The recent year Passat's are VERY nice cars. Nicer than the current low end Mercedes IMHO.
-Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 On 5/12/06, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There's a great VW Passat commercial on TV that I saw on TW yesterday. As the guy drives along, the driver of each different car they pass screams out a different slogan, e.g. "I EARN MORE MONEY THAN YOU!!", "I AM INSECURE ABOUT MY MASCULINITY!!", "GET OUT OF MY WAY BECAUSE I AM MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU!!!" I think the Mercedes driver was yelling about earning power... On 5/12/06, Dillon, Meade LCDR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian, > > I'm with you 100%. I cannot stand to 'follow the crowd', I'd much > rather reach my own conclusion/bias. I don't know if this is a human > condition or not, I prefer to think of it as great American Rugged > Individualism. Making biodiesel appeals > to me for the same reason; nothing to do with political correctness or > saving the planet, everything to do with being self-reliant and > economical and enjoying the fruits of my labor unhindered by overbearing > government (he says as he sits in uniform sucking at Mother Navy's tit > with NSA probably reading every word of this email....) > > :) > > Very respectfully, > /s/ > Meade Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD 287k miles > '85 190D 2.2 5 spd 106k miles > '85 300TD Euro 5spd 327k miles *sold* > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:34 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] New vs. Old Revisited > > > Forgive me, Marshall Field, as I know this doesn't give you any > information on the topic you asked about, but: Your question regarding > window switches reminded me of an episode on that show "Real Housewives > of Orange County". One of the families' daughter gets in her > couple-of-year-old Mercedes coupe and tries to operate the window > switch, and it's broken. She whines like a six year old: "I need a new > car! I always get hand-me-downs!" Incidently, her mom also drives a > Mercedes coupe, and at least one other character on the show does as > well. > > This sort of speaks (indirectly) to the issue that was being talked > about a few days ago on the list. The issue of new Mercedes vs. old was > brought up. I guess this encapsulates most of the reason I don't really > want a new Mercedes. It seems to be just sort of a generic, overly > common car that folks buy because they are in a certain slot in society. > The last few times I have gone out to California, I noticed that the > freeways are crawling with them. And just very recently, I've noticed > that that trend is finally hitting here in little ol' Rochester, MN. I > get the feeling that 85% of the drivers of these new machines could just > as likely have wound up in a Lexus or an Acura. > > I prefer to have something that you have to want to have - something > that you couldn't have accidentally. > > Don't misunderstand, I know that there are a lot of folks that have new > Mercedes' who are actually enthusiasts, and I'm not trying to step on > their toes (though I think I did). > > Brian > 83 240D > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For > used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
