1997 Mercedes Benz C230 Paint Job!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1997 Mercedes Benz C230. This Luxury commuter came to our shop looking very old, dry and flaky. This car's owner didnt want to spend a fortune painting her old Mercedes so she opted to have us refinish her car using our basic Enamel paint in the deep, rich black color that the car used to be!

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1999 Mercedes Benz E320 Color Change!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1999 Mercedes Benz E320. This mid-sized luxury sedan came to our shop as an invisible, boring, bland and fading white car. The owners had a paintjob in mind for their car but didnt want to keep the lifeless white color and decided to repaint their Mercedes with our "Two Stage Base Coat / Clear Coat" Paint, in a vibrant blue pearl color that is sure to turn heads, which was selected right out of our very own color book!

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"It's Just a Little Ding"

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a Mercedes E-Class. This is what we imagine when customers say "There's just one small dent." We can only joke about this horrific accident because, amazingly, WreckedExotics.com reports the driver of the Mercedes "walked away without a scratch."

The accident happened in Belgium. The truck had a tire blowout and suddenly lurched into the Mercedes' lane.

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Almost-Everything's 1954 Mercedes 300 SL

Almost Everything's Wrecks of the Day are two of our very own "Show Cars." Our 1966 Mercedes Benz 280SE collided with our 1954 Mercedes Benz 300 SL race car! The damage to the 280 SE was minimal. The 300 SL, unfortunately, was not so lucky. Its rear bumper had been shorn from its forged billet plastic mounting tabs. Its beautiful chrome-inspired exhaust tip had been shattered. And its trunk lid would not close properly. Luckily we have the tools and expertise to fix this sort of damage. . .  and we have some plastic glue. After the glue dried, these classics went back out to our showroom floor looking like new again!    

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1999 Mercedes Exterior Re-Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1999 Mercedes Benz E430. This Luxurious mid-sized Mercedes came to our shop looking extremely un-luxurious. Its original paint had started to fade and discolor years back, eventually turning into the dull greyish tone that you can see in our pictures. The roof was particularly rough, it required stripping down to the bare metal due to a case of failed (cracking or "microchecking") primer beneath the paint, as for the rest of the car, we removed all of the light chips and scratches to prevent them from showing through the new paint. Once the base surfaces were nice and smooth we applied a primer sealer for the new paint to bite onto, and finally repainted the exterior with its original glossy black paint!

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24 Hours of Le Mans!

It's that time of year again, the oldest and greatest auto race in the world celebrates its 90th anniversary this weekend in Le Mans, France (June 23-24, 2013.) The race is fast and torturous. It is where the world's premier auto makers--Aston Martin, Audi, Chevrolet (Corvette), Chrysler (SRT Viper), Ferrari, Honda, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Toyota--come to show not only that they have the fastest, best handling, most advanced cars but in order to win, they must also be reliable and economical.

The race attracts top drivers including celebrity Patrick Dempsey who in past years has been a LeMans class leader. Audi once again captured the pole in 2013. Toyota was third fastest in qualifying with a hybrid prototype.

Unlike most races, these vehicles must run all-out for 24 hours straight without breaking down and with as few stops as possible. At 2013 speeds we can expect the leaders to travel more than 3000 miles (5000 km)

NASCAR, Formula 1 and Indycar feature straights that can be a thousand feet long. LeMans features a straightaway that is 4 miles (6 km) long followed by a series of curves, hairpin turns and shorter straights.

It is our favorite race at Almost Everything because the cars look like real cars and the technology is often a few years away from making the cars we drive everyday safer, more fun and better performing.

Photos of 6 Exotic Cars Going Up In Flames

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is not one wreck but 6! A car carrier in Bangkok, Thailand was transporting a Ferrari, Lamborghini, 2 Bentleys, Mercedes and a BMW. One of the exotics caught fire while on the transporter (we're guessing the Lamborghini because they seem to spontaneously combust fairly frequently.) The fire spread to other cars while the truck was moving!

Thanks as always the the guys at WreckedExotics.com for our weekly dose of automotive mayhem!

Mercedes Benz Gullwing Flies into Lake!

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day happened in Liupanshui, China. The car is (was) a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing. The owner lost control and flipped the car into a pond. Amazingly, he survived without any significant injuries. The megabucks car was not so lucky.

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos and alerting us, as always, to the destruction of another exotic car.

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