20 years later

[Darrell]

Possibly. You saved and favourited it didn’t you?

Printed it off and hung it up in my locker at work.

 

[ToeKnee]

Printed it off and hung it up in my locker at work.

So are you saying that BobbyD is well hung?

 

[Jobsworth]

March 2006 I joined under the username Gazz. Sadly when the forum was updated in 2017 I lost that login as I registered it with an email address that wasn’t supported or something, I forget the details. I was told that I couldn’t have my account back, “more than my jobs worth mate”, so I took that name as a bit of a laugh. Seems to have stuck

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

March 2006 I joined under the username Gazz. Sadly when the forum was updated in 2017 I lost that login as I registered it with an email address that wasn’t supported or something, I forget the details. I was told that I couldn’t have my account back, “more than my jobs worth mate”, so I took that name as a bit of a laugh. Seems to have stuck

Not long before this photo was taken

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Not long before this photo was taken

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@Jobsworth and I are parked at the far end of the line.

 

[MissyD]

The things that BobbyD will do to get his post count up! You'd think by now he'd know the rules!!!

Trouble is they are numbered wrong and a bit confusing!

 

[SpikyMikey]

Nog long before this photo was taken

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All those 190's

 

[Jobsworth]

I came here from C32Life, where possibly I heard about this place from Mr BobbyD. He’ll confirm if that’s right.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I came here from C32Life, where possibly I heard about this place from Mr BobbyD. He’ll confirm if that’s right.

Quite possibly.

 

[Jobsworth]

Quite possibly.

Or maybe another guy who was also at that meet. Andy someone? Haven’t heard from him in years

 

[Jobsworth]

AndyCyp. See! My memory isn’t shot, just lags a bit.

 

[Doodle]

I have a feeling the same Mercland event also gave birth to my infamous "sell the monkey brain futures" shot. Apparently I also had hair then!

Funnily enough, I was doing inventory on all the remaining parts in the garage today. Among them was a new-in-box multifunction stalk for the 129, still had the dealer invoice in my mum's name (she's been gone 18 years this year). That definitely got some dust in the eyes.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I have a feeling the same Mercland event also gave birth to my infamous "sell the monkey brain futures" shot. Apparently I also had hair then!

Funnily enough, I was doing inventory on all the remaining parts in the garage today. Among them was a new-in-box multifunction stalk for the 129, still had the dealer invoice in my mum's name (she's been gone 18 years this year). That definitely got some dust in the eyes.

That sort of thing has the habit of doing that

 

[Darrell]

I came here from C32Life, where possibly I heard about this place from Mr BobbyD. He’ll confirm if that’s right.

I came here from the other Merc forum which I joined to sort out some issues with our first model. A ‘98 C180 Elegance.

I accidentally joined this one a year or so later thinking it was the other one.

This forum lead me in the direction of a specialist in west London somewhere to resolve a key issue and another Indy up north called Ian to service the car before we took it to Skiathos in 2007.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Or maybe another guy who was also at that meet. Andy someone? Haven’t heard from him in years

Andy_CYP maybe?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

AndyCyp. See! My memory isn’t shot, just lags a bit.

 

[Pontoneer]

It seems that my 20th anniversary on this wonderful forum has passed without me even realising. I joined a few months after buying our first Mercedes. Having been a member of other marque specific forums it made sense to join a Mercedes forum and MBClub specifically.

Even in those early days this forum was different to every other forum I had even been part of, and that’s just as true now, 20 years, 3 months and 30,779 posts later. There’s a reason that members regularly used to post that this is the best forum in the world. It is.

So much in my life and the world at large has changed in those 20 years, but this forum and the wonderful members, moderators and admin who make this such a special place has remained a constant. The atmosphere has barely changed in all that time.

Regulars and characters have come and gone, and sadly some of the very finest are a loss to humankind and not just the forum. The character of this wonderful forum has remained consistent and true even with the continued evolution of our membership.

This forum represents a concentration of wonderful people. People with incredible knowledge and experience in every field imaginable. It’s a very rare thing for a topic to come up which the collective doesn’t have a rich seam of knowledge on.

The knowledge is only part of the story. Amongst our membership are truly some of the most genuine, caring and generous people you could ever wish to meet, most of which goes unseen because wonderful things are done without fuss and fanfare.

I would never have believed it possible at the time however my passion for all things automotive has become even stronger 20 years later, and Mercedes - and AMG specifically - have really gotten under our skin.

What started as a nearly new ML 270 CDi for Mrs D as a birthday present - with a matching Mercedes Duo baby seat for Baby D who was just over 12 months old - quickly spiralled with me buying a nearly new C 32 AMG for me a few months later.

We bought our Mercedes by chance. Before buying them I expected those cars to be a just launched Cayenne and 997 but Porsche were incredibly rude to us on both occasions, and the course of our car buying history changed forever as a result.

We kept both cars for many years as they were so good, and they started what would become a constant presence of ML/GLE and AMG models on our driveway from that day to this. Baby D became Junior D, and we were blessed with another Baby D.

They’re both grown into young adults - all in the time that I’ve been a member of MBClub - and so we’re able to enjoy our cars differently now, with most journeys being 2-up rather than 4-up, so we’ve been able to indulge my passion for driving less practical cars.

Thank you to @Administrator @Koolvin @gurpz @KillerHERTZ for their invisible but ever present efforts, and all members over the last 20 years who have educated, enlightened, entertained, amused and tolerated me.

I didn't start this post thinking it would be a long once, but it dawned on me that I never did introduce myself 20 years ago. Thank you for having me.

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You joined on my birthday !

 

[Gollom]

Happy forumversary! 19 years for me and as you all know by now. this very forum gave me a wife! Be careful what you wish for.....

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

You joined on my birthday !

I was your gift from the other members!