I was listening to Adam Carolla's (of the now defunct Man Show) car podcast the other day when a guy from Seattle called in and was pondering the purchase of an S600 with a V12 that he could get a "deal" on for $17,000.
It was a real pleasure to hear both Adam and even more so his resident car guy, Bill Ganz, tell the caller that they were in a for a serious bag of hurt if they bought the car. Dan --- On Thu, 3/17/11, relng...@aol.com <relng...@aol.com> wrote: > From: relng...@aol.com <relng...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Big black Benzes > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 11:58 PM > > ....Thanks for all the comments > and suggestions during my search - I > > think Don's > > comment about loving the Benz reminded me that I do > also. Here it is . > > S420 bought from an MB salesman who bought it new. > Full records from bill > > of > > sale to AC replacement a few months ago. Near > perfect inside and out. > > 127K > > miles. I will complain about the mileage, though, > I'm sure.... > > > Which reminds me.... > > Every Thursday I head over to a nearby non-Starbucks for a > latte and read > the newspapers for a while. And almost always a guy shows > up in one of his > four cars (that I've seen), none of which ever have any > dirt on them. Today he > was driving his '99 S600 in 040 black with black leather. > He tells me that > he bought the car sight unseen from some southeastern state > and had it > trucked to Seattle. He said that he paid too much for it > and ended up spending > more than he planned to get it right but now everything > works. It's a real > pleasure to see a car as well loved as this one which is > obvious. I've never > seen any brake dust on the wheels and the black paint is an > unmarked and shiny > as any new car. A man after my own heart. He tells that he > uses the same > AMSOIL in all of his cars and buys it by the 55 gal drum. > > The only thing it needs is some more attractive wheels > since the stockers > don't do it justice. Maybe some 17" AMG's. > > Normally he doesn't drive it if there is any threat of rain > but today I > think a few drops fell on it. > > Even though the sight of a 140 makes my Visa card nervous, > this is one car > I wouldn't mind having if I could afford it and had garage > space. > > RLE > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
