Damn. Don
On 10/19/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LT Don wrote: > > Marshall - > > > > I suck at math. That is why I took my first degree in Music -- no math > > courses required. Strange that I took my next degree in Business / MIS > with > > lots of post-grad courses in Econ. But that is a different thread. Math > > problem to follow. > > > > Now, I realize that you are mature individual, pretty smart in lots of > > things -- including Benz stuff. But are you saying that you have > replaced > > EIGHTY shocks in your lifetime and they lasted 150k miles? Divided by > four > > per car, that is twenty cars if you blew out the shocks in each one. > > > > You haulin' around fat chicks or something? :-) > > > > I am 52 and as far as I can remember, only put in new shocks once in my > > lifetime. That was rear only on my '74 Duster and not because I needed > them > > but because I just wanted to do so, to upgrade. > > > > That being said, I am due for new shocks in my '77 and I appreciate the > > guidance. > > > > But again -- EIGHTY? > > Most of the used Mercedes I bought (18 used Mercedes) had ORIGINAL > shocks (that's 72 shocks) and I replaced some of them (I estimate at > least 20 but maybe a few more) and run some of those - a few more than > 150kmi. Then I've replaced shocks on a few of the new Mercedes I bought > new (5 of 'em - that 20 original shocks and there were at least 8 > replacements in those cars). I'm not up to validating all the numbers, > but that's pretty close. > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth Ph.D. > Ass't Prof. (ret.) > Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine > Department of Pharmacology 1300 BST > Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________ > 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- 1977 240D 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen
