Reports I've seen show MB quality falling in 1992-1994. '94 was the year of the "coup", when marketing really took over the "driver's seat" at MB - very well documented by insiders in the book, "Enduring Passion". The Chrysler merger was what? '97-ish. I think DB had a problem b4 they bought Chrysler. Also DB bought a BUNCH of companies in the 90's. They make rockets for Pete;s sake! I think the 90's DBAG acquisition craze in general caused them to lose focus regarding the Mercedes Car Group. Chris
Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since you brought up Daimler-Chrysler...I'm taking the hooligans to Six Flags Magic Mountain this weekend since school starts next week. Trying to be a smart guy, I reserved a minivan two weeks ago through Enterprise at some super-de-dooper weekend rate. When I went to pick it up today, they had no minivans. No Enterprise joint had a stinkin' minivan. I was tight. They didn't seem to understand why I was so tight. The clown offered to rent me a 15 passenger one ton Chebby van for the same price (I have 7 humans total to haul). The thought of 7mpg @ $3.45 in CA didn't thrill me. With seemingly no other choice, I took the rolling greenhouse. I took it a mile or so away and the AC never got cold, so I took it back. Dude there said he had a Durango comming in and I could have that if I wanted. He said it seats seven. I waited. It will seat seven semicomfortably. Having not driven anything Dodge since my work bud's '90 Ram Charger, I was still under the impression all Dodge/Chrysler interior stuff was still cheap crap. This Durango is pretty nice. Not real cheappy plastic-y crap. I'll see how it runs going over to Cal. And no this doesn't have a Hemi. I reckon, since the merger, Chrysler quality has risen, and MB quality has fallen and it sems they have met somewhere in the middle. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 157K '87 Acura Legend 177K Still waiting on '72 350SL 78K Litchfield Park, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "LT Don" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 6:54 PM Subject: [MBZ] Dr. Z & Daimler-Chrysler commercials >I know they call him Dr. Z, but isn't that really Marshall in those tv > commercials? Wonder how much they had to pay him to shave the beard? > > Nice moustache, though -- sort of reminds me of my lip when I'm not > sporting > the goatee! > > D. > > > -- > Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish. > > BIODIESEL -- no oil war required. > > 1977 240D > 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed > 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1985 300SD, 215K, "Wulf" -1982 300Dt, 117K, "little blue klatter box" -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, "One Banger" --------------------------------- How low will we go? 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Aug 05 03:18:14 2006 Received: from web35704.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([66.163.179.158]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G9Cg2-0007hd-4L for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:18:14 +0000 Received: (qmail 43110 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Aug 2006 03:18:09 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [71.162.110.54] by web35704.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:18:09 PDT Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:18:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Frederick Moir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.7.cp2 Subject: [MBZ] Displaying attachments X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:18:14 -0000 Greetings and Salutations, All. 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Aug 05 03:21:26 2006 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.189]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G9Cj8-000851-2g for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:21:26 +0000 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a27so218144nfc for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.147.3 with SMTP id u3mr1783087hud; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.138.15 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 23:21:22 -0400 From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.7.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dr. Z & Daimler-Chrysler commercial X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:21:26 -0000 Prediction -- about the time I am too old to drive anymore, the Koreans will be able to lay claim to what was once "Benz" quality. Owning a Kia now will be like having owned an early 1970s Honda -- ashamed to drive it but you have a good car. In fact, hard to tell the front of a top-of-the-line Kia from the front of Benz in 2006. Hey, what's the warranty on Kia now, like 100,000 miles? On 8/4/06, Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Reports I've seen show MB quality falling in 1992-1994. '94 was the year > of the "coup", when marketing really took over the "driver's seat" at MB - > very well documented by insiders in the book, "Enduring Passion". The > Chrysler merger was what? '97-ish. > > -- Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish. BIODIESEL -- no oil war required. 1977 240D 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle
