I too am a newbie to the y-block.  This site is amazing with the depth of knowledge from all the very helpful folks.  You are among fellow car buffs who do their best to help. 

Oh, my parents were from Sindolsheim in the Odenwald and Mannheim.  I still have lots of relatives in Neustadt. 

You must have fun parking ..do you still put two wheels up on the sidewalk? 

Dave Dare

I did not know you lived in Fredericksburg, I have cousins that have a bed and breakfast there. Bill and Pat Collins. I hope they don't owe you money.

hey john what translaters & why cant they translate aussie ?

Andy.  Welcome to the site.  As far as posting the links so they work as intended, try putting an empty space behind the pasted in links before either hitting ‘Post reply’ or using a hard return to go to another text line.  That space is needed so the site can recognize that it’s a URL and not just simple text.  The links you previously posted have been modified and should work somewhat better now.

Guten nacht!

I was born in Heidelberg while my dad was stationed over there in US Army in 1973. My mom speaks fluent German (though not a national) and my dad knows enough to get by. The last time I was there was back in the summer of '89. Visited Stuttgart, Munich, and went into Austria to view Reutte. Beautiful part of the world!!