Not sure how many of the newer owners actually join the club. MBCA. From the many hours I wasted at the stealership over the past month, the brand has become aspirational. The bulk of the service center users were ethnic. It could be that shop's marketing, but I am thinking it covers the regional dealers. There are four within a 30 mile radius. Most in well paid (tech) ethnic areas. Could be Lease car, but probably CPO owners. On the road the drivers are many shades of cafe in the newest models, and sun challenged in the older examples.
The club events make the Oscars look like Ellis Island. AARP has nothing on our membership. And our selection of vehicles are past warrantee. We have taken time to learn and know our cars, unlike those who just came to the brand and show no excitement in owning fine examples of German Engineering. Then, again, it could be the cars they are driving are far less than exciting to own and drive. The current crop of models are more Asian with a star than German magic 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 On Feb 11, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > There's a rich irony in people effecting to be snobs whose newest car is 10 > years old, if that. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I agree with Dan, I (with no prior experience or knowledge) thought that >>> George was taking advantage of his position in the club. >>> >>> I ordered George's used oil lab analysis kits, sent in a sample and got >>> the >>> results back, and there was no soot number! I called the lab tech about >>> it, he said "we don't do that" or something like that. George's lab >>> didn't >>> offer that type of oil analysis, so I called Larry and got his kits and >>> never looked back. >>> >>> In my experience, there is a nasty snobbish element in MBCA that cannot >>> stand diesels and guys like me that love them. Probably the majority of >>> the people are nice folks, but that nasty snob element really turns me >>> off. >>> >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> >> >> Yes, there is a rich snob element in the MBCA; particularly in the >> national cadre. The group that moved Gemutlichtkeit from road america in >> WI to someplace in MI were that sort. They banned my 200D from the track, >> moved the event to MI and I never went back. >> >> As Pres, I went up to the board meeting in Chic a gogo with a contingent >> of gray haired members to offer to host a board meeting in a central >> location. Other than Ferne Gardner (Leadfoot) from MI, the left and right >> coast contingents made fun of the offer. Less than graceful. >> >> One schmuck even said "Is there even an airline that goes there" I >> ignored the Q, but later figured out I shoulda told him, "yeah, we have a >> couple small airlines you probably never heard of, Like United. (At the >> time United was the world's largest.) >> >> If the local sections are run right, the section meetings are fun, and you >> meet good people. >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
