uh, ever looked at the price tags on plain old Detriot iron? I
looked at a Chuby PEEckup last week. Sticker was a very
Mercedes-like $50K. I told the sales lizard that for $50k, I would
buy a REAL Mercedes Benz. Crazy!
The Cheep class MB are what the yuppie larvae (wanna-bees) lease.
They are all over. A few years ago I thought about picking up an
off-lease one for SWMBO, cause A C230 mit Kompressor could be had for
$10 K.
I saw a 66 Frod pickup yesterday, driving around. It looked all
original, even the paint and hubcaps. If I could find something
like that, and put in an OM603 or even a 606, if they don't have to
have too much electonics hangin on, that would make a nice vehicle
for hauling and towing. Take out the junk frod seat, and put in a
couple of Volvo seats, or better, Bostrom air-ride seats, and it
would even be comfortable for long trips. I have been thinking a
mid-sixties Detriot pickup, or better yet, one ton with a low ratio
rear end, would be way better than any of this new crap.
65 to 67 frod pickups had thick sheet metal, as did the dodges of
about the same time frame. But I'd take 64 chevy pickup just for
sentimentality .... if I could find one that was not rusty and I had
the $$.
I was shocked at the price tag on these new cheap class cars. WOW.
What I was seeing was low 40's prices on those.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr wrote:
Yes, I stopped at a dealer on my way home from an out of town meeting last
Friday-I agree about not being turned on--but if I found a 2005 cdi-I would
put it on my lottery wish list-this dealer said unobtainum. Seems as if
around here I see mostly new C-class-not my class. A friend of mine just
bought a 2005 E320 gasser and it does drive like an E-class-solid,
responsive, etc.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles. 1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:10 PM
To: Banned List; mercedes Mailing List
Subject: [MBZ] New Mercedes
We were in town today close to the MB dealer so I decided to stop
by and look at the new/newer models. Nothing did a thing for me at
all. I just dont find new MB models in the least bit interesting.
I think up to about 99 is as new as I care for. I do kind of like
the mid 2k CDI
--
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
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