So Jaime is becoming a redneck:) Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 17, 2013, at 9:34 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
