That's how I look at it too. I figure I cannot afford not to drive an "old Mercedes".
I've seen many, many people walk away from collisions when the were driving "old Mercedes'".....I've seen far more people get taken away from collisions that were driving something else. We all have our stories. I've always liked real colors....red, blue, white. Never cared for the made-up colors....goat-phlegm beige, champagne, irredesent Mary Kay WhitePink, Early '90's Teal Bob R On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:23 AM, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote: > 2 comments. > > 1. an old cheap red car can become whatever color you like fairly > inexpensively. Maybe not perfectly, but certainly > cheaply. > > 2. It sounds to me like red cars have saved your hide a number of times. > Maybe you should always drive red cars. My > son's sax teacher was in 2 serious accidents while driving Ford SUV's - > first a Bronco and then an Explorer. He > refused to have another and bought a Nissan Pathfinder. I suggested to him > that he should be thankful that the > Ford's saved him twice. He had not thought of it in that manner. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Redghost > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:47 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan > > > I have had three and all three were truck attracting menaces. The 72 > Audi was first sideswiped and landed in a ditch, which crumpled the > under bits of the trunk. I had it repaired, and while driving it two > weeks out of the shop, a truck nicked it on the tail (police move to > spin the car) and then the L beam on the back caught the trunk and > ripped it off just above the fuel door. I had just filled the tank. > > Red 79 rabbit was pinned to a parking post when a pickup lost its > parking brake and rolled down the ramp in the garage. > > 89 Toyota PU was accordianed by a dame in her furd exploder because > she was in a hurry to get to her BF and on the phone. I was stopped > at a red light, with five other cars ahead of me. Think she hit at > 35mph, since the bed buckled up 9 inches. > > No red cars for me > > clay > > > > On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: > > > I knew about getting stopped for speeding in red cars, (don't ask me > > how I > > know!), but have never before heard of the proclivity of red cars to > > get > > totaled or kill people. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto: > mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > > ] > > On Behalf Of Redghost > > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:56 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan > > > > But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I > > have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling > > by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you > > not see a red car? > > > > clay > > > > > > On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > > > >> clay wrote: > >>> Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that > >> > >> You want someone to drive it west? > >> Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? > >> mao > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
