Sgt. Schultz

Gentz-

So I'm 3mos new to youses guyses here, starting to settle in some.

10yrs in quattro forums, I've had some amazing experiences with some AMAZING folks from ALL OVER.

The experience I've found is made best by getting to know e/o some - tightens up the community, takes some of the anonymity out of it, and makes our time here more fun. We did this in my last forum and it notably enhanced things from there forward.

It starts with... signatures - might ya consider adding your name to your sig???

Nothing I hate more than trying to converse w/o someone only to have to refer to them as "Mr. Screen Name". Argh! We're all gents here, and should treat each other / act as such... throw your name in there! 8-)

Then... how about a quick reply here with some brief details?:I'll start...

- Paul Krasusky, S600 Sport, 38, Tolland CT, 15yr commercial banker

- enabling wife, 3 kids @ 9/7/7

- major petrolhead, enjoy all things / any things combustion as long as they're not cheesey

- enjoy driving and the visceral thrill it can provide; have run der Nordschleife, Tail of The Dragon, Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, Carolina Motorsports Park, Roebling Road, autoX, iceX, drags, etc.

- been fortunate over the years for seat time in some amazing junk (Maybachs, GT2, GT3RS, 250 Lusso, DBS, etc. etc.) and alllllways looking for more

- birthed //SFest in '02 //SFest.com, 10 consecutitve years now (yikes), had over 1000 attendees from 21 states and 3 Canadian provinces to date

- occassionally write for European Car Magazine, and was just published in Excellence

- grew up (well... not yet but) on enTIREly too much Spaceballs, Airplane, Caddy Shack, Monty Python, Bugs Bunny, Beavis & Butthead etc which has left me w/o my own cognitive ability and renders my posts intentionally vaguely coherent 8-)

- I *thoroughly* enjoy a good laugh, esp @ me own expense

- hope to meet some of you @ gatherings & events!!!

- ps. YABOES!

YOUR TURN!

danlnyc

I guess I'll pitch in on a boring Sunday afternoon lol

- name: Danny Choe
- car: 04 CL55 AMG
- age: 23
- location: Los Angeles/Orange County
- what you do: college student and I do wholesale/retail tire business (mostly Hankooks)
- something interesting about yourself: I used to drive a 98 Toyota Camry that was beatdown to hell before I bought the AMG lol.

02S430

Chris
02 s430
26
NYC/ft lauderdale florida
Work for the city

Enjoy wrenching and modifying my car and helping others fix theirs thinking about changing careers to become a master mechanic for Mercedes.

Becks Imports

Making mental note to stalk Paul.

Bruce

classyS

yeah why not, im always on here

- Jason
- car 2001 s430 sport, bought at 95k; now has 107k
- age 26 (27 this month! jan 24th)
- 1 kid / sexy wife.
- location san antonio, food is good, texas. back to homeland lynnwood, wa in couple months.
- what you do, computers, music, boeing.
- something interesting about yourself - i hate the fact im 5'4" getting out of this car.. im a humble guy and i hate being boring so humor relaxes me.

RedBullJnky

Elliot
04 E55 AMG / 07 CLS 550 / 03 E 500
33 years old
South Florida
Profesional golfer / instuctor

I drag race my car in my spair time and raise 7 kids while I'm happily married.

S600Keith

Oops, double post....

S600Keith

Making a mental note to stalk Elliot...

-I'll make you guess my name...one guess...
-You have to guess my ride, too...one guess... (it's an '03)
-48
-beautiful, sunny Southern California about an hour east of LA
-nurse Care Manager for VA hospital and own 3 elder care facilities
-love to golf (4 HNDCP) and play pool (APA 9 HNDCP). I am a better pool player than golfer even though I golf a LOT more. Live in SoCal because in the Inland Empire where I live there are over 120 golf courses within an hour of my house. Married (25 years this April) with 2 boys 22 and 14

And my name does not start with S...

eFeJota

Hi Paul (formerly known as Sgt. Schultz) and all other named.
Good idea in any case. So:
- name: Francisco Javier (eFeJota are the initials of my first name as it reads in spanish).
- car: Driving a 2003 facelifted W220 S320 SWB CDI (180k miles at the moment).
- age: 37 years old until within a month.
- location: Valencia (Spain).
- hobbies: all sports, especially racket sports.
- work as information and quality systems management and as tennis and paddle coach.
- as I said in a thread, the W220 S-Class is mostly driven by 'old men' in my country. In 20 years driving, I've always liked modifying each car I've had to get more sporty look, and S was not going to be less. I like to modify my car little by little. Next update: a full body kit (similar to AMG sport pack or Neodesign's Sultan II one).

tusabes

George
37
San Francisco CA
attorney
s430, cl500, c36 AMG and 300sl
Im a car nut. Have 15 or so cars. You know you have too many when you dont know exactly how many you own!

