Owned a '76 Chevette from '76 - '82. Paid $3600, sold it for $300, and the only work it required was for brakes during that time period. This enabled us to purchase our first Mercedes (1973 280).
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 10:37 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes,well said. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 10:15 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Weight.Your '78 Celica was a little tin can with seats, it weighed > > nothing and if you got in an accident with something bigger than it you > > died.Today's cars are considerably more substantial, they've got bracing > in > > the doors and a safety frame that will stay together and protect you in > an > > accident.For a good comparison go back and find the old Fifthgear video > > where they crash a '90's Volvo, a car that I thought seemed pretty safe. > > Then they crash some little Asian crap box at the same speed into the > same > > barrier. The people in the Asian crap box would have walked away, the > > people in the Volvo MIGHT have survived... > > Cars today are way safer than even just 20 years ago, they emit less > > pollution and will last 200,000 miles with minimal maintenance. > > Go back and drive any car OTHER than a Mercedes (or maybe Volvo) from the > > '70s, they were not nice vehicles compared to the stuff made today... > > > > -Curt > > > > On Saturday, June 15, 2019, 2:53:32 PM EDT, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > My vote for the GWN would be a diesel dually. But the question is, why, > > with all the new technology, are cars not getting better gas mileage over > > the past two decades. My ’78 Celica got the same mileage 40 years ago > that > > I can get with a new car. > > > > clay monroe > > > > > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for > what > > I'm looking for didn't fall out. > > > > > > > > > On Jun 14, 2019, at 3:11 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Huh? Were toad "toadas run forever." No need to replace that, unless > > it got munched by a moose. Replace the cheep with a e300D AWD, or if AWD > > is not needed, read Curt's last post about his VW. A VW Pissant Dissel > > will do well, and keep you out of MB to suit SWMBO. > > > > > > Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote on 6/14/19 2:14 PM: > > >> I haz a kwextchin > > >> > > >> Looking at something to replace either the ten year old yoda of SWMBA > > or the junker 20 yo yeep driven by #2 boy, most of the vergasser choices > > able to seat four normal adults and one reasonable child are not able to > do > > better than 22mpg. The same lame economy cars twenty or more years old > > were able to achieve. Are we relegated to the new electric toys cars > that > > are stretching to get range or hybrid and only get a few miles more per > > gallon? > > >> > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
