Nope same old yards, not even upgrading the technology to sell… It is a movement toward the cars of the past 15 years
I took a visit to the PnP today because there was a w220 that might have goodness for me. Turns out there were a bunch of benz made since Y2K displacing the older stuff. There was the SLK, a CLK convertible, a late model w210, a w203, and the w220. The common thread for all these cars were rather minor fender benders. For some reason the cars were not worth keeping with what could have taken a few hours of shop time to make right. Looking at the debris from the yard apes, these cars are put together by accountants. The plastic is early chinese quality. The parts are also made in the orient by slave labor. These are OE parts. The switches, electronics, wiring, probably leather, and rubber. I will grant these are the Daimler Chrysler crap, but it looks like a trend was set. I picked up the taillights and the audio parts that live in the trunk, as well as the Command head unit. These should resolve a few of the low ball products that were used to build the S430. The stealership pointed out that these were trash in my car and were on the verge of failure and would want replacement. Their bill to gather the parts was quoted as over $4k. What I found was made in china as OE parts but I got it all for $80. clay _______________________________________ 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
