They're a semi-public entity. They can buy from a private individual but its more complicated easier in the long run to buy from a dealer of some kind, preferably a big dealer.
Or as Dad says its best to make the member towns come up with a truck now and then, it clears out their back lot and helps remind them who cleans up after them. -Curt Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:43:57 -0500 From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Carburetor Trouble Message-ID: <m1sjk0wjxu....@cs.indiana.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> writes: > Yeah used trucks still play an important part pretty much > everywhere. Used truck prices are UP. My Dad runs a landfill where > last year they needed a new runabout pickup. Needless to say landfill > life is hard on trucks. Their old one was like a '95 with maybe > 100,000 miles on it but it was BEAT. You couldn't park it on a slope > because the clutch slipped so bad it'd roll away. Of course the > landfill is pretty much all slope. They finally got a truck from a > member town because they couldn't find a used truck that met their > needs (fullsize, 4wd, newer than 2000, 3/4 ton) for less than > $8,000. Of course they can't buy from an individual but none of the > sleazy car lots around had anything for them. Why can't they buy from an individual? Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD _______________________________________ 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
