it's time for you to know this. jaime used to confide in me that he wanted to be you
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net>wrote: > Jaime is just trying to be more like me. First he moves to the country (I > think), then he needs a lawn tractor. Now he wants a pickup. Next thing you > know he will have 80 junk cars in his back yard. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 17, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > i'd agree with curt here. the love of diesel is nice and all but diesel > > isn't always an answer > > > > but the reality is jaime just wants another toy. for as often as he > needs > > to use a truck, he can just rent one and be WAY ahead in overall costs > > > > i used to drive a very nice 94 E420, but the head gasket blew. seems to > be > > 30 hours of labor so i went back to driving my clapped out 280CE., this > > car lacked any sort of creature comforts (the windows didn't even fully > > roll up) at all and got about 12mpg. when i wanted to do an overnight > or > > day trip, i'd go to an enterprise rent a car where i had a deal where i > > could show up and take any car left on the lot 10 minutes before closing > on > > saturday and return it same time monday for 20 bucks plus tax. there > were > > always big vans and pickups available. sometimes they were all that was > > available > > > > so think about how often you really NEED a pickup truck and how much it > > costs to rent vs how much it cots to own full time and i suspect you will > > discover that renting is much cheaper than owning > > > > but renting doen't give you teh fun of playing with a new toy and that is > > probably what we have here > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> He's gonna pay 2-3x for a diesel and it'll have added maintenance costs. > >> Its not like he's going to commute with it. For trips to the home > center or > >> the dump or to retrieve a car a cheap gasser makes more sense than a > diesel. > >> > >> If he was gonna do long road trips sure... > >> > >> -Curt > >> > >> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:52:07 -0400 > >> From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie > >> Message-ID: > >> <CALHJ_1A+AceL3Rh-vZYhxkMcVs5VqOg+W3b+=aa-rfpenpu...@mail.gmail.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> > >> Miles are high for a v8 Ford. Not a great deal. Look further south for > >> less rust. A 3/4 ton with a diesel will get better mpg and haul way > more. > >> Early idi models get near 20mpg and have plenty enough power. That > truck > >> will get around 12. > >> > >> Older Chevy diesels, 6.2 etc., get great mpg and last forever. Newer > >> Diesels, such as my Powerstroke(with exception to the Cummins), get > worse > >> mpg at around 15 or so average but with 450 ft-lbs of torque, who cares? > >> > >> Mike > >> On Sep 17, 2013 11:23 AM, "Craig" <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:13:23 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond > >>> <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > http://www.frankcoffeyauto.com/1994_Ford_Ford_Milford_NH_174894153.veh > >>> > >>> Looks good, and the price is right. Google maps says it's 285 miles > from > >>> Trenton, NJ, 4 hours 52 minutes. Sounds like road trip time. > >>> > >>> > >>> Craig > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://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 > > > > > > > > -- > > *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars > > > > * > > *www.BuyEUROparts.com* > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > 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 > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://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
