I paid $4700 for my first Mercedes - a 9 year old 1973 280. You paid the same exactly for an 8 year old Ford.
On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 10:23 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Made the offer. $4700, he accepted. We’re going down around 12:30 to give > him a deposit to hold it until Monday. We have video tellers at the credit > union on Saturdays, but I don’t think they have the ability to disburse > large sums of cash, so we’ll probably have to wait until Monday to close > the deal. > > This is a relief. Now the eldest gets to spend some time cleaning up the > E320 CDI in preparation for it’s departure. > > -D > > > On Jul 2, 2020, at 10:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > My gf has a 2007 Ford Focus and it has proven reliable over the past 6+ > > years. > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:53 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I've always liked had good luck with Fords. Probably a good choice. > >> > >> Allan > >> > >> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> > >>> So we went and checked out the 2012 Escape with 137k, two owners, V6, > >> etc. > >>> > >>> Very clean car, well maintained, clearly a Ford lease before the > current > >> owner purchased it for his high school aged daughter who put > approximately > >> 3,000 miles on it driving to/from home, school and work. > >>> > >>> It’s been maintained by a local indie shop I know that caters to a well > >> to do clientele with a mix of nice domestic and high line cars. I’ll > check > >> in with them tomorrow if they’re open and get the dirt on this car. > Owner > >> had all his records so I pretty much saw everything he had done to it, > all > >> by the book and then some. He has detailed records on it showing it’s > >> averaged around 25 mpg, which is pretty good with the six and > considering > >> daughter’s driving was all suburban surface streets at or below 45 mph. > >>> > >>> They had the sucky Ford telematics yanked and a nice double-DIN Pioneer > >> unit installed professionally to the point where all of the steering > wheel > >> buttons work with it. It’s nicely done. > >>> > >>> It’s got a couple dings and a few stains in the carpet, but nothing a > >> good Martha’ing can’t resolve. > >>> > >>> The guy bought the car for his daughter and clearly cared for it in a > >> manner you expect. > >>> > >>> I’m going to call him in the morning and pull the trigger on it. I > think > >> it will suit the son just fine, he fits in it well and liked it. > >>> > >>> -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
