that is all the stuff that Jaime is pushing, ('cept the taillights) but
I think what you got is pre-jaime.
clay via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
February 8, 2017 at 7:33 PM
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
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