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 Good Morning Guys,it´s been a hot and sticky night - too warm for poor little me to get a good sleep.Janie, I am going for coffee, lotsa coffee and a hearty breakfast with buck wheat pancakes, sausages, bacon and scrambled eggs, please.Yeah, it is an old Mercedes-Benz and it is still in a pretty good shape, given its age. In a few years, it´ll start to be a collector´s item, as they are getting rare on our roads these days. The ones being on the market are bought by African traders and shipped to Africa, where they will be in service for many years to come. That model was the last of those "Benzes", which were built like a Tiger Tank heading for El Alamein, the thereafter following generations  are not up to the level of built-quality any longer.I must have received a dozen or so calls from those African traders so far. The conversation over the phone is like this:Nice car? Yes, very nice car, clean and in good shape! Your price? As advertised! Is last price? Yes! Click! I have heard stories, that they sell a car for 10 times as much as they paid for it. Some years ago, all our old Benzes went to Poland (not always having been paid for) and Eastern Europe, but now it´s Africa. Parting from it will be a little difficult for me, but it has to be. We need a car, which Petra also likes to drive. I am looking for a used Toyota or Suzuki, as they have a good reputation of building long lasting cars.Todd - I haven´t thought of the WS concrete paint. Faller used to make one, which was simply a light gray. I did not like it at all, because it was, how to say that - well, just gray.  You all have a rewarding day!P.S. has anybody heard a word from Sam? Or Bama?
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