We were supposed to go out of town today but because it's going to rain, we decided to go see the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart instead. It's a great way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon in Stuttgart.
On the way we stopped at the car dealership to get a quote on some needed repairs on the car. The Italian guy we normally talk to, Santos, was not there. However, there was a woman who spoke Italian so I was able to communicate what we needed. She called her colleague who spoke a little English. And he looked at the car and gave us a quote. Now we have to get a second quote from Anna's brother who has a body shop about 5 km from where we live.
We used Julie (our GPS navigator) to get us to the museum and it's located near the Porsche stadium. There was a soccer game going on there so we couldn't go where Julie told us to go so we rode around until Julie caught up to us and got us back on course.
We parked the car in the underground museum parking lot and went inside. Before going inside we noticed there were older models of Mercedes cars in plexiglass boxes in the underground parking lot. It was very cool to look at the cars and read about them. I think the museum curator wanted to give you a taste of what the museum would be like. They have a cafe and there are used Mercedes cars for sale on display there. They look brand new, but of course, they are not.
Once again, the museum is very smart! Like IKEA, they make you walk through different areas where kiosks sell all kinds of products with the Mercedes logo. And there were other items as well including history books. We bought our tickets and started through the museum. Below are some pictures from the museum.
I bet this was fun to ride back in the day!
I didn't know Mercedes made boats! Did you?
These antique cars reminded me of the antique car museum at the Canfield Fairgrounds, only on a bigger, grander scale, of course!
Another one of the antique buggies!
Another one I thought was totally cool!
Last antique car, I promise! ;)
This one doesn't count because it's a modern day stagecoach!
Ah...the glamour of the 1930s and 1940s! They are something!
How would you like to tool around town in something like this? I sure would! What a conversation starter!
I think this one was from the 1960s.
I think this one was from the 1950s.
Now this was really cool! The doors are reminiscent of the DeLauren, which I'm sure got their inspiration from this very car, by the looks of it!
Finally it was time to leave. The museum closed the way to get to the elevator to get to the car. It was a little tricky but we finally managed to find our car and go to dinner at Capri where the owner graciously gifted me with a bottle of Italian pressed olive oil which is terrific!
Then it was home to watch movies.
Saturday 03/20/2010