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George

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giffSCPA

Now age 75 - 2003 Launch Edition SL 500

I owned my first Mercedes, 1961 220Seb Sedan at age 30;
I just spent one week in July 2006 at Mercedes works at Stuttgart
with the MBCA's 50th Anniversary group. NEAT !

Giff Albright, State College, PA

CY

very cool...any gossip about the next SL?

meegle

My wife had been set on black until she saw a storm red SL. Sold the CL in June and still haven't replaced it yet. The golf cart is indeed my main form of transportation (around the community) other than that we have several other non-MB vehicles that we drive.

rajah996

23 and I own it. 60-90 hour weeks pay off at the end.

AZAMG

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R230_Nicke

36

Boston-SLtics

29.

mveloz

51

Litho

42

AnotherSL

58

Tommy_s4

look its not that i dont believe you, its just curious that your 20 with all those cars, what do you do for a living?

Energy34108

I normally assume there parents paid and don't bother to ask, but maybe I will soon be corrected.
Good question Tommy

Miki-SL500

First SL500 05' at 24

25, Now driving SL550

Software ...

seattlecarfreak

i wouldn't think you should feel the need don't have to explain yourself for being young and having an SL.. i sure don't.. just enjoy..

Mrdredd

Im VP Sales for an internet company, plus I used to own a software company, and am in the beginning stages of starting a retail service company as well.

Mrdredd

I moved out when I was 17, and have supported myself since then.

Energy34108

We have simular stories then, I also moved out young 16 but took me longer to get there than you as my first benz was at 24 and only a c220. lol

Hope I didnt offend you, but 3 of the cars listed on my profile I rarely drive in fact I bought them for my kids.
maybe that would make a good thread, how many of you paid for your own cars?? or maybe not. lol

Energy34108

It was nice that they took the time to explain, and still enjoy it.

meegle

How old are your kids? at 33 you sure got a head start on the rest of us.
I'm in my mid 30's and my wife is 31 and we still haven't gotten our first child yet.

mjr24

I think it is safe to say we all have paid for our cars here.....I'm sure at least the people around my age on the board here have (cy0811, seattle, mrdredd). I just don't get why you were ready to criticize mrdredd it seemed when you have done the same thing for your kids?

Just because we are 20-25 doesn't mean we can't provide for ourselves or make money.

Energy34108

I had no intentions to criticizing anyone for there accomplishments, I simply stated that I had not asked the question, because I just assumed the parents paid for the cars like we did for our kids.

My parents could not afford to buy me a car of any kind, so growing up that way and now paying for everything and anything our kids ask for I have been on boths sides.

Energy34108

Meegle, my wife still wants your Sl, she just loves the color.

I do have a head start, My son is 16 and I have 2 step daughters that have lived with me since I was 21, one is 18 and the other will be 21 next month and it is hard to explain, but while my friends are starting there family's now and giving up much of there personal time taking care of there kids, we hang out with ours like you would with a friend not a kid.

I enjoy sharing time on the seadoo's, atv's, and camping and doing things that when I was 21 my dad was no longer into.

Come to think about it if I didnt have the kids, I could have bought something better than a C class at 24. lol

meegle

I must applaud you and your wife for being able to raise 3 kids and still have your sanity. We're practicing with two puppies and that already is a hand full.
Like you, we take them out on our seadoo's as well

Energy34108

My wife says she raised 4 kids whatever that means. lol
When you say puppies do you mean like these??? we have 4