Yeah trash cars. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 25, 2019, at 10:51 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I hate FWD. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 25, 2019, at 6:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yeah, he was a hard core U.S. iron guy after having worked for GM for many >> years. That being said, he did order a 450SL in the early 70s, just before >> the gas crisis occurred. I’ve told that story before, but to recap, he >> ordered the car, it came in a few months later when the you know what had >> really hit the fan with Arab embargo on oil, and he had to back out of the >> deal as many of his customers would have taken offense at him driving a >> foreign car. Closest I ever saw the man to crying. Made me realize that this >> must have been one special car and probably unknowingly affected my interest >> in Mercedes. >> >> The last American iron he owned was a Plymouth Horizon TC3. Had an >> aftermarket pop-up style sunroof installed in it that “didn’t leak!” Dark >> blue with a matching interior. He loved that car, as it was his first front >> wheel drive car and the handling was something he had never experienced. He >> used to like to bury the front end in a snowdrift and then show everyone how >> easily it could extract itself. >> >> I think that was the impetus for him to buy the Honda Prelude. He loved the >> front wheel drive aspect and I don’t think there were many domestic front >> wheel drive offerings at that time that were two seaters and relatively >> upscale cars. Not sure - not a subject we covered before he passed. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 7:03 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Bought a Honda. And that’s when it all ended for this country. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 6:41 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dad had a 76, or whatever the first year model was - they had round >>>> headlights. Silver with a red landau top and burgundy interior. Absolutely >>>> beautiful car. Might have even had wire wheel covers, I don’t recall. >>>> >>>> After he left General Motors he was a Chrysler guy for a number of years >>>> until he bought a Honda. >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 24, 2019, at 9:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> https://barnfinds.com/no-corinthian-leather-1979-cordoba-survivor/ >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