MB-Dude

Humor goes a long way in breaking the ice on forums where 99% of the folks hide behind odd and obscure monikers. For that Sarge, you’ve done well. That said, I always sign my posts to add a human aspect and encourage others to do the same.

I'm Jeff Brown, age 56. Which makes me sort of an old school kinda guy. Not shy about it, in fact I subscribe to the adage that 'Old Guys Rule'! My wife and I live in San Antonio, which is truly populated by every non-contestant of The Biggest Loser in America and where there are fewer cars without HC plates than with (local DMV virtually gives ‘em away).

I currently own a beautiful '96 SL600 that I resurrected from the depths of hell and a '05 S55 AMG which is a work in progress. This poor beast was also sliding down the slippery slope of neglect before it got a ‘garage upgrade’ from the previous owner. Guess I’m a sucker for restoration projects. Although no longer in ‘the stable’, I've owned a red '73 450SL (RIP), plain-Jane '79 240D in gorgeous condition (cried when I sold 'er), '86 300E which was the wife’s first taste of a Benz (RIP), '88 420SEL (truly a land yacht!), '94 S320 (sold), '01 ML430 (sold... thank God). So I have experience with quite a few models.

I’m a US Navy veteran (Vietnam-era) but a survivor of Silicon Valley technical management. Travelled extensively in my ‘previous life’ professional life; mainly to Singapore and points SE Asia. Currently retired and enjoying working on my cars, though never seem to have enough time/money/resources. I volunteer at the local USO and am involved with the local MBCA. Technical things intrigue more than cosmetic, so you’ll rarely see me give an op-ed on someone’s trunk-filled boom box, gold-rimmed, dingle-ball-draped purple C230 with flashing blue neon undercarriage ‘look-at-me-I’m-cool’ floaters and windows spray painted opaque black. I’m all for tasteful mods – and mods are in the eye of the owner – but some are over-the-top and down-right ugly… IMHO. But I’ll never comment on it – might be labeled ‘a hater’.

Cheers,
Jeff

Vabene7

+1

MRAMG1

I'll play

name Marty
- car Many, for this board 04 S600 AMG sport package
- age OLD, just had a b-day, 46
- location See sig
- what you do Manager for the local utility
- something interesting about yourself Teach Scuba diving and Road racing whenever I have ANY free time. Not much these days with two small boys and an angry wife when I go out and play, LOL

Used to race for Bridgestone in Formula Fords, and the SCCA in a modded Stang for over a decade. Helped John Vermersch with the orignal Ford Motorsport program back in the 80's.

Did I say I was old, LOL

tasho3

Hello

Tasho
Age: 24
Drive: 2006 S430 with Sport package at the moment
Occupation: Aechitecture student at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Been a Merc enthusiast since I was a kid, and am obsessed with design, in every aspect of it! Also love music, mostly house, and currently dating a ex model

Vabene7

Chris Casale
36 years old
2005 S600
Live in southern coastal New Jersey
2 kids - boy is 16 months / girl is 4 weeks
Corporate Executive Chef
In my younger years I was a professional skier and ski instructor (PSIA Level 1) and competed in the US Extreme Skiing Championships in Crested Butte Colorado (where i was living at the time) in the mid 90's.....no, I didn't win.

Vabene7

Just a side note, I used to have a vacation townhouse in Pembroke Pines on Johnson, just off of Flamingo, behind the Pembroke Lakes Mall....still have it, but just rent it out...I miss the Chicken Kitchen there on Flamingo.
Sorry for derailing the thread......

-Chris

RedBullJnky

Nice hndcp for both. I love to play pool also. I'll give you a holla the next time I have a tournament in Cali.
Nice. I'm just west of 75 on Pines BLVD. I live on the golf course at Grand Palms. Let me know if you ever come down.

