Wow, that's a harsh assessment. Thanks for letting me know when not to act on my impulses to purchase a bargain S class from the 90s.
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 1:08 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > After more than five weeks, I picked up the S430 from the shop. It was > there to have the speedo cluster dealt with. New part is $24xx.00. > Sending the old part to Beckmann in NC was $900. But, that takes time for > them to get it on the bench and made good. > > ANY how, the car was picked up, minor fee to have it installed and checked > out. I drove off the lot, and the driver mirror glass falls off. I park > and see what the fee to fix that would be. Part is $495 from his > distributor. I hate this car. I get home and hop on the Bay of Fleas, and > find some guy in Latvia with glass for $20. I will be able to use the car > again sometime in late April. > > On a positive note, I got Polei’s 500k Km badge in the mail. > > The W220 will never see a badge, as it will most likely be scrapped by the > next owner due to value of parts being more than the vehicle is worth. > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > 1982 300 SD - Allen > > retired models- > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
