Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-06 Thread Larry T
My 911 has classic tags in Va with similar exemptions as yours in Tx - I probably drive it a little more than I am supposed to but haven't been caught, *yet *;-) Our 91 300D is close to qualifying but since my wife drives it to work daily that won't work. I'm disabled so work is not a

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-06 Thread Dan Penoff
Florida has no such designation, only antique which is limited to the sorts of vehicles you would see in a parade. Wisconsin used to have a good classic registration, but they restricted the months of the year you could drive it in. In other words, times like December through February were a

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-04 Thread Tim Crone
, 2013 8:28 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic Well, maybe I am, too. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rusty Cullens rustycull...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:08 PM Subject: Re

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-04 Thread Mitch Haley
Tim Crone wrote: In NC, you're an antique at 35! Don't even have to get an annual inspection... In Michigan, you can buy an historic vehicle plate the January after it's 25 model years old. (my 1986 2.3 was eligible last January) But if you put such a plate on it, you aren't supposed to use

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-04 Thread Hans Neureiter
TX calls for 25 years and older. Plates are issued for 5 years @ $ 48. Inspections are exempted, Liability Insurance is mandatory (except if an affidavit for exemption is filed) http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/internetforms/Forms/SR-2.pdf They will not tell you that at the tax office.---. My '82 is

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic money pit

2013-04-04 Thread Hendrik and fay
So when I turned 20 I was a classic and if I make it to 100 I am an antique? Hendrik who is a double classic or is that vintage On 02/04/13 09:18, Mitch Haley wrote: WILTON wrote: BTW, what makes a classic a classic? Does somebody wave a wand, sprinkle a certain magic dust, time passes or

[MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Dan Penoff
Tom just posted on the MBCA forums that MBUSA and the Classic Center now recognize the W140 chassis as a classic. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: Tom just posted on the MBCA forums that MBUSA and the Classic Center now recognize the W140 chassis as a classic. Does that mean 25% per annum price changes on parts? Seems like that's what happened to W116 about ten years ago. Mitch. ___

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread WILTON
: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic Dan Penoff wrote: Tom just posted on the MBCA forums that MBUSA and the Classic Center now recognize the W140 chassis as a classic. Does that mean 25% per annum price changes on parts? Seems like that's what happened to W116 about ten years ago. Mitch

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Mitch Haley
WILTON wrote: BTW, what makes a classic a classic? Does somebody wave a wand, sprinkle a certain magic dust, time passes or what? It used to mean 'the last one rolled off the line 20 years ago, so be glad we still have parts at any price'. But the W140 is 20 years from inception, not 20

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Dan Penoff
I liken it to the old bit about the lights going down in a restaurant signifying that prices are going up. Dan Sent from my iPad On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Dan Penoff wrote: Tom just posted on the MBCA forums that MBUSA and the Classic Center now

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Dan Penoff
a classic a classic? Does somebody wave a wand, sprinkle a certain magic dust, time passes or what? Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] W140 is now

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Rusty Cullens
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic BTW, what makes a classic a classic? Does somebody wave a wand, sprinkle a certain magic dust, time passes or what? Wilton - Original Message - From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread WILTON
Well, maybe I am, too. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rusty Cullens rustycull...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic We'll, know that I am a classic! Sent on the Sprint

Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic

2013-04-01 Thread Rusty Cullens
Of course you are! -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:28 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] W140 is now a classic Well, maybe I am, too. Wilton - Original Message - From