Geez, that guys scarey! It's a shame he was a Army doc - but it's good he's
retired - with thought processes like that he's probably done a lot of
damage in his lifetime. Hopefully he;s not in private practice now. Unless
he;s treating celebrities. ;-)
I wonder what made him bring it in for the work he was having done? I know
he didn;t read the owners manual. Sadly, the people who own MBs (and other
expensive cars) have some strange ideas about maintanence - I had a guy tell
me(when I owned a MB Parts/accessory business) that an $80000 car shouldn't
need an oil change! So he never changed his. Sadly, there's no use trying
to explain things to these kinds of people - their preconceived notions are
so ingrained that *nothing* will dislodge them.
He's probably still wondering what "rodbender" means.
It's nice to be surrounded by people who are pretty intelligent.
;-)
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "wilton strickland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: [MBZ] No clue owner of 93 S300D
Talked to retired Army Dr. owner of 93 S300D at indie shop the other day.
I
was there getting belt, thermostat, idler pulley damper and leaking
injector
bypass lines replaced.
I have until recently done all of this stuff myself, but am unable to do
so
now. He was there getting leaking fuel lines replaced. I tried to tell
him
about the need to replace the injector bypass lines occasionally, but he
had
no clue what I was talking about. When I mentioned that his car has the
same engine as my 91 350SDL, he said, "Oh, no, mine's a 300." When I
tried
to tell him about the "rod-bender" engine and how they had changed the
nomenclature (number on the trunk) for 93 in an effort to make buyers feel
better, he said, "Well, I'm glad they fixed the problem." I replied, "No,
they just changed the number on the trunk." He has no clue.
BTW, this message composed using voice-activated program, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
Wilton Strickland
91 350SDL (185kmi), 87 showroom 300D (101kmi)
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