I wonder if there will be a renaissance in steam powered cars. You wouldn't have these prtoblems with a steam powered car.
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Oh ok > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Sorry to confuse things. > > > > I had to buy the replacement, which they will refund 100% when I return > the core. > > > > Dan > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I guess I'm not sure why you did not get it swapped out under warranty > instead of buying another one. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 7:56 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Convenience, and the fact that I'm more or less locked in since I > bought one from them to begin with. > >>> > >>> I know, I rolled the dice and lost. It happens. I also don't have a > fleet of cars around that I can just move someone into another car if > theirs is off the road. Every car here is pretty much mission critical. > >>> > >>> Dan > >>> > >>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> So why did you buy another alternator of then failed one came from > them and has a life time warranty? > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>> > >>>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 7:26 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Holy mother of pearl, I swear this stuff goes in waves.... > >>>>> > >>>>> Oldest boy comes in last night about 7:30: > >>>>> > >>>>> "The battery light on my car (1998 S420) came on. Should I get the > battery checked?" > >>>>> > >>>>> I go out and go over the car. All seems well except for the voltage > at the battery while the car is running: about 12.25 VDC. Hmm. > >>>>> > >>>>> I tell him to go get it checked at Advance Auto and report back. > >>>>> > >>>>> 20 minutes later he returns. "They checked my battery and said it's > good," as he hands me the little thermal paper printout from their > diagnostic machine. > >>>>> > >>>>> I then realize I wasn't specific enough in telling him to have them > do a full charging system check, so I climb in the car with him and we go > to another Advance Auto nearby (we have two within four miles of the house.) > >>>>> > >>>>> We get there, they test the system, flat line for alternator output. > Bingo! So much for the reman I bought from them and installed on the car > back in November of last year, with lifetime warranty, I might add. > >>>>> > >>>>> So we return to the house and jump in my car, as it's now dark and I > don't want to risk it in his car with the headlights on. We then go to the > other Advance Auto to get an alternator, which the other store didn't have > in stock. > >>>>> > >>>>> Interestingly, this part number was not the one for the car in their > application list, however, it was in November. Not only that, but in > November the core was $105! It's now $50. Strange. > >>>>> > >>>>> We get the alternator, head back to the house, and spend an hour > swapping it out. New one works just fine, makes plenty of electricity. > >>>>> > >>>>> Today the parts for the S500 come in. I only hope I am as lucky with > it as we were with the S420. And I hope this is the end of car issues for a > while. I'm beginning to feel like a full time mechanic. > >>>>> > >>>>> Oy. > >>>>> > >>>>> Dan > >>>>> > >>>>> Sent from my iPad > >>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
