I think he is in Toronto. Randy
-----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:27 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Had a peek at a GM today, and was impressed. kms?? Where are you anyway? On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:12 PM, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, I went to a GM dealer today and had a peek around. I looked at some > used stuff, and it's amazing what's out there at the moment. Maybe I'm > must > used to Mercedes and Porsche prices. > > Anyway, I wanted something with a bit of space to take my folks around in, > so I looked at a minivan. I forgot the name of it already, Uplander I > think?? Anyway, the used car guy gave me a walk through the place without > asking, and things have sure changed since I was last in a GM shop. Nice > and clean, a tidy service area, which I must say, also had a number of new > high end AMG mercedes. A detailing shop, with again, GMs, high end AMGs > and > a used Roller for $225,000. Seems like a great deal as the car is 3 years > old and went new for about $480,000 here. > > Oh, the minivan. One year old ('08), with 39,000 kms. Lots of nice things > on it, for a van, with an asking price of just under $16,000! Geez, how do > they sell them for that and still make money? Anyway, I was thinking, > taxes > are about $2000 and a bit, once you stick plates on it, so I'll offer him > $16,000 out the door. If he goes for it, I'll buy it. > > Ok, not as cheap as an old 240 running on veggie oil, but sure seems like a > lot of car for the money. If it goes well tomorrow, I may have to re-think > this whole American car thing. > > Ed > 300E, which will soon have it's emission test, and then decide what to do > with it depending upon the results. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090106/fb8e1aec/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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090106/46627b58/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 _______________________________________ 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
