Ditto - I don't know how it runs in the middle of the night, but my daughter did NOT want a car when she lived in DC. She used the public transportation all the time. We parked the cars and rode the busses and subways when we visited - no problems.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Easy: Give him is choice: > > 1. Two feet, possibly mit shoes > 2. Hybrid Pedipowered organic green urban vehicle (embraced by the > siyerrra club, pita, animal liberation army, mao, che, the castro brothers, > hugo, and many other tip cup dictators.) > 3. Rusted out 240D powered by homebrew BioD. This also doubles as the > fry oil collection device. > 4. Rusted out 115 220D or 240D. (See above) > > > I thought the gummit spent bejillions of greenies to build rabid transit > around DC? Or was that only baston? > > > > > The boy, who is in medical school in DC, asserts that starting next >> summer he will need some sort of basic urban transportation device to get >> to his various off-site locations in which he will be doing medical >> edumacashun kinds of things. I guess various hospitals in the DC area. I >> still have his 300SD here but he says that is too much trouble and he has >> no time or inclination to fool with it. IOW he need something that is >> cheap, reliable, and will not cost a fortune (or effort) to maintain in the >> DC area, nor likely be a target for miscreants. He asserted $5k would buy >> something. [How he arrives at that figure, having no money of his own to >> contribute at this point, is a mystery, but whatever...] >> >> I am thinking of a basic cheap japmobile of some sort, but I suppose >> anything would do. He has a bike, but going various distances night and >> day, rain and shine, hot and cold, etc.... a car seems to be indicated. >> >> So the challenge for y'all is to come up with some ideas for something >> that would fit the bill. And if anyone has or knows of something that >> might be available in 6 months or so that would comply with the >> specifications, feel free to offer. I did not win the lottery drawing last >> night, so I am a bit constrained on the budget for this adventure. >> >> --R >> > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 2012 Passat TDI DSG 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager 1957 C182A _______________________________________ 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
