Yesterday our household suffered two vehicle casualties. First SWMBO's car, a '96 Infiniti with about 200k miles, had the left rear caliper lock up while out and about in town. She recognized that something was wrong and handled it pretty well, but the tow company took about 2 hours to get her car towed to the tire & brake place (Gerald's in Mount Pleasant) that was about 1 block away - rather frustrating. I had to leave work and assist to get her home so she could use the '87 300TD which has a child seat mounted (she needed to pick up our daughter from day care). I dropped her at the house and departed quickly to get back to work, but she called a few minutes later to report that the wagon wouldn't start - dead battery. I had to divert to the Infiniti location, retrieve that child car seat, pick the daughter and return to house, where I put the wagon's battery on the charger. Haven't had time to figure out the wagon yet - I suspect the trickle charger which I'd used on it for several weeks ago has failed. Infiniti needed a rebuilt rear caliper, which was done by 5 p.m. for $163. I'm sure I could have done that myself for less, but not by 5 p.m.
-Max _______________________________________ 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
