At one time, we had 7 cars: '58 VW, '67 Ferrari 330 GTC, '69 MB 280 SL, '70 Porsche 911, '71 MB 300S 6.3, '87 Jag sedan, '89 MB 300E. Then the VW and 911 were replaced with a '85 Ferrari 308 GTS; the 300S and 300E were replaced with a '95 320E wagon; the Jag sedan was replaced with a '89 560 SL; the '85 308 was replaced with a '90 Ferrari Testarossa.

Now we have only a 2000 MB 320E wagon, a nice general-purpose car to live with. But the climate is so fair in Santa Barbara, and there are so many rural roads we drive daily, a roadster is seemly.

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