man.. my very first car was my old 1986 Mercedes-Benz 190E-2.3 8 valve w/ auto tranny. it was a hand-me-down car from my mom when I turned 16 and got my California Drivers License back in 1998.

anywayz, I remembered when I first started modifiying my Benz.. I bought a set of Suspension Techniques lowering springs for $260. I really saved my money for that (coz I worked part time at Taco Bell when I was 16..) and then I lowered my car just by myself!! I barely knew how to work on cars back then, but I was desperate since that I could not afford to pay $600 LABOR ONLY!! on getting my springs installed by the local Mercedes-Benz shop... so I did everything by myself!! and I did!! but it took me 12 hrs (kalahating araw tol!!) to install just the FRONT lowering springs!!! (yung harapan lang ha!!, 12 hrs!! LOLZ!!).

anywho.. that was back in 1998 though, wala pa akong masyadong alam sa pag me-mekaniko.. pero buti nalang hindi ako naging siraniko!! coz now, I can lower any Mercedes-Benz (from 1970's to present..) in just 3-4 hrs! (harap, likod!!) lolz.

also, I used to race my 190E at the drag strip (and some illegal street racing) back in the dayz.... the first car that I drove, going past 130 mph.. the first car that I gotten pulled over by the California Highway Patrol.. the very first car that I learned to work on and made me to be a very good mechanic as I am right now (the very first engine that I built from the ground-up was an M102 Mercedes-Benz 190E-2.3 engine). man, that was some good 'ole memories ('',)



thats me, back in 2000.



aite, peace.