Stone2486

I was wondering if any of you knew about any Mercedes-benz or German only car clubs in the Boston are.

MB300AMG

Unfortunately no, but i'd definitely join if you created one : )

JFOUR

German Car Day will be at the Larz Anderson Museum on June 20th and Mercedes Day is on October 3rd!

http://www.larzanderson.org/Topics/T...ndarEventId=36
http://www.larzanderson.org/Topics/T...darEventId=104

Stone2486

Well I would be interested in starting one but I wouldnt mind a little help haha

MB300AMG

Oh yeah definitely i'd love to help. I do have exams until May 8th though so i'd have to strategically plan any organizational work haha

Drove my car 256 miles today, up to and around Hampton, New Hampshire and Porthsmouth, Maine and back. Runs like a champ!

Stone2486

I see your a student at BU, what town are you from if you dont mind me asking.

BAPHA

MB300AMG, what are you studying at BU? SMG?

MB300AMG

I was born in Germany and have moved around a lot, so i've moved a lot internationally and in the U.S. and for college my family moved back to Boston because my sister is attending Suffolk University in Boston while I attend BU. At the moment I live on campus, but our temporary home is Hyde Park. My parents are looking to move north of Boston sometime in the near future.

MB300AMG

I am a History and International Relations major and am now doing a dual-degree program with Journalism (I watched too much Top Gear and read too many car magazines so I got into it haha).

Stone2486

haha small world I went to Suffolk University, and live just north of Boston.

BAPHA

Small world indeed...I asked because I went to BU

MB300AMG

Oh sweet! What did you study at Suffolk?

My sister is studying International Business and lives at home so she commutes in. She's going to Tokyo for a year and seems to enjoy Suffolk, though it seems to be harder to make good friends since most people commute.

MB300AMG

Nice! What did you study at BU? Did you enjoy your time at BU?

Stone2486

Yea it is a bit harder to make good friends there, I went for business but didn’t really like it there to much. I ended up leaving there after 2 years I didn’t really like the idea of sitting behind a desk so I went to a school for automotive technology instead. So now I get to work on cars and I love it. if I finished up at Suffolk I don’t think I would have ever gotten the chance to work on some of that cars I have so far.

55fanatic

Hey guys check out yuppieracing.net

There is a group on there that goes to shows. I wont say we are necessarily a car club, or european only/german only car club but I can say that we have the hottest cars in boston.

Most of our cars hail from Europe... Modded 996 and 997TTs, a CL500, S65, Dinan E39 M5, a bunch of E92 M3s, a bunch of E46M3s, ferraris, lambos, an R8, S5, a bunch of GTR's etc etc etc

You get the idea... check us out, we also put together the local boston cars and coffee events. Most of the site is composed of young professionals, who enjoy going for drives, going to shows, hanging out, etc. We have lots of regular events at Super88(near BU), Sonic, and BBQ/Wash nights at a shop in Acton.

There are a couple events coming up next weekend if you guys are interested

http://forums.yuppieracing.net/showthread.php?t=3715

albertb

I'm interested in Boston car clubs too. I'm about to check out Yuppieracing.net. I've been to two Cars and Coffee meets around here and the cars have been amazing!!

Also a coincidence along with the rest of you I graduated from BU as well!

55fanatic

we have a ton of BU students in our group

BAPHA

albertb, this is a lucky guess but are you by any chance SMG '08 alum (I am) ?
MB300AMG, I studied finance & information systems and I really enjoyed the school. I commuted so I feel I maybe missed out on some of the fun and camaraderie that you can have and build if you stay on campus but oh well, still got a degree, so I cannot complain.

Stone2486

55Fanatic thanks for showing me that site I just became a member on the fourm. I'm going to try to make it to that open house on May 2nd.

albertb

No not me. I didn't have a Benz when I went to BU plus I graduated from Computer Science a few years ago. Must have been someone else!

55fanatic

hey Stone, glad to see you over there, maybe we'll see you at some of the events this weekend

MB300AMG

Yeah I know what you mean. I think BU in general is a pretty hard place to get settled into and it's really your friends which make it worthwhile. I had a pretty crappy time the first year (bad roommate, sucky friends) but once I found my good friends second year it's been a million times better. In a big way it's those late night outtings and conversations with friends that have really changed my college experience for the better.

MB300AMG

Wow that's awesome! I'm actually kind of jealous since you get to work on cars while i'm off writing papers haha! I plan to go to law school, but I have now taken up journalism as a fall back or as a hobby. Maybe I can get a position as an automotive journalist if I get really lucky, who knows.

Where did you transfer to? Was it still in Boston/Massachusetts?

MB300AMG

Hey 55Fanatic, I want to sign up for the website and it says to mention who referred you, but i'm not sure what your username on the website is. Mind telling me so I can give you the credit?

Also Stone, what is your name on the forum?

I'm glad there are a lot of BU and Boston people on this forum. I was starting to think that I was one of the lonely few.

Speaking of Boston...anybody else's car taken a beating from the potholes? My dad and sister have been driving my car while I was away (my parents now live about half an hour away from BU so I keep the car at theirs most of the time) and they don't care for the car as well as I do, so they've hit quite a few potholes and it looks like my rims have especially taken quite a beating. The car was spotless in Florida when I lived there and all the way up here, but because of Boston's generally bad drivers and the bad roads my car has suffered quite a lot.

Obviously i'm angry, but i'll be returning the car pretty soon when my dad gets his new car. My sister is going to Japan and my dad is having a dispute with the bank, so he wants to return it and then buy new cars when his payments come in and I work for him some more this summer.

But back on topic, anybody else's car taking a beating from Boston's crappy roads?

Stone2486

everybodys cars take a beating in the boston are trust me. i have never seen so many cracked and bent lims in my life. it also doesnt help that almost all of the mercedes run a low profile tire haha. i have learned that when driving my car to go nice and slow and just learn where the pot holes are. its kind of like driving through a mine field that never ends.