The Holiday Inn just outside Stuttgart. We decided to splash out a little to get a room bigger than the bathroom size places we had been staying in.
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The scenery was interesting to say the least. Especially considering the charged us $200 US dollars for the night.
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We averaged 35 postcards per stop. No wonder we felt like we had RSI.
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The Mercedes Benz factory and museum in Stuttgart. We spent over 4 hours just wandering around this place.
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The very first motorized vehicle ever built was made by this company.
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Daimler and Benz's first efforts of producing horseless carriages.
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This was one of the very few museums that actually let you get "up close and personal" to most of their exhibits.
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A big plus is that Mercedes does not charge you a cracker to enter the museum.
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Now the curves, design, fit and finish on this is great.
The car's not bad either!
;-)
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I would have to say this is one of the best looking cars ever built.
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A mid 60's Formula 1 car
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The number of exhibits is amazing and each car had it's own story.
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The 1997 Formula 1 car
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A little convertible number?
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Or maybe you prefer the gull wing style?
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One of Penske's Indy cars was here as well.
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The factory's car park was full of these A model "baby" Benz's. Note the sequential license plate numbers.
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Even the push bikes had brand names of Mercedes Benz and Porsche.
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