And then there's the challenge issue. If price is no object, then there is no challenge to overcome when buying new. You get a lot of satisfaction from turning a POS into a good useful tool, etc. Heck - some of us get vicarious satisfaction from Jim's exploits! Reading about them is a lot more fun than "I bought a new genset today - it works".
On 9/26/07, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sounds to me that the lesson here is that junk is still junk and ought > > to be > > avoided, whatever the price. > > If price was no object, I'd have bought a better one, new. > Junk is often junk because of only a few weak places. Or > so I've found. Sometimes you can correct them. > > -- Jim -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ 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
