A Pale Yellow 1989 Mercedes Benz 300E was my first car. Having a Benz as a teenager was pretty cool but the car was kind of old and crappy. The color was a faded pale yellow that had been sun beaten unevenly such that the car looked as if it was painted white and had been pissed on. It was a reliable car, when I got it the factory stereo didn’t work so I had a cheap Alpine head unit installed with two cheap 8″ Subwoofers mounted in tubes and driven by a low end Alpine amp.
Though it was rear wheel drive I had studded snow tires installed in the winter and it went pretty damn good in the snow. If I got on it a little too hard the rear wheels would peel out and shower sparks from the studs which was always entertaining, as were the headlight wipers.
The power Antenna broke and I couldn’t afford to fix it, the Air Conditioning broke and I couldn’t afford to fix it and then something under the engine broke and cost around $900 to repair, after which I decided to get a new car, having only owned it for two years.
I really enjoyed the way the car handled, the way the power came from the rear, and amenities like the power sunroof and powerful stereo system.
I don’t have any pictures of my car but here is other one that is identical to the one I had:
Before I sold it I had big plans to start saving money to paint it black and put an AMG Body kit on it to make it look like an AMG Hammer
Thinking back on it now, it probably would make a pretty damn cool car even by today’s standards.
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