolitan, mercantile metropolis.
The restaurant's own resident swami joined our party for a while. This colorful, Punjabi gentleman did not entertain us with fortune telling or some such charlatanry. Rather we engaged in a brief serious discussion about the future and the past; about the fate of England and the world. I was taken aback when he told us the story of a 16th Century Irish witch who foretold that the greatness of England would come and go with Elizabeth. After the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 and with the continuing preeminence of England, nobody took the Hibernian hag's prophecy very seriously... that is not for 350 years, until the unraveling of Albion during the reign of Elizabeth II.
| John Kuhn Bleimaier |
450SL, 1974: Chocolate brown/fawn. Both tops. Exc. condition. Runs great. Garaged/covered. 106k miles. W/hardtop storage rack/windscreen. Nothing needed. Call Linda at 703-754-3329.
280SL, 1983: Champagne/dk. brown leather. Both tops. Conv. German to US spec. Auto. 6-cyl. 185 HP. ABS, heated seats, folding rear seats. Prof. maint./garaged. 63.5k miles. Asking $17,000. Call Rosalia at 410-987-0255.
560SEC, 1988: Smoke silver. 51k miles. Maint. to highest standards by EuroMotorcars. Back seats never used! Mouton carpets. Always garaged, rare winter use, perfect eng/susp. $24,000. Call George at 202-623-1839 or 301-963-2911.
300SL, 1991: Teal blue/parchment. Two tops, hardtop stand, 6-disk CD, always garaged and covered, new Michelins, detailed weekly, absolute showroom cond. Only 59k miles. Asking $29,000. Call John at 703-768-1073.
E320, 1994: Smoke silver/parchment. 144k miles. ASR. Dealer maintained. No accidents, no tears on leather. Carpet excellent. $8400 obo. Too many cars! Call Matt at 703-431-8429.
CLK430, 2000: Silver/dark gray interior. 24.7k miles. New tires, Bose sound, multi-CD, moon roof. Exc. condition. Maint. by EuroMotorcars. Original owner. Free Carfax Vehicle Report. Moving in two months. $37,500. Pictures available upon request. Call Brad at 301-529-4634.
Wheels: 2 factory alloys w/worn tires from 1993 300D 2.5. Car sold. Offer. Deliver 60 mi. of Balt. Call Mike at 410-790-8188 or 410-525-7333.
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