And Miron-uh Floren-uh. I figured the MBCA chapters that wanted to remain viable would soon have to somehow appeal to the tuners of the soul-less MBs.
As my buddy Bob says, “the times they are a changin’” Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 11, 2019, at 6:14 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > No stacked diesels. A really nice 240d, a CD, a w115 240. As I said, old > men with cash to burn instead of picking up street walkers and drinking > expensive scotch > > > clay > > > >> On Aug 11, 2019, at 5:23 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Were there any diesels with exhaust stacks through the hood? >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> >>> On Aug 11, 2019, at 8:14 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Today was the local section MBCA Show and Shine. Nice selection of cars on >>> the field. We had a large number (eight) from Canadia come down to show >>> their rides. The funny thing was the tuner types who I had not seen before. >>> >>> It seems there is a shadow Benz Club in town. Mostly younger people with >>> newer tuner cars from 2005+. I got to talking with a fellow and he tells >>> me they are organized online, like with Fakebuuk or other online dating >>> site, and the oldest guy in their group of seven hundred members is almost >>> 40. I am astounded. For some reason our leadership is not reaching out to >>> these people to enlarge and strengthen the club. I was sure these people >>> were a stealth tribe, so I introduce the fellow and his gal to the club >>> President. He knew about the group and there were six or seven others of >>> that clan in attendance. All in hopped up AMG livery. >>> >>> For the few decades I have been a member of the local section, I have >>> thought we need many more younger members so that the club would remain >>> viable. The bulk of our members are closing in on, if not many years or >>> decades into retirement. Their cars are of the Collectible sort with trust >>> funds to keep them running. The number of W113 and R107s there I would >>> guess to have been at least twenty, if not more. There was nary a scruffy >>> car on the field. Maybe the worst was the sole 450SLC that had the rear >>> seating area under construction. Not a Kaleb car to be had. >>> >>> The post 2005 cars were, as always, soulless. There were a few SECs and >>> one W140 coupe. The w129s were out in force. Most of the 1985-2004 bunch >>> wore AMG badges, when that meant something. >>> >>> At least the rain held off. Now I feel like I should head to the store and >>> get a few bottles of Geritol. >>> >>> 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 >> > > > > clay monroe > >> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm >> looking for didn't fall out. > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
