Did you read that book? I spotted it in a bookshop awhile ago and wondered. It was a trendy little place and I wasn't about to spend $20 for the hardcover...
-Curt Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:21:11 -0500 From: tom savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W201 capital of nation? world? Statistics To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Zoltan Finks wrote: > Wonder if there is any source for statistics on how many vehicles of a > certain type reside in a given area. Don't know, but in "My Mercedes is Not For Sale," the author quotes an aid worker as saying that you can measure the poverty of a country (in Africa) by counting Mercedes 190s; the more 190s, the poorer they are. I guess they're everywhere in most of the continent. http://www.amazon.com/Mercedes-Not-Sale-Ouagadougou-Auto-Misadventure/dp/0767928695 Highly recommended. Tom _______________________________________ 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
