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| NorthseaRoughneck Extreme Veteran  Date registered: May 2006 Location: Berghem, the Netherlands Vehicle(s): 300GD SWB - 300GD LWB Posts: 538  | Going over the top in taking care of my 300GD!? Hey everyone, Been away for a while. You know, the usual things ... work, holiday, snowboarding  Here's a little story of how my 300GD experienced the greater things in life ... unlike me and my girlfriend. The 3 of us, being my Girlfriend, myself and our 300GD, had decided that it was time for a little trip and so off we went towards Andorra. My girlfriend had booked us a nice 2 star hotel about 15 meters from the cabin lift so what could go wrong. Nothing ... except for the minor issue that the hotel had no parking space at all. None what so ever. The girl from reception had two options for us: 1) A parking garage (still under construction) opposite the hotel and; 2) Ask for permission to park the car in the underground parking of a neighboring hotel First we checked out option #1 but with prices of €1,80 per hour that was a no go. For the non mathemagicians amongst us that would have worked out to a staggering €302,40 for parking your car  Okay, on to option #2 ... the neighboring hotel. Yes, sure you can park your car in our parking garage. That'll cost you €18,00 a day. €126,00 sounds better and since it was already 22:45 and we had driven +/- 1350 KM's non stop we quickly decided to go for this option. Filled out the paperwork, obtained the digital code, paid the fees and off we were towards our hotel room for a good nights rest. Once in bed it struck me ... for the next 7 nights me and my girlfriend would spend the night in a €50,00 p/night two star hotel as where our 300GD would spend these same 7 nights in a €18,00 p/night FOUR star hotel  We had a good laugh about it that night before we drifted off into the land of dreams. The next day we both seriously considered to cancel our reservation at the two star hotel and just sleep in the back of our 300GD while it was parked in it's four star underground parking space. Unfortunately for us in this case ... my 300GD is a short wheel based G which is just a tat too small for comfortable nights in the back. Anyway, we had a great time snowboarding in Andorra and driving around with our G in winter wonder land. Regards, NorthseaRoughneck PS: Special thanks to Mortinson and the Club Mercedes G España members who gave me some tips on snowboard locations   | |
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| DesertStar Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500 Posts: 2156  | RE: Going over the top in taking care of my 300GD!? Nice story. I bet the cost was close to the same when you add the "feeding" (fueling) the 300GD, your girlfriend and yourself ? Mike | |
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| spots350sl Veteran Date registered: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Vehicle(s): 2003 G500, 1972 350SL Posts: 222  | ||
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| Dr. Rob Veteran Date registered: Nov 2006 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Vehicle(s): 280GE LWB, 280E Ambulance Posts: 216 | ||
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| Ed Mclass Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Vehicle(s): 1958 180a, 2010 GLK, 2000 G 500, 2005 SLK 350 Posts: 1215  | ||
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| hus55 Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: north cyprus,lapta. Vehicle(s): 300GDS, G300 LONG,300GDT CLK55 AMG CAB. Posts: 2230 | ||
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| NorthseaRoughneck Extreme Veteran Date registered: May 2006 Location: Berghem, the Netherlands Vehicle(s): 300GD SWB - 300GD LWB Posts: 538 | Off topic but as requested ... some snowboarding pictures NorthseaRoughneck - 3/29/2007 5:55 PM Alright then ... First one is my Girlfriend (whom I know you are all interested in anyway's ) She only started snowboarding this year.  The second one is me.  Also if you follow this link ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8AJdcnw4A ... you'll see a video which my girlfriend made when I was going down this small hill No seriously, it wasn't me but check it out because what this guy (Terje Håkonsen) is doing is INSANE  !!! Wish I could ride my snowboard the way he does  Regards, NorthseaRoughneck | |
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| hus55 Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: north cyprus,lapta. Vehicle(s): 300GDS, G300 LONG,300GDT CLK55 AMG CAB. Posts: 2230 | RE: Going over the top in taking care of my 300GD!? in one word........ AWESOME the video......ofcourse! (she looks kind of sweet too, although she is all dressed to slide!!;) ) (by the way i have had a hardtop fitted to my red cabrio in n-cyprus.i will post pix asap.jump seats for the boot and aircon are next on the list!.....if i sprayed it black would she be upset?) rgds hus | |
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| gwagen460swb Extreme Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE Posts: 513 | ||
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| mortinson Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Madrid, España Vehicle(s): '98 G300TD LWB, '98 E300TD Saloon Posts: 1355 | RE: Going over the top in taking care of my 300GD!? NorthseaRoughneck - 3/28/2007 10:44 PM PS: Special thanks to Mortinson and the Club Mercedes G España members who gave me some tips on snowboard locations Entirely undeserved but I am glad you enjoyed your holidays! Edited by mortinson 3/29/2007 1:31 PM | |
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