Still in it.

That three pointed star hood ornament on a Mercedes-Benz actually has meaning apart from just being a company logo…

Back when the internal combustion engine was a new thing, Gottlieb Daimler invented the first high speed four stroke internal combustion engine. He sent a postcard of the city of Stuttgart with a star he had drawn on it to his wife, writing that someday that star would shine over the factory he would build, that would make their fortune.

Years later his son’s decided on the star to represent the company, and the three areas their father wanted to motorize: Land, Sea, and Air.

My star, and the car it rides on, has just over 220k miles on it now…