only because you insisted. i'd accuse of you being sarcastic, but i think you might actually be sincere here, although it's not an interesting story at all.
On 7/8/07, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > now THAT was in interesting story, thanks for sharing. > > Gary Hurst wrote: > > my father died, leaving my mother an old crappy 4 cylinder taurus but > lots > > of cash. i told her to just dump the taurus (which was cosmetically as > new) > > for whatever she can get explaining to the buyer that it is a POS that > she > > isn't willing to mess with. she got 1700 dollars for it. > > > > when she expressed a desire to get a replacement car, i figured a saturn > > made sense as saturns seemed to be using better crash technology and i > felt > > saturn dealers were less likely to rip her off on repairs. so she took > the > > 1700 and added a few grand more and we went down to the saturn dealer > one > > sunday. we picked out a nice green L200. she insisted my name also be > on > > the paperwork, i presumed as some sort of measure in case she died or > > something. > > > > and then it all went south on me. when i asked her what to do with the > car, > > she explained that it is my car and i can do whatever i wanted with it. > > apparently, she felt she was "helping me out" by putting up the down > payment > > and co signing the loan. what could i do at the point except express my > > unending gratitude and start making the monthly payments? > > > > one thing i did, however, was trade it back to the dealer for one with a > > manual transmission. i figured she wouldn't notice that the green car > was > > now silver, but when she did i made up some ridiculous story about > saturn > > recalling all the green ones and replacing them with silver. > > > > that was over 6 years ago. i mostly drive the car when i am with her or > > when i really feel the need for modern AC, so it only has 48k miles on > it. > > i've thought about selling it, but because it has such a bad reputation, > the > > car is nearly worthless despite the low miles and condition. > > > > so i guess i'll be buying a timing chain soon :( > > also, the clutch slave cylinder tends to fail is located INSIDE the > > transmission. mine failed under warranty, but now i'd have to pay for > it > > myself if it fails again. > > > > and that is how and why i own a saturn. > > > > > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 94 E420, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D, > 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 > http://www.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 > _______________________________________ 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
