I bought the jack in Greece. I spend a few months in Greece every year where I have a 71 220/8. It is soooo much easier to buy non China made tools here. Facom, Beta, Bellota, Gedore tools abound here. The 2 floor jacks I own in the US are Chinese. It is very very difficult to find a non- China jack in the US. Griots Garage has a nice Spanish made low profile 2 ton jack for about $400. I paid 350 euros for my 1.5 ton, long jack here in Greece. The Griot's jack is therefore probably worth the price. Dimitri
--- On Fri, 12/5/08, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tools at Lowes To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 2:04 PM Where did you purchase it, Dimitri? DO you know of a good deal on a quality scissors jack for whole-car lifting? On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I've been using a chinese floor jack for many years. It does the job but > does not operate smoothly especially when releasing the load. I bought a > new made in Italy jack today and WOW what a difference. Very, very fine > piece of equipment. It cost 4x the price of the China tool but you get what > you pay for. > > --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Dimitri Seretakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dimitri Seretakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tools at Lowes > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 1:23 PM > > Most of HD and Lowes tools are Chinese trashola. I have a really hard time > getting myself to buy chinese hand tools. > > --- On Wed, 12/3/08, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tools at Lowes > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 1:03 PM > > Home Despot had some pretty amazing bargains in their main aisle (not the > tool corral). Like std. or metric ratchet sets for $10 or a nice little > stubby combo (1/4" and 3/8" drive)ratchet for $5. Great quality, > too. > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Loren Faeth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > I never look at lowes tools anymore. They have always been high priced. > I > > guess they changed to a chinese supplier. Maybe I should look again. > > > > > > At 09:51 AM 12/3/2008, you wrote: > > > >> Lowes has some good deals on tools until Dec 8. 3-pack of Kobalt slip > >> joint pliers (nice rubber handles), 4 pack of locking pliers, and some > >> others, for $10. I kinda like their tools, the handles are easy on > the > >> hands, and they seem pretty solid. Better than the HF stuff, prices > not > >> much different. They might be $5 next week, who knows with prices > these > >> days. > >> > >> --R > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > Loren Faeth > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
