Bike donations are overflowing. http://twitpic.com/3g6zfi
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Toys for Tots donation box ove…
Toys for Tots donation box overflowing. Amazing community support. http://twitpic.com/3g6z4m
RBM North will match the first…
RBM North will match the first 50 bike donations in our Toys for Tots toy drive. We’ve already received over 12 bikes in a few days time.
Dear Mother Nature, you must h…
Dear Mother Nature, you must have forgotten the first day of winter isn’t til next week. Please bring back my above freezing temps. Thanks.
Mercedes-Benz turns age 125 wi…
Mercedes-Benz turns age 125 with tradition, innovation http://t.co/m1XtPDz
Mercedes-Benz Heritage December 2010
100 years ago – 3 – 18 December 1910: Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft presented a landaulet equipped with a valveless Knight sleeve valve engine at the Paris Motor Show. Series production of the first vehicle fitted with this unit, the 16/40 hp model, began in early 1911.
50 years ago – 17 December 1960: Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG, Fritz Könecke, presented a special long-wheelbase version of a Mercedes-Benz 300 d Landaulet to Pope John XXIII.
40 years ago – 12 December 1970: Jointly developed with Teldix, the first-generation anti-lock brake system (ABS) for passenger cars was presented to the press in Untertürkheim.