In my quest for cheap transportation the worst deal I ever had was that $250
190D. It definitely proved the rule that "nothing is more expensive than a
cheap Mercedes."OTOH the best I ever did was with my $1500 1998 Jetta TDI. I
think that might be my favorite car. It's too bad the tin worm was so bad to it.
Hammie the $1500, and then $800 '83 240D was also a good value, both times I
owned it.
-Curt
On Thursday, November 25, 2021, 08:06:31 PM EST, Dwight Giles
<dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote:
yes I grew up in a penny pinching family. my grandmother warned about being
"pennywise and pound foolish".
On Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 7:52 PM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am.
On Thursday, November 25, 2021, 01:57:21 PM EST, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
we are not all cheap bastards.
On Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 1:54 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Are these primo cars because if so I don’t think any of the cheap bastards
> on this list will be interested.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 25, 2021, at 12:33 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > About a half a mile up Villa Nueva away from my house, there’s a mid
> century slump block rancher with an inordinately large garage and a large,
> enclosed carport that you access from the backyard off the golf course. In
> true neighborhood creeper fashion, I’ve known (since about 1990) that this
> garage and the carport are filled with all types of MBs.
> > I always was on the lookout for a time to strike up a conversation with
> the fellow, but he is elusive; he is either cloistered in his home out of
> the heat or he is in Deutschland.
> > Last spring, I noticed him out feebly trimming a palm tree and I wanted
> to stop but I was on my way to a call-out night shift at the old nuke
> plant. Figures.
> > On my way home the next morning I left him a note attached to his front
> door introducing myself as a fellow MB enthusiast and a neighbor eager to
> help him with home maintenance.
> > He called me later that afternoon and we talked for about a half an hour
> and he told me the that next day they were leaving for Germany for the
> summer. He said that he has a man that watches his house but he appreciate
> the offer and said that we would meet up once he returned in the fall.
> > Two days ago I noticed his pristine 500 SL parked in the driveway, so I
> knew he had returned.
> > Yesterday when I was driving by I saw that his garage door was up. As I
> looked over, I saw him pouring something into the fuel tank of his black 61
> 280 SE Coupe.
> > We talked for an hour. I saw his garage stable (560 SEL, 500SL, ML350,
> 280 SE Coupe, RR Silver Spur) but didn’t see the carport. He says he may be
> thinning the herd a bit (he just sold his W126 coupe and his ‘60 190 SL).
> I called dibs on the rest for us.
> >
> > AZBob
> > Sent from my iPhone
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