The 560 SEL is beautiful. The perfect green over tan. AZBob
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2021, at 6:46 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > was the 250 190D the red one? I yhought that was a parts car > >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 8:12 PM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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
