We all agree the newer than w124 mercedes are not worthy of a hold position, nor will they be found in operable condition to qualify for classic/vintage licensing.
I really miss owning cars that are not bogged down with toys, blinking lights, more computing power than an old Packard Bell from Costco, and have nanny features which make it impossible to repair/replace the interior. Too much explosive power with all those air bags to bother fixing headliners, A pillars and such. Let alone be able to swing a wrench under the hood without having an old Cray on hand to decipher codes and re-anable functionality. Welcome to the age of automotive appliances. And the kids have no interest or desire to acquaint themselves with the cars from the past 25 years, nor anything older, as those vehicles are killing Greta Thunderbird fortified whine. clay > On Jan 29, 2020, at 9:23 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > will suffer and never reach the desire level of the "Classic Era" cars. > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:22 AM G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Classic Mercedes era ended and was replaced with the "Vanilla Era >> Mercedes".... the slide to Full Vanilla took about 4 model years, during >> which, electronic nannies prevailed to the point replacement parts are not >> supported for the average wallet, or for any wallet.. >> Personal outlook for the "Vanilla Era Mercedes" is that resale wil >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:25 AM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < _______________________________________ 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
