Yes you are right but I always expected more from Mercedes. Now they just seem to behave like every other cheap car dealership.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2018, at 8:15 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I wonder what would happen were you to go to any other dealership and ask > for a radiator for a 35+ year old vehicle, even a 20 year old one? > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 5:59 PM Dimitri via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> To follow-up, the classic center says that Mercedes no longer makes >> radiators for this car and that I should go to the aftermarket. >> >> The dealership told me that I should take the car to a local Indy shop to >> have it fixed since they can’t source the part. I wouldn’t take it to the >> dealership anyway since I will fix myself but this only goes to show that >> Mercedes just wants to cater to new cars and their owners. They make techno >> gadget laden rolling computers which when they have something fail in 5-10 >> years will tell the owner, sorry we can’t source the part so you’re on your >> own. If they can’t fix the most simple and basic car like a 240D, imagine >> what will happen when one of these techno crap cars breaks 10 years down >> the line. This whole affair leaves me with very little faith in Mercedes as >> a company. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 25, 2018, at 9:43 AM, Dimitri via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Out of curiosity, I called my local dealership to see if they can >> comment on whether a radiator is available for a manual tranny car and they >> just flat out told me that Mercedes does not make a radiator for my car >> anymore. I highly doubt that’s the case and so I will call the Classic >> Center once they open. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 24, 2018, at 11:35 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:27:36 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't have auto and 4 spd side by side any more so I can't go look. >>>>> I am 95% sure you could make the A/T version work. They may have the >>>>> same exterior dimensions. >>>> >>>> In order to fit the standard W123 body and standard 240D opening, they >>>> MUST have the same exterior dimensions. >>>> >>>> The 300D radiator is wider than the 240D radiator by design because of >>>> the additional heat load. In this case a panel is removed from the front >>>> of a 240D to change the opening from one for a standard 240D radiator to >>>> a one for a standard 300D radiator (and, I suspect, to standard 280E and >>>> other model radiators). >>>> >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > 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
