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    Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/11/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    I think perhpas I should paint the valve covers of all of my vehicles pink, sort of the clunker equvalent of wearing a pink ribbon. Perhaps I'll display a pink valve cover on my desk at work. Hey, we should start a movement- everyone who is/ was opposed to this nonsense should go to their nearest junkyard/ scrap pile/ garage and find a valve cover, any old unused valve cover, paint it pink, and display it prominently.

    This could also be a LeMons punishment- welding a pink valve cover to your engine hood.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    10/11/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House

    I know Matt did this list once before, but here is my analysis of the 12 cars that should have never been traded. Read all about the Dirty Dozen.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/11/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    This is almost as sad as seeing a gorgeous W126 560SEC (black on black, only a little bit of rust bubbling) get traded in on a Chevy Equinox. Almost.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/11/09

    @Maymar: I don't think that could be a C4C trade-in, though. The Equinox, in addition to being an aggresively mediocre vehicle, also gets, as I understand it, fairly unspectacular fuel economy.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/12/09

    @mechimike: It wasn't - I'm Canadian (so no C4C), and this would've been about a year and a half ago, when I worked at a Chevy dealer. It's just the ignominy that something so spectacularly meh could replace something that was once standard of the world. It'd be like a fourth Godfather movie, with Ben Stiller playing Michael Corleone.
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    Image of John Depietro John Depietro
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    I took advantage and got so many parts for my '85 W126 300SD. My local junk yard let me take all I could carry for $100. I went back three times and he looked the other way while I carried crate after crate of parts I needed. Long Live the W126 300SD. If you've never driven one try it. Few modern cars have the same plush ride combined with excellent road feel. They true classics.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    I could probably collect enough body and trim pieces to restore my 300 SD five times over.

    I wonder if my local yards would allow me to bring a roll-off bin into the parking lot...
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    Image of .357 .357
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    If I was in charge of Cash for Clunkers, I would send these cars to places such as Africa or India. Places where a nice 80's Benz would be greatly appreciated. It amazes me how much consumerism is our society.
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    Image of Adam Adam
    10/10/09

    @.357: That defeats the entire purpose of the program, which is to reduce emissions. By giving them to other countries, you would be increasing emissions. Sure, it's charitable, but this wasn't a charity program, it was an environmental program. Giving them away would mean there would be 1 new car AND 1 old car on the road, instead of only 1 new car. It's sad at first glance, but it makes sense if you think about it.
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    skitter promoted this comment Adam was starred Adam was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @Adam: So why not pass on the inefficient, but very clean running Explorers and Tahoes to countries where they could replace even more inefficient, emissions-less, incomplete combusting, oil burning two strokes? The program was indefensibly flawed.
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    Image of GtAkReYz GtAkReYz
    10/10/09

    @Adam: It may seem obvious from an environmental viewpoint, but do you imagine the tremendous increase in quality of life for those people that this would mean? I am a concerned environmentalist (no matter how incongruous that may be with my passion for cars), but above all I strive for the greater good of mankind. And these cash-for-clunkers programs have yet to demonstrate to be sustainable, seeing as I have never seen the calculation of the environmental costs of introducing a brand new vehicle in the planet, when older vehicles could do the same.

    I believe that the most important reason behind these programs is actually to jumpstart the economy by getting people to spend money that they weren't interested in spending right now, which is basically what is causing this whole crisis, at least in Europe: money isn't circulating as it should because people are afraid to buy at the moment.
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    skitter promoted this comment GtAkReYz was starred GtAkReYz was unstarred
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    10/10/09

    @GtAkReYz: ...but above all I strive for the greater good of mankind.

    That's worth a heartclick, even though you already had one.
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    Image of RagtagOperation RagtagOperation
    10/10/09

    @skitter: Then it would be described as inexcusable waste during the crisis of a recession instead of humanitarian charity. That's the politics game!
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @RagtagOperation: Then it would be recognized as an inexcusable waste during the crisis of a recession.
    /well played, cheers
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    Image of Adam Adam
    10/15/09

    @skitter: Then you'd have to make sure those two strokes got destroyed. #clunkpocalypse
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    10/15/09

    @GtAkReYz: "I strive for the greater good of mankind" What's better for mankind, improving the quality of life of some people by giving them old cars, or keeping the earth around longer? If you can agree to the argument that more efficient cars are better for the environment, then keeping old cars on the road is worse in the long run for the planet, which is worse for everyone. #clunkpocalypse
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    How the mighty hath fallen.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    My hooptie is a Benzo!

