Coworker's car got totalled in a hit and run. It was an older tiguan. Paid off, seven years old. So she is looking for transportation.
I told her she could have the 90k 1994 e420 for 5k, and that her husband would be jealous because it is faster than his Audi. She was game, but his response was 1994? NO WAY. Of course his payment on a used audi is over 500/mo and the AC fan whines but is too expensive to fix. She is all about no payment. He is the fiscal fool in the relationship apparently. I dont know if a v8 w124 is the greatest kid hauler around, but it will only appreciate and one could surely do much worse. Even the headliner is new now, ignition switch, turn stalk, 2.82 diff, yada yada. I think it needs a new toe link in back because it is eating that tire, but my gosh - why are people so keen to go into debt on depreciating assets? Death by a thousand cuts. On Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 12:55 PM Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> wrote: > I drive right past BH mercedes twice a day so it is a natural option and > making two trips is easy. > > Of course aftermarket is often best, so it doesnt help for that stuff. > > Tom Hanson gives a nice wholesale discount and ships of course and is very > responsive. > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 12:07 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I haven't tried that, but in the past when I've gone in to our local >> dealer, which is a long drive on the other side of town, their deal was >> pay >> in advance and then make another trip later when the parts arrive to pick >> them up. >> >> No thanks is my reply to that deal, my time is more valuable, I'd rather >> order on line and have them delivered to my home, and the price is usually >> better. >> >> If they were closer or on my usual commute route, I might go down that >> path >> and develop a nice relationship (Dan told me all his secrets, among them >> are pizza and donut deliveries) but given the geography as it stands, not >> worth it to me. >> >> Dealer recently opened a branch location just a few miles away, very >> convenient, I need to stop by and see if they have a parts desk. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 2:38 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> > Just print out the part list with all the prices from whatever website >> you >> > like, walk into the dealer and tell them you want these parts and will >> they >> > match the price. They arent going to say no. >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 9:25 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > > Or just get your local dealer to match the discount and dont pay any >> > > shipping at all. >> > > >> > > Good luck with that. >> > > That is difficult. Not impossible, but difficult. >> > > I was able to talk them into 10% after my first thousand dollars in >> > parts, >> > > and 20% after twenty five hundred in parts. I just order online. >> > > >> > > >> > > Rick >> > > _______________________________________ >> > > 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
