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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

The Truth About Cars

Here's a very solid Mercedes-Benz W123 oil-burner that now languishes in a self-service boneyard in Phoenix, Arizona. The sticker from Heinz Geitz's repair shop in La Jolla led me to a lot of interesting tales of the life and career of Herr Geitz (who passed away in 2017 at the age of 97 ).

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. I last& heard he was at a luxury car& dealership in Arizona in 2014. Naturally, my peers all possessed great enthusiasm and product knowledge about Honda vehicles, but there were very few& true automobile aficionados& among them.

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