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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 01:25 PM
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w202 best smelling car?

my long departed w202 sport was the best smelling car of any i've had.
reminded me of freshly ground coffee..have owned and sat in plenty of hi end cars since, and cannot duplicate. any one have same observation?
i should know the answer, as i did buy the dang thing, but did MY'99 sport have full leather, or did i like MB-Tex?
just curious.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 02:06 PM
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Methinks you spilled coffee somewhere, and never cleaned it up :P
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 02:36 PM
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Methinks you spilled coffee somewhere, and never cleaned it up :P
nope! been there done that, believe me, not a good thing.
the 'good' coffee smell was there in the showroom car too.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 03:14 PM
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i bought my w202 from a jago but he was in anaheim not long island. kinda neat.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 04:20 PM
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i bought my w202 from a jago but he was in anaheim not long island. kinda neat.
mine was leased. prob would.ve kept it but buyback would've put me too far underwater.

you know, speaking of LI sellers, i saw a white/char c230 sport my00. f/s in newsday, left him 3 calls to no avail. too bad looked like a nice car, 27k miles, too.
any one here grab it? seller in 516.
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mine smells like sex and sometimes drugs... yeah gotta have the drugs
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