I had a 91 Escort wagon that I drove for almost 200k. The only repair I ever had on it beyond regular maintenance was a leaky front strut that had to be replaced.
Good, cheap, reliable, basic transportation. Not a thing wrong with it. Dan --- On Mon, 12/29/08, Tom Hargrave <tharg...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > From: Tom Hargrave <tharg...@hiwaay.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT A letter from GM and a response from anindustryvendor's > President. > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 1:40 PM > The escort was a great car for what > it was - it was a small, fuel efficient > econo-box. A lot of a few friends delivered pizzas for > Dominos in them and > most of the cars ran over 200,000 miles - some went over > 300,000 miles. I > actually worked on quite a few of them. > > Noisy? Yes > Handled like crap? Yes > Great delivery vehicle that would go 100 - 200 miles a > night delivering > pizzas? Yes > > The same car would reliable carry Mom & the kids around > town or across the > country with no issues. That is, unless it was not properly > maintained - but > that's the owners fault. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Curt Raymond > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:05 AM > To: Diesel List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT A letter from GM and a response from > anindustryvendor's President. > > Like the Escort? Come now... I'll give you safe, reliable > transportation but > if thats your idea of a "great car" I'd hate to see what > you considered a > merely acceptable one. > My grandmother has one, its perfect for her. I get in and > the engine sounds > like its out of a tractor... > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:19:13 -0600 > From: "Tom Hargrave" <tharg...@hiwaay.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT A letter from GM and a response from > an > industryvendor's President. > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: > <03fd01c9694b$14466070$3400a...@tomrmkj2yanjy9> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" > > I have real issues with letters like these, particularly > when they mis-state > facts. > > For example, he compares: > The K car vs. the Accord? > The Pinto vs. the Civic????? > > The K car was early 80's and during the K-car release, > Honda was building > pieces of crap. They were so bad that some mechanics > refused to work on > them. The Accord, the good one that some seem to praise > became a good car in > the late 80s, but so did Chrysler products. > > Comparing the Pinto to the Civic is even more outrageous. > The pinto was > early 70's technology - does anyone remember the 600cc air > cooled Honda that > was introduced here in 71 / 72 - the same era as the Pinto? > The car was so > unsafe that the US government forced Honda to pull them off > the market after > 2 years. Oh, and the Civic that came later was the very > piece of crap that > mechanics refused to work on! And just like the Accord, the > Civic wasn't a > good car till the late 80's! Ford was also building great, > reliable cars by > then. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20081229/a8 > a0939e/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1867 - Release > Date: 12/28/2008 > 2:23 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1867 - Release > Date: 12/28/2008 > 2:23 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
