GWS [Greater Washington Section]-MBCA is similar. Lots of socials, fewer tech sessions for us cheapskates/gearheads.
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 10:59 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Peoples choice cars for the past few years have been Adenauer, 190SL, > 180d, 170, and some other old black sedans. Not that I quibble about how > nice they are. Just that the cars are mostly much younger than the owners, > or of equal age. > > I jest, there is a fellow who rices the newer AMG rides. He has had three > winners in the past few years. Mostly #1 car in the 2005+ group. The old > iron that requires six figures to put right are the display group. It does > put in perspective just how foolish I am to imagine I can put my R107 > anything close to #2 quality on the pittance I have on hand. Best to use > it, or sell her on, so she does not waste away from disuse. > > This years winning car came on a trailer and went home on a trailer, but > was driven onto the field. At least the punks drove their cars. Even had > a trio of Smart/Swatch cars show up. And the owners wanted us all to sit > in them. > > > clay > > > On Aug 11, 2019, at 7:40 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Must be a club thing, the Coleman Collectors club is going through a > similar thing. The younger folks (like me) want to camp and actually use > the stuff. The older folks like it sit around and TALK about lanterns and > stoves, maybe polish them but lighting them is crazy talk... > > I made major waves when I hosted the 2017 convention and focused it > around a campground. The club tried really hard to make me fail, I refused. > > -Curt > > > _______________________________________ > 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
