"I think the W123 climate servo is proof that MBZ doesn't have a viable drug prevention program" - Hermann Oberth "If you thrive on adventure buy a car off eBay" - Bill Reimels "Every Mercedes has its own version of the W108 heater blower motor" - Bill Wachsmuth Is the FUSE perfect? - Marshall BOOTH "When George Murphy recommends something please remember he is an ex power plant plumber and has never worked as a mechanic." -Stu Ritter It is amazing how much rust and bondo you can buy for only $1500" - Tom Savage ¡Ha! El individuo de la ciudad piensa coyotes es perros. - Gas station attendant making a snide comment to his assistant when Gary Hurst asked "what's with all these dogs?" in the Mohave desert on his cross country 6.3 trek. They were of course coyotes. Dec/2002. I've owned MANY Mercedes. With every major body/style change, they become less of a car, and more of a gadget. I'm stopping at the 126 chassis. That's pretty much the last Mercedes that gives the DIY a fighting chance. - Todd Knutson "Suburbans are not suv's. They have been around since Sport Utility Vehicle, was what Ovid called phallatiao while ridding on the shoulders of a full figure Galatian Nymph." - Rocketman "Again blooms the cherry tree, Dreams of Summer in Kyoto, I was young she was paid" - Rocketman "What a fool" - Stu Ritter Commenting on Hursts 6.3 cross country extravoganza. Yeah, Stu's a real fucking genius, but he still walks out of the men's room with toilet paper stuck to his shoe. - Bill Reimels. "Slick 50? Oh my. If someone wants to put margarine in their engine, well let them." - Dan Caron "Anytime gasoline is cheaper than designer bottled water, it’s not a big deal." - Eron Shosteck, a spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Remember, every carton of milk we buy for an underprivileged child takes a cigar out of some executives mouth. It all adds up. - Van Knutson "the most important thing about an automobile is character. If a car aint got character it's just a fucking car." - Peter van Rossum "I do hate to interrupt the latest breaking news from Okie central but I'll risk it." - Roger Ellingson "If you're getting brake rotors at the junk yard, there is no hope for dejalopificating your car." - Jaime Kopchinski "I know what the M-100 secret handshake is: The rare and elusive US $1,000 bill. This is just like the secret Masonic handshake. You come up to someone that you suspect may have an M100, and extend your right hand with a $1,000 bill cupped in your hand and smoothly pass it on. If the person looks down, and says "WOW, I've never SEEN so much money in my LIFE", you immediately grab it back and continue on. If they say "Huh, this is what I spent on my turn signal repair", you embrace them warmly." - Todd Knutson "The Mercedes V12 is like getting a tattoo on your Johnsen. It doesn't help your performance but it's fun to wave at the girls." - Rocketman Bite me, monkeyboy. I love Jags as much as I love strippers. Neither possess qualities conducive to long-term association, however. - Steve MacSween For those of you that are ponton freaks like I'm becoming, you'll notice that the accelerator pedal rubber is wrong. - Todd Knutson I don't see how you can buy several of the worlds most prestegious cars. Then leave them in a field to rust. - Rocketman Next time I want to hear from an asshole, I'll eat a bowl of chili - Ruth Ann Wachsmuth You keep up the good work. If I had daughters, I'd want a guy just like you to be banging them. - Johnny B. to BuyMBparts newest employee. You've got, what, seven kids? You don't need Viagra, you need to crush it with a rock lest it rear its ugly head and BOOM you're changing diapers again. - Joel Suttles Sugar is is like a drug. It's like being a coke addict. Like nicotine. Like Alcohol. Every junkie knows to get off the stuff, but most fail in their quest. Sugar and white flour have killed more americans than all the hard drugs combined. You want a better society? Ban wonder bread -- legalize heroin. - Jabba the Hurst Last MBZ trans I rebuilt the master kit was only a hundred or so bucks. The hardest part is the mess. It is worth paying A tranny shop so you don'r smell like a biker for a month. I think at one point in my life rebuilding an automatic was a challenge then it was a necessity The last time it was a mess. - Rocketman y'all are just jealous because I know belong to the elite SL club. - Kaleb Striplin I now have a 560SEC to transport my whims and dreams. Gary Hurst Feh. My pontons will be around well after that AMG motor spins a bearing. - Todd Knutson I see lots of quotes from Todd, but none from me. - Kaleb Striplin Do you think I would get in trouble for buying this car? - Kaleb Striplin Good LORD Kaleb! - Regina Striplin I better lock up all the guns and knives. That just leaves gasoline. - Kaleb Striplin It takes guts to announce to the world your countries citizens blister more animal sexual organs than any other nation on earth. - Richard Sexton Oh Christ one of the scariest things in the engineering world is a programmer with a soldering iron! - John Whitlock about Richard Sexton. Trying to fix social inequities in 'Merica is like beating a dying horse. I should cash out now, move to China, get a small island like Scaramanga and have someone build me a Riva knockoff for a couple hundered bucks. - Rocketman "Following up his smashingly successful "Dude, Yer Car is On Fire: a guide to tuning and rebuilding Zenith Carbs for Mercedes M130 engines", mbz.org is proud to present Jonathan Hodgman's (aka Art Garfunkel, jr) newest technical masterpiece, "Dude, Yer Car Looks Like Ass: a guide to detailing Mercedes Benz W126 cars for pleasure or show." copies are available now through the mbz.org bookshop. as an added bonus, the first 500 copies are signed by the author." - Gary Hurst "Not having room for camping equipment was the drawback to the SLK I didn't buy last fall. The old 107 is still the best off road car." -Rocketman Just remember when you are bottomfeeding on eBay you are going to come across some scum. - Bill Reimels We're witches, not hippies. Try to keep up. No, it's not the same thing. Witches bathe, for one thing. - Ruth Ann Wachsmuth A cheep wire feed splatter maker machine will cost you more in grinders than the price difference of a good welder - Rocketman For those of you not privileged to have experienced the piquant aroma of Rolls-Royce brake/hydraulic fluid, let me tell you it smells like turpentine-scented rotting ass. If it touches your body, just throw your body away. - Lawrence M. Oleksiewicz