Good on ya!
I used to drive the punkin orange 79 TD over to the fancy stealer in
Houston and park under the porte cochere while I went in to buy
random little bits. It always got looks as it klattaed its way and
belched dizzel smoke amongst all the swells in their new rides.
--R
On 1/14/16 3:06 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
It has to do with the quality of the parts used to make the car.
Newer models are made with low grade parts. Old cars were made of
stouter stuff. This makes them more dependable than the plastic
and computer sort. The gorilla knob on Gump lived for 35 years.
The replacement knob was garbage and broke in two years.
Stealership sold me two of these before I just went to the PnP and
took a quality knob home for $1, not the $18 the dealer wanted.
Dealer must have been selling URO part
clay
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
Got a call late this morning that the speedo parts were in at the
stealer. I was near, so I went to get them Price was quoted over
the phone at order as $14. Parts guy led me with the parts and
bill to the cashier. (parts can't even run a CC now) The cashier
laid the bill for $25 where I could see it and stalled me. I
walked back to parts and told the female now at the parts computer
(I think this was the 4th person in parts I talked to) that the
invoice was higher than what I had been quoted on the phone when I
ordered. She printed out a new invoice with the original prices
and carried it up to the cashier. I paid the $14 for 2 cheep
prastic parts for the speedo drive.
On the way out I looked at the GLA and a couple of SLKs. NO sales
drones moved from their conversations amongst themselves or stopped
playing solitare on their computer to attempt a sale.
I walked out, then to the back of the building where my trusty
rusted out SDL waited. I drove away past the front of their lot
and around the building, Displaying my SDL for them, but AFIK,
nobody looked.
I wonder how dealers became known as stealers? I did not coin the
term, but I will claim Catheyesque as a descriptor for low cost
repairs, often involving microwaves or shoogoo.
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