http://www.npr.org/2015/08/20/433010969/sales-of-convertibles-are-decelerating-blame-the-fuel-economy
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Interesting, I have not heard that in the auto biz > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 21, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Correct. And why, I don't know, but there are tons of 75s around here. They >> used to be cheap as wine, but now people seem to think they're valuable. >> >> Interesting story on All Things Considered yesterday about how convertibles >> are going away, and how most manufacturers are getting out of making them. >> Most of it has to do with efforts to meet the CAFE standards in a few years. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Aug 21, 2015, at 2:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The cats were under the hood in only the '75 and '76 models - >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> As for the 450SLs, those things were total nightmares. I've seen tons of >>>> them here in Floridia, and every one of them has a cooked engine >>>> compartment from those cats. >>>> >>>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> OK Don >>> >>> NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! >>> >>> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of >>> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain >>> >>> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who >>> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >>> for themselves." >>> >>> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>> 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg >>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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