    Seriously, even if I could have afforded, in good conscience, something new when C4C was in full-swing, I don't think my '95 W124 3.2L sedan qualified. Hell, it returns 23-26 MPG on a mostly-clogged freeway commute.

    Plus, I'd have taken a step down in quality, regardless of the replacement.

    The interior is freakin' immaculate, though I am trying to find the part responsible for a misfiring cylinder #1. New plugs? Check. New wires (one coil per 2 cylinders)? Check.

    85% better, but still there. A downside of the ultra-smooth I6 engine is you can feel even the hint of a hiccup.

    Sure, reverse doesn't work on my car unless it's below-freezing or you rev the engine to 5K...but this merely means planning ahead is rewarded by not having to push.

    I wish there were a gaggle of them somewhere in the D/FW-area...I could use some inexpensive parts...a transmisssion is high on the list, of course.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/10/09

    @brake booster by Lucas...I'd better get religion!:
    "Sure, reverse doesn't work on my car unless it's below-freezing or you rev the engine to 5K...but this merely means planning ahead is rewarded by not having to push."

    Lol!
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    Image of alfasud alfasud
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    My uncle-in-law clunkered his 260E for a Hyundai Sonata. I'm pissed because -

    A: A Sonata? Really?
    B: I work at a Volvo dealership. He couldn't have bought a Volvo.

    To be fair, his car did have 285,000 miles on it and the transmission was in bad, baaaad shape.

    But c'mon.
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    Image of duurtlang duurtlang
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House

    Every time you clunk a perfectly good eighties Mercedes you kick 10 angry Middle-Eastern men in the nuts, which is not smart.

    (picture taken in 2006)
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/10/09

    @duurtlang: They do seem to like their Mercs in M.East don't they?
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    That's a whole lot of medallions for my gangsta necklace there. I don't know why, but I've always been aggressively indifferent to M-B sedans.
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    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    10/10/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
    Agreed. I never found those to be attractive or exciting in any way. I think the general indifference is the reason why these cars ended up in the junkyard anyways.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    That does it. I will now feel no guilt about LeMonsing a neglected, but once special car.
    ...
    That's not true. Even on a race track, I would feel bad sending of one of these to meet its maker.
    Damn you, Carpocalypse!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    10/10/09

    @skitter: You are forgetting that one of these on the race track would be, though somewhat ponderous, completely indestructible. Race it ten times and then sell it to the kid down the street for twice what you paid for it.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @A strolling player: There was an AMG'd V8 W123 rotting under a tree that was just too rare and unusual to justify stripping out and possibly grenading. Though it reminds me that while casually looking for Atlanta flood cars, I should redouble my efforts for flooded project cars.
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    Image of Bustedknuckles Bustedknuckles
    10/10/09

    @skitter: Really? A V8 W123? And an AMG to boot? I vote shenanigans. You meant W126 I'm sure.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @Bustedknuckles: You may be right, but I recall both a V8 and the older body style, which left me puzzled on what to report here.
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    Image of straight6 straight6
    10/10/09

    @skitter: Could´ve been a 400/420E, don´t know if they were sold in th US. I presume it was not one of the Porsche- built 500 E?

    BTW: My 260E is still running strong at 420k. Well, actually not really strong, but it´s a feature, not a failure.
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    skitter promoted this comment straight6 was starred straight6 was unstarred
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    10/10/09

    @straight6: No, I would have recognized one of those and gone all dewy-eyed. This was blue, two door, V8, and I'm 90% that sealed beam headlights were not involved. Hell of a patina.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/16/09

    In reply to Dutch Royal Family Restores 1985 Mercedes 380 SEL Caruna
    I wholeheartedly approve.
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    Image of ekimap ekimap
    06/16/09

    In reply to Dutch Royal Family Restores 1985 Mercedes 380 SEL Caruna
    Oh gimme, please. But repaint it in black and give me an elevated center rear seat for me to wave to the masses from.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    06/16/09

    @ekimap: Blue is part of the exceptional taste of the Royal Dutch Family.

    Black wouldn´t stand it out of the crowd of Royals.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    06/16/09

    In reply to Dutch Royal Family Restores 1985 Mercedes 380 SEL Caruna
    Queen Beatrix used to drive a Volvo Amazon when she still was a princess.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/16/09

    @BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: and her father prins Bernhard this little car..


    he lived on to take all that money from Lockheed... and then drove this:


    Actually that was before Lockheed...

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