On a spiritual level these FB idiots offend me. Probably because I might be cut from the same cloth as Pierre Hedary, though he is a much younger and far more technically blessed man than I. I can see allowing the idiots to defile as many of these cars as possible, on the off chance that they will kill more of them than were sent to PnP by the Obama idiocy of Cash for Clunkers. I might surmise that the millions of diesel w123 destruction required to increase inherent value of anybody with a functional car somewhere down reaping a giant profit seems infinitesimal. Maybe we should keep the good ones away from these idiots and post them on BaT
clay > On Aug 2, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Jaime, > > I don’t see it as having anything to do with the cost. There appear to be a > fair number of young people (younger than you) in the group who enjoy > “builds” and “modding” and they’re looking for direction. When they ask about > something like removing the ALDA and we (us god-like old guys who know > everything) suggest that it’s a bad idea or will net them little or nothing, > they get angry, stamp their feet, and suggest that we’re trying to “hold them > down” in some manner or somehow denigrate what they’re doing. > > Rather than engage and ask why removing the ALDA is a bad idea so they can > understand the rationale behind our suggestion, they go 180 degrees and get > ugly or boast about how they “roll coal” on people without their ALDA and > think it’s funny. It’s really pretty infantile, and it’s also sad that the > mods allow it to happen under the guise of letting people do what they want > with their cars. Your kids have to breathe the air they’re fouling. > > Had they bothered to ask why, they might have discovered that removing the > ALDA will net them little to nothing in the way of performance, and might > even be detrimental. But they never went that far. I do recall someone trying > to make this point in the thread, but being pretty much ignored. > > I personally don’t care what anyone does with their car(s), they’re not mine. > Yes, I’m a purist, but I can totally understand someone’s desire to tinker or > do other things with a car. However, when they ask for advice about making > changes or modifications of people with experience they’re dismissive and > sometimes ugly. So what’s the point? > > -D _______________________________________ 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
