You did finally set the valves on the 300D didn't you? Hows that working out? I seem to remember the car was getting a little harder to start.
Anybody interested in a Prius should watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7DFzl6ZU5k Actually anybody interested in old cars should be watching the Roadkill series period... -Curt ________________________________ From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Testing Prius Saw one along the road the other day with the hood up. Don't think I want one. Have had 3 Toyotas over time and cannot say any of them left a lasting good impression. Not anxious to do that again. A new Honda Civic is probably a better deal than a Prius and an Accord an even better answer. I like the photos of Dan's new MB but I don't know that I want one with mileage that high. I like the MB with the oval headlights - about a 97 E300? However, at that age, most will also have high miles. I might be dreaming but I doubt my 76 300D has gone around more than once. I know some of its history and it would appear that it has spent a lot of time not being used much. For my own example, I have driven it about 13 or 14K miles since July of 2005 when I bought it. That works out to an average of about 1500 miles per year. I have told this story before but it goes like this: An MD bought it new in Winnipeg from the dealer and kept it a long while. I don't have his name but I have some of the original documentation showing trips to the dealer for oil changes etc up to about 80K miles or so. I am assuming he drove it in the winter when it was new but got to where he did not but I could be mistaken on that. Someone likely did try to use it in the winter as the spare tire is a winter radial. His barber lived in a condo or apartment with underground parking and the MD started parking it at the barber's place for the winter. The barber ultimately bought it and he kept it a long while. The fellow I bought it from acquired it from the barber and had it re-painted. He did not use it much as he lived in a condo and had no parking for it at home. He kept it at his shop and drove it occasionally in summer. I got it in July 2005 at which time it showed 990 miles on the odometer. I have had to do nothing to it since I got it apart from changing oil annually and having the front seats re-padded. So, it is impossible really to tell, but I really wonder if it is only 115K miles or if it has more. I don't have any experience with high mileage MB's so nothing to compare it to but it certainly seems tight. My experience with most other brands of vehicles at higher mileage is that it usually feels somewhat worn. How is that for going off on a tangent? RB On 05/09/2014 12:49 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > The smug factor is worth at least $10k > > --R > > > On 9/5/14 11:23 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> Prius starts at $24,000, Passat starts at $21,000, Jetta starts at >> $16,000. Jetta and Prius are about the same size and the Jetta is >> purported will do 30mpg with the gas engine. You could buy a helluva >> lot of gas for $10,000... >> >> -Curt > > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
