Long time Viewer, First time Poster. Pics of my Benz..
I am a huge fan of this forum. I literally spend hours a day viewing the archives finding out new and fascinating things about my car. I am currently 19 years old and own a 1988 420 SEL. Before this I owned a 1986 420 SEL that my Father gave me as a 16th birthday present. I had just got my license and my first car was a Mercedes. I was in love with the car and everything about it. About a year after I got it I made the mistake of letting my girlfriend drive on Valentines Day on the way to school. Being it Valentines Day I had bought her balloons which were in the backseat. Somehow the backseat door flew open and the balloons started go out. She turned around and instead of looking at the road she ended up going head on with a semi-truck.The car was destroyed, but we came out unscathed. I knew if I had gotten any other car I could have been seriously hurt. Since that day I vowed I would get another Mercedes similar to that one which was so viciously taken away. After 2 and a half years I finally discovered one that was at a Mercedes mechanic shop in North Phoenix. It was the mechanics 88 420 SEL that he was looking to sell. I got it for a flat $5000. I has 150000 miles but the timing chain has been replaced and a valve job was done. The interior and exterior of this car is imaculate and I couldn't be happier. I've had the car for about 2 months and have driven it to Vegas and California with no problems. I get compliments on it everyday of how well kept the car is. I love this car and plan on keeping it a long time. Thanks to this forum I've learned great techniques on cleaning it and maintaining my car. One thing I've noticed that seems to be unique about my car is that the headlight wipers are black instead of the standard gray. I think they look a lot better as black and I was wondering if any of you have seen this elsewhere. Thank you guys for everything and maybe I'll see you around sometime.
David
Last edited by david26209 : 06-19-2006 at 01:55 AM.
Hey congrats on having an amazing car! and Yay for all us young guys with a Benz. Thats why no woman will ever drive my car, we are having a thred about it at teh moment in the W140 section. Love your car looks good got any plans for it?
Real nice, I like the all black body
I painted my headlight wipers black, along with the grille, bumpers, sidepanels and door mirrors
I think you should pull the grille insert and paint it black too
welcome to the forum... you have a very nice w126!
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I am a huge fan of this forum. I literally spend hours a day viewing the archives finding out new and fascinating things about my car. I am currently 19 years old and own a 1988 420 SEL. Before this I owned a 1986 420 SEL that my Father gave me as a 16th birthday present. I had just got my license and my first car was a Mercedes. I was in love with the car and everything about it. About a year after I got it I made the mistake of letting my girlfriend drive on Valentines Day on the way to school. Being it Valentines Day I had bought her balloons which were in the backseat. Somehow the backseat door flew open and the balloons started go out. She turned around and instead of looking at the road she ended up going head on with a semi-truck.The car was destroyed, but we came out unscathed. I knew if I had gotten any other car I could have been seriously hurt. Since that day I vowed I would get another Mercedes similar to that one which was so viciously taken away. After 2 and a half years I finally discovered one that was at a Mercedes mechanic shop in North Phoenix. It was the mechanics 88 420 SEL that he was looking to sell. I got it for a flat $5000. I has 150000 miles but the timing chain has been replaced and a valve job was done. The interior and exterior of this car is imaculate and I couldn't be happier. I've had the car for about 2 months and have driven it to Vegas and California with no problems. I get compliments on it everyday of how well kept the car is. I love this car and plan on keeping it a long time. Thanks to this forum I've learned great techniques on cleaning it and maintaining my car. One thing I've noticed that seems to be unique about my car is that the headlight wipers are black instead of the standard gray. I think they look a lot better as black and I was wondering if any of you have seen this elsewhere. Thank you guys for everything and maybe I'll see you around sometime.
David
YOUR passion & comitment for the cars we love ....almost brought me to tears.
It's clear that YOU appreciate the finer things in life.
Your ride is amazing...& I hope you post your tities off on the board.
Really nice car! You do not need euro lights (I have them) because the standard turn signal lights accent your front plates.
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