Sgt. Schultz

Dewd... NOT DERAILING whatsoever! THIS is the EXACT POINT to this thread!

It's been fun reading the responses thus far... find it funny there's 700 views and only a dozen+ replies. Either a bunch of stalkers (like Brucifer), or a bunch with stagefright / performance anxiety 8-).

Chris, I thought you'd gone quiet lately... d'oh forgot your wife was due last month. CONGRATS! 2 in 16mos? Irish Twins. Yikes! 8-) Hope it's going well. Wow, professional skier - pretty cool.

Marty... ex-racer... awesome!

Jason... lol @ the 5'4" comment... is that you in your sigpic? 8-)

George... 15 cars... love it! Folks used to ask me why I have 3 cars... to which I'd always reply: "because I don't have 5" Keep up the good work.

Elliot... SEVEN KIDS!?!?!?! My gawd you're prolific 8-). That's nutty! I'm speechless!

Jeff... amen dude, exactly - you totally 'get it'. 56 and retired? You rule! Good fer you, I can only hope to asspire to that someday. You sure must be a glutton 'restoring' the early 12 SL and your S55... yikes, I'd say I cannot imagine, but I sadly can. You're a brave (carazy) man. And, thank you for your service. 3yrs of Army motortrans here (jumping 5ton trucks was fun), to fund college - nothing 'real' like you... just the Guard!

Keep the intro's going folks, fun stuff.

Trinsoca

G. Cruickshank ( sounds like Crookshank)
Born: Trinidad & Tobago ( Last Island south in the Caribbean )
Car: 2005 S 500, 74k miles
Married, no kids
Lived in Georgia since 1995
Police officer in Trinidad from 1989 to 1995, and in a small city in Georgia 2006 to present. I am also a supervisor in a manufacturing plant in Georgia.
45 years old.

classyS

Paul - lol pretty much, my son has his moms genes.. im 5'4" and my son is 3' already??? wtf seriously?? (i feel like a mr. miyagi from the karate kid)

btw. she is taller than me haha

Quadcammer

Oliver
28
05 500 4matic designo
live about 10 miles from midtown manhattan
work in financial services
on average i drive less than 1.5 miles a day
used to be quite the tennis player in college...got burnt out, now play primarily golf.
german citizen.

jnash

Jim Nash
52
03 S55 Kleemann K4 package tuned by Jerry at Eurocharged, lowered, Meziere SC pump.
Houston, Texas
Car did 12.4@117 at the drag strip on cold tires, its got 600 RWHP.
Have STAR diagnostics and other MB tools.
Ride a 73 Norton on the street, and a 750 Gixxer on the track.
British, wasn't born in Texas but got here as fast I as could.

marktan

Cool idea...

Mark Tan
36
beautiful wife and 3 kids
Chicago Suburbs
Insurance and Financial Planning (MDRT member)
Current garage: '05 S600, 04 E500 4-MATIC

Love to travel, scuba, take photographs, and of course DRIVE.

ChapelHillMBFan

- Brian
- '06 S500, '07 CLS550, and Wifey has '10 RX350 (Toyota), which I hate...wish I could convince her to get a GL450, but no such luck thus far, even though I ***** and moan about the Toyota every time I'm in it
- 35 for a little less than 2 more weeks and really not wanting to turn 36
- Location? Where could I be? Southern part of heaven? Go Heels?
- Lawyer
- Married with 18 mo.-old son, my Little Buddy. Bought the S500 for him. It was getting tough squeezing him into his still rear-facing car seat in the CLS550 with the steeply sloping rear roof line. In a former life before parenthood, the Wifey and I loved to travel. St. John and Santorini are probably my two favorite places on Earth. Hoping to get back to St. John this spring.

amx1397

- name jim
-Car 2005 Crossfire/ E55 motor& tranny installed by Rudy, car # 3 in the worlld,that everything works,, Rebadged AMX,, Because I have owned 397 two-seater AMX's
- age 69
- where? Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- what do you do! Retired
- things about youself! Have been drag racing sense I was 14 and I'm not going to stop now, wanta race?
Married to the best for 37 years, Honey can I go racing? I'll take out the Garbage for a week!
Two of the best kids in the world. 1 boy 1 girl.

Yea,,she said i can go racing!!!just not on the street.