What got my wife was the prospect of converting to WVO. She is a stay at home mom so every pay day (mine), she gets paid too. Her fuel comes out of her "pay"/"allowance" as does some other household stuff - food, clothes, normal doctor visits, etc (other stuff,I take care of). The prospect of not having to pay for fuel (while I do all the filtering) caught her attention and she gladly sold her Toyota Sienna for an 87 300TD.
She actually calls and asks questions: Q: I pulled the emergency brake release and the light stayed on A: Pull it again Q: When I'm driving, the oil pressure (how she knew it was oil pressure is beyond me) stays at three...what should I do? A: Nothing. Pull over and call me if it's NOT at three when you're driving. etc, etc. She actually likes it, but derives no "benz" pleasure as most do. The star on the hood does NOTHING for her. Maybe I need to get her to read a book on the history of MB...now THAT would be impossible. One thing that DID help, was a kept telling her stories about Rudolf Diesel as I was reading biographies of him...I think she identified with his strugle to build the engine, to make it work, to replace the terribly inefficient steam engine, to make a small engine for small businessmen, the murder, etc. I think that tugged on her heart strings. She embraced his engine as an expression of his social vision - yes, I'm being serious. Chris --- BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:12:58 -0500 > From: OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D 2.5 12 PSI > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Put your foot down, say "Yes - we're keeping it. I > want both of them. > Get yourself another car if yo don't like it." > > > Then run -- -- -- -- > > > > Any advice from the list on how to convince wives > to love diesels? Help, > > please! I want another one! > > > > John > ********** > > Reminds me of a pic I saw recently. A penguin is > standing on top of a > sleeping polar bear getting ready to crash cymbals > together, penguin wife > standing behind holding her purse. Caption: "Do one > really brave thing > today ... Then run like hell." > Not being the reckless sort I would add, "But first > make sure you can run > faster than the bear." Point should be obvious. > > BillR > Jacksonville FL > 1981 300SD 265K / 200K engine [?] > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1987 300TD, 150K miles, "Rotkäppchen" (Little Red Riding Hood) -1985 300SD, 209K miles, "Wulf" (http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD) -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) running WVO/WMO/LO/CO/WATF/WGL/WBF/DA/MS/lard/gas/kero/D2 mix (do not attempt this unless you are willing to sacrifice your IP, injectors, pre-chambers, etc.) -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, snow blower, "One Banger" __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
