Max' travails illustrate some irrefutable laws of nature: 1. Perfectly functioning cars only become un-roadworthy when driven by SWMBOs.
2. Two perfectly good cars can fail simultaneously when a SWMBO is involved with at lesat one of them. 3. A perfectly functional car without a problem in the previous 12 months will stall out on a major artery on a Friday afternoon rush hour on the hottest day of the year only when - you guessed it - driven by a SWMBO. I think this is all quite unfair. Andrew On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > If the wagon was fully ready for daily service (need all those suspension > parts > you just sent me plus four new tires) I would have had the car towed to our > house so I could fix at leisure... Next time I certainly hope that will be > the > case! > > -Max > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Rusty Cullens <buymbpa...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 10:39:02 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy? > > yeah, I have the caliper for $85.00 but it would have been a day away. Too > bad. > maybe next time. > > > Rusty Cullens > BuyMBparts, Inc. > www.buyMBparts.biz > www.buyEUROparts.biz > www.buyASIANparts.biz > Tel/ 1-800-741-5252 > Fax/ 770-454-9745 > ICQ 427542441 > AIM BuyMBparts > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Dillon" <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> > To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:29 AM > Subject: [MBZ] cold weather conspiracy? > > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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
