Re: [MBZ] post office higher-ups are removing the German automaker's iconic three-point star emblem from the front of the vehicles

2020-10-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Of the carriers here that use their own vehicle, most seem to use a RHD Jeep Cherokee or a RHD Subaru. I see one every so often that has an old Jeep DJ. Allan OK Don via Mercedes writes: > Our regular carrier drives a right side drive Jeep, and the substitute > driver sits in the right seat

Re: [MBZ] post office higher-ups are removing the German automaker's iconic three-point star emblem from the front of the vehicles

2020-10-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Our regular carrier drives a right side drive Jeep, and the substitute driver sits in the right seat and drives a regular crown vic. On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:05 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We had a contract carrier a few years ago that had a basic Chevy, like a

Re: [MBZ] post office higher-ups are removing the German automaker's iconic three-point star emblem from the front of the vehicles

2020-10-12 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
We had a contract carrier a few years ago that had a basic Chevy, like a Cavalier or Impala, that had rigged a steering wheel on the right side of the cabin with a spare steering column and a couple of bicycle sprockets and chain. It looked real Rube Goldberg but it was actually pretty cool. Of

Re: [MBZ] post office higher-ups are removing the German automaker's iconic three-point star emblem from the front of the vehicles

2020-10-12 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
All of the carriers from Olivet and some of them from Charlotte are still delivering in private vehicles. (my mom's Charlotte route is served with a USPS van, mine by whatever the carrier owns) And it's getting harder and harder to find something with a clear floor that lets you stab at

Re: [MBZ] post office higher-ups are removing the German automaker's iconic three-point star emblem from the front of the vehicles

2020-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Very cool. On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:10 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And something from the Chinese, er, Volvo > > Volvo's latest steering system panders to the left and right > >

[MBZ] post office higher-ups are removing the German automaker's iconic three-point star emblem from the front of the vehicles

2020-10-12 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
And something from the Chinese, er, Volvo Volvo's latest steering system panders to the left and right https://www.postandcourier.com/business/volvos-latest-steering-system-panders-to-the-left-and-right/article_72476daa-0749-11eb-a444-17f855bc9289.html --FT Sent from iPhone