Good point, the Sienna left us stranded once...luckily it was less than a mile from home. The Benzes haven't let us down yet, unless you count Wulf's low fuel light that did not come on and I pushed to 503 miles on one tank and then ran out (testing the light without diesel in the trunk is a bad idea). But she wasn't there for that...light now fixed.
Chris --- Hendrik Riessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I have found that it takes more time for a woman to > fall in love with a > particular car. Most important thing is that the > vehicle does not leave her > broken down in the middle of no-where(which is right > next to some-where). > Once a car has let a woman down she won't trust or > like it again. > My missus quite likes the dooh bruum(thistle green > 84 230E) now that it has > given us a couple of years of break down free > service(touch wood). > > Hendrik > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:20 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] One really brave thing > > > What got my wife was the prospect of converting to > WVO. She is a stay at home mom so every pay day > (mine), she gets paid too. Her fuel comes out of her > "pay"/"allowance" as does some other household stuff > - > food, clothes, normal doctor visits, etc (other > stuff,I take care of). The prospect of not having to > pay for fuel (while I do all the filtering) caught > her > attention and she gladly sold her Toyota Sienna for > an > 87 300TD. > > She actually calls and asks questions: > > Q: I pulled the emergency brake release and the > light > stayed on > A: Pull it again > > Q: When I'm driving, the oil pressure (how she knew > it > was oil pressure is beyond me) stays at three...what > should I do? > A: Nothing. Pull over and call me if it's NOT at > three > when you're driving. > > etc, etc. She actually likes it, but derives no > "benz" > pleasure as most do. The star on the hood does > NOTHING > for her. Maybe I need to get her to read a book on > the > history of MB...now THAT would be impossible. > > One thing that DID help, was a kept telling her > stories about Rudolf Diesel as I was reading > biographies of him...I think she identified with his > strugle to build the engine, to make it work, to > replace the terribly inefficient steam engine, to > make > a small engine for small businessmen, the murder, > etc. > I think that tugged on her heart strings. She > embraced > his engine as an expression of his social vision - > yes, I'm being serious. > > Chris > > > --- BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:12:58 -0500 > > From: OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D 2.5 12 PSI > > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Message-ID: > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Put your foot down, say "Yes - we're keeping it. I > > want both of them. > > Get yourself another car if yo don't like it." > > > > > > Then run -- -- -- -- > > > > > > > Any advice from the list on how to convince > wives > > to love diesels? Help, > > > please! I want another one! > > > > > > John > > ********** > > > > Reminds me of a pic I saw recently. A penguin is > > standing on top of a > > sleeping polar bear getting ready to crash cymbals > > together, penguin wife > > standing behind holding her purse. Caption: "Do > one > > really brave thing > > today ... Then run like hell." > > Not being the reckless sort I would add, "But > first > > make sure you can run > > faster than the bear." Point should be obvious. > > > > BillR > > Jacksonville FL > > 1981 300SD 265K / 200K engine [?] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, > Missouri > -1987 300TD, 150K miles, "Rotkäppchen" (Little Red > Riding Hood) > -1985 300SD, 209K miles, "Wulf" > (http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD) > -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen > Kraftstoffs > Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) > running > WVO/WMO/LO/CO/WATF/WGL/WBF/DA/MS/lard/gas/kero/D2 > mix (do not attempt this > unless you are willing to sacrifice your IP, > injectors, pre-chambers, etc.) > -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, snow > blower, "One Banger" > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! 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