I second that. One of the reasons oldest boy is in a Ford Escape. I don’t have to maintain it, and it can be fixed by just about any shop.
Now if I could just get the youngest out of his W210 and into a Subaru or something appropriate for his climate/location. -D Sent from my iPad > On Mar 4, 2022, at 1:46 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > This. You don't want to be his mechanic for the rest of your life... > > -Curt > > On Friday, March 4, 2022, 03:42:08 PM EST, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Since you are nearing retirement, and may not be around to do necessary > maintenance and repairs, I would stick to popular and easy to work on cars. > Chevy, Ford, Toyota, etc. While WE may view Mercedes Benz as a reliable and > easy to repair marque, most of the mechanics and shade tree mechanics are a > bit intimidated by them. The hood stack crowd and "will it run on vegetable > oil?" crowd attests to that. > > Find him an old 2003-2011 Crown Vic or Mercury Marquis and call it good. > > My two cents. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: March 4, 2022 11:07 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: azbob...@gmail.com > Subject: [MBZ] W124 Coupe > > https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/scottsdale-1989-mercedes-coupe-for-sale/7452593304.html > > Should I be running away from this? I see the headlight wipers are gone, but > would it be an option for breathalyzer boy? Are the windows the dealbreaker > on these? > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________ > 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
