Don't get me wrong... I drive my cars quite a bit, at least as my personal time permits. But I'm moving toward proper storage, especially for the winter. Less abuse, and long-term ownership. And, only performing repairs with top-quality parts. Don't worry... there will be lots of parts purchased for my cars in the future!
I don't believe in leaving cars parked for the sake of preserving them either. But there is alot you can do to keep their lives useful for a long time. 20 years from now, any W116 will be a very rare car, and nice original W123s will be very difficult to come by. I plan to be prepared. Jaime On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:34 PM, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hate to keep quoting Leno, but that's why good parts are getting hard to > find for these great old cars. People want to keep the nice ones nice, so > they don't drive them. You don't wear out what you don't use, so no need > for anyone to make replacement parts for them. > > Take it out, enjoy it, and have fun wearing it out. If enough do, someone > will always make parts available to rebuild them, probably Mercedes. ;-) > > In my personal experience, using a car, or not using a car, cost the same > amount of money in upkeep, so better to have the enjoyment of using it. > The > one things cars were not designed to do, was to sit unused for long periods > of time. > > Happy motoring. > > Ed > 300E > > On 6 February 2010 18:25, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm changing my ways! > > > > I realized last year that I've owned alot of nice cars, and they're all > > gone. Finding a nice W123 or W126 these days is very hard. This is why > > I've decided to hold onto my cars much longer, or forever if possible. > For > > example, my 79 300SD is in wonderful condition. It'll stay with me for a > > while, get driven on weekends, and stay garaged most of the time. > > > > Now I just need a nice W108, ponton, pagoda, and a few others to add to > my > > collection. > > > > Jaime > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net > > >wrote: > > > > > you have CADD, so why not use the cheap parts? > > > > > > > > > Jaime Kopchinski wrote: > > > > > >> While its true that Mercedes does "world source" parts, most of that > > world > > >> is europe and north america. You will find very few, if any, parts > made > > >> in > > >> China on a Mercedes. Perhaps a few from Japan, Mexico, etc. I can > tell > > >> you > > >> personal experience that parts from Germany are favored by Mercedes. > > Goto > > >> the dealer and have a look at the stickers on the cars that say where > > the > > >> parts come from. > > >> > > >> However, in China, you can find Mercedes that were assembled there. > > >> Daimler > > >> has a production facility that builds cars for the Chinese market, and > > its > > >> very successful. > > >> > > >> Personally, I would not knowing install parts on my car made in China, > > >> especially when there are parts available from the original > manufacturer > > >> in > > >> Germany. I also don't believe that the German parts are less > reliable, > > >> this > > >> sounds like a generalization of a single example. > > >> > > >> When I repair my cars, I like them to stay fixed. When I remove a > part > > >> that > > >> has been in service for 30 years, I replace it with a part that will > > also > > >> serve for 30 years. I expect my cars to last that long, and treat > them > > as > > >> such. This is exactly why I buy all my suspension parts at the > dealer. > > >> If > > >> you treat your car to last 3 more years, it will. > > >> > > >> Jaime > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > > > 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 > > > 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro > > > manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.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
