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you get the idea. On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Whats the wife drive? Wasn't she a lover of big SUVs? > I feel like if you're going to drive an older car you ought to have a > spare in case things go wrong. Also if you're going to drive an older car > long term you need to fix everything that goes wrong immediately. Otherwise > you fall out of love with the car and each additional thing that needs > fixing becomes "aww man, another thing thats wrong." if you fix each thing > then you only have one thing wrong at a time. > So my advice is to fix everything on the '01 and the pickup and drive the > '01 some. If you fall back in love with it then keep 'em all. If you don't > then sell the '01, keep the 2000 and the pickup and drive 'em both until > the wheels fall off, then reconsider. > You could sell the '01 now but as you've already estimated you'll take a > bath on it, only bottom feeders buy cars that already have a problem. > -Curt > > From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>; Donald Snook < > d...@snooklawllc.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Consolidating the Fleet > > Your life would be 1/5 as complicated if only you hadn't married. > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I currently have three vehicles and I want to eliminate some. > > > > I have: > > > > 2000 BMW 740iL 227,xxx miles > > > > 2001 BMW 740iL Sport 131,000 miles > > > > 1992 Ford F-150 148,000 > > > > I am considering a few scenarios. > > > > First, sell all three vehicles (or trade in two of them and sell the > > other) and get one vehicle that meets all my needs. > > > > Second, sell the 01 BMW and the truck and keep the 00 BMW and drive it > > until the wheels fall off. > > > > Third, sell the 01 BMW, and keep the truck and the 00 BMW. > > > > Considerations: > > > > The 2000 740iL runs great. Its very comfortable. In fact, I think it is > > more comfortable than the 01. But, it has 227K miles and needs a rear > > bumper (has a big crack and chunk missing from the bottom). It isn't > worth > > much with the miles. It is still a very clean car. It has the security > > glass windows that are starting to delaminate a little, so it looks like > I > > have fog inside two of the windows. It doesn't bother me much. It is my > > daily driver. If I tried to sell the car, it wouldn't bring much and is > > probably worth more to me to just drive it. > > > > The 01 740iL is a beautiful car in Royal Rot and it is a sport with the > > staggered M-Par wheels and great looking sand colored interior. It is a > > very nice car, but in the time I have had it, 3 of the power windows have > > screwed up. I think I need the replacement metal wheels for the > regulators. > > The regulators are still going up and down but the windows don't move. It > > also has the trifecta (ABS, Traction, etc) lights on. I do not know if it > > is the one wheel speed sensor that has not been replaced yet or if its > the > > ABS box (whatever it is called). The suspension is excellent (front and > > rear) as everything has been replaced by the previous owner or me in the > > last 20,000 miles. This car still has pretty good value. But, in order to > > sell it for what it is really worth, I am going to have to at least fix > the > > three windows. > > > > 1992 Ford F-150 XLT. Its super clean and rust free and runs great. Has 4 > > new tires, and I used it a couple months ago to tow a trailer and 4,000 > > pound car on a 600 mile trip and it impressed the hell out of me and had > no > > trouble. I rarely use it, but it is always handy to have a truck. Its V8 > > 2wd regular cab. Runs great, but needs a compressor for the a/c. Here's > the > > snag on it. I bought it a few years ago, and I can't find the title. In > > fact, I couldn't find the title when I tried to register it the first > time. > > So, I will have to get the small dealer I bought it from to apply for > lost > > title and then get it from him. Not a big deal, I just haven't done it > yet. > > > > I have 5 kids. But, 3 of them are grown and have their own kids. We go > and > > visit the other kids and grandkids pretty frequently. It is a four hour > > drive one way. We usually take my 00 BMW. But, sometimes we have to > bring a > > couple extra kids. 5 people in the 7 series isn't bad, but it gets > crowded > > quick and I am wondering about a big SUV. I don't really care about gas > > mileage for my daily driver because my office is 5 miles from my house > and > > I put less than 15,000 miles on my cars in a year. > > > > Don Snook > > _______________________________________ > > 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
