A friend of mine got the Rolls bug when cars started to be a big thing on eBay - bought a '75 Rolls in CA, drove it home. The water pump was leaking, he had to stop often to keep it cool. A new pump ws over $1,000, so he took it to his Dad (a machinist, among other things), and they made new parts for the pump. Then the brake system needed work, at big bucks - it's two circuit to each wheel high pressure hydraulic system controled by the brake pedal. I thin he scrounged parts for it and finely broke down and bought the special fliud, but has never finished fixing it. When I ask hom when I'm going to get a ride in the Rolls, he replies "Oh, you mean the storage shelf in my garage?"
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > A friend of mine got a pile of money when his mom died. He bought a > Roller, spent like $40k on it, it was an early '80s model but I don't know > more than that. > He owned it for something like a year, spent another $40k or so on it and > sold it for something like $15k in disgust. > > His problem of course is that he just wanted it to work and threw money at > problems rather than investigating... > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 18:28:12 -0400 > From: Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1928 Rolls Royce lasts as long as a diesel Benz > Message-ID: <nlyy3g3rpphatcbmfav8mwt9.1336948092...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I always thought owning a Rolls would be cool, but I have often wondered > about how expensive the parts are and what the reliability is like. > > As long as you're not looking for a Corniche convertible, they don't > appear to be that expensive, relatively speaking. > > Dan > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ 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
