There is absolutely nothing wrong with a hilux, unless the bat fj40 crowd has discovered them. Lightweight, simple, efficient, easily maintained, durable. It was the unofficial vehicle for pretty much all the Bedouin in Saudi in the 70s, except the bootleggers who drove GMC pickups with marine 454 motors.
On Sun, Oct 13, 2019, 12:32 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I know. I have informed both children that when the day comes that they > realize Mom and I were “right” that they need to immediately contact us in > order to allow us to revel in the satisfaction of being validated. > > It will happen. It’s just a matter of when. > > And yes, I attempted to point out that the HiLux was never sold here in > the same manner in which it is available in the rest of the world. > > -D > > > On Oct 13, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Tell him "good luck with that". They are few and far between here in the > states. Try BaT. > > When children get to be about 26-27 they say "gee dad, you sure got > smarter in the last couple years". > > > > Hang in there dad, it will get better. > > > > https://www.quora.com/Why-cant-I-own-a-Toyota-Hilux-in-America > > > > > > Rick > > > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Sent: October 13, 2019 7:59 AM > > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Cc: d...@penoff.com > > Subject: [MBZ] Toyota Hilux? > > > > Youngest son believes he now wants a Toyota Hilux and has asked me to > put the word out. No more details than that, so I’m going with what I’ve > got. > > > > Don’t ask me why, I don’t go there. If you see or know of one, drop me a > PM and I’ll pass it along. > > > > -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 > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
