# Happy 4th of July Everyone! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885 "2025-07-04T21:43:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/41 "2026-07-18T15:43:53Z")
Similar sighting recently, didn’t get a picture but a hudson hornet rat rod pulled into the costco lot the other day to load up, then left. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/42 "2026-07-18T15:51:34Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > I didn’t really think someone would go to THAT much effort on a 190E Nor would I, but… Anyway, I thought that this Merc looked like something a bit larger than a 190. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/43 "2026-07-18T15:55:01Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Anyway, I thought that this Merc looked like something a bit larger than a 190. I zoomed in and it was indeed a 190E The S-Class of the time had similar looks, but different tail lamps and side mouldings ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/44 "2026-07-18T16:35:15Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > The S-Class of the time had similar looks, but different tail lamps and side mouldings A coworker of mine bought a used S-class sometime back in the '90s. I didn’t say it at the time, but I thought that it was… not a good idea. Within ~7 months, after getting several eye-popping repair bills, she got rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/45 "2026-07-18T19:21:42Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > A coworker of mine bought a used S-class sometime back in the '90s. Do you happen to know if it was the square-looking S-class from the 1980s, or the later one that was big as a whale, from the early 90s? Either way, they’re both extremely expensive to keep going ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/46 "2026-07-18T19:44:49Z")
All I recall is that it was so big that it had two antenna-like things that would pop out of the rear fenders when you put it into reverse. Without those “guides”, it was close to impossible for the driver to see the rear fenders. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/47 "2026-07-18T19:54:26Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > All I recall is that it was so big that it had two antenna-like things that would pop out of the rear fenders when you put it into reverse. That would be the '91 - '98 W140 S class, you can see the antenna tops in the rear fenders: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/c/dc697e39b347d22281c317b3285dbbc085d93e9a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/48 "2026-07-18T20:09:48Z")
Yup, it was like that one. In addition to the astronomical repair costs, she was shocked by the lousy gas mileage. She said that her previous car, a Jag sedan, was more economical. Yes, she was a serial buyer of ill-advised used cars. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/49 "2026-07-18T21:51:16Z")
Did the old S-class have air suspension? IIRC, one of her incredibly expensive repair bills was for suspension repairs. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/50 "2026-07-18T22:41:51Z")
Some of those had air suspension Usually the S500 and S600 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/51 "2026-07-18T22:50:44Z")
I think it was a 600. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/52 "2026-07-19T00:40:31Z")
Good grief They were very nice But money pits ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/53 "2026-07-19T13:20:09Z")
And incredibly expensive new. Was S600 the designation for the Maybach level back then as it has been more recently? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/54 "2026-07-19T13:36:41Z")
Her Benz didn’t have the Maybach badge. I think that Benz didn’t start using that old trademark until more recently. Benz bought-out Maybach in the '60s, but I think it was much later that they began using its name on their most upscale models. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/55 "2026-07-19T14:18:34Z")
2003 Maybach 57 or the lwb 67 were heavily s class based but a completely separate division and dealer network. 2013 was the final model year. The more recent Maybach models are upgraded versions of various Mercedes models such as the s class or eqs Maybach in dealer showrooms today ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885/56 "2026-07-19T19:52:01Z")
Our sumer festtival by the lake wraps up tonight with fiŕeworks. Owner of this street parked stidebaker pu must have been checking out the food trucks and carnival rides a block over. ![20260719_120550](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/2/d2cac075216435f3ef6661e1655ce4e8e0a10ae1.jpeg) ![20260719_120717](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/4/749c408856233c8641724e9a0bf853d651df0422.jpeg) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-everyone/200885.md?page=2)