On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Bob Rentfro <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes being a grown-up isn't all unicorns and glitter.
Preach! Preach! Mind if I use that line on my son? > I may be starting to look soon for something if it appears the TDI stays in > Cali with youngest girl child. "Starting"? Did you ever stop? (Do any of us ever stop? :) Maybe youngest girl child needs a nice 240D to keep her out of trouble? > I wish you strength and peace, Brian. Ditto. Congratulations on the child, and I don't say that lightly. You sound like you will be an excellent father. It also sounds like a great commuting car, I'm not in the market so I will just hope someone knowledgeable picks it up. And then you can try to sock some money away for when a super-nice, super-cheap SDL or TD shows up on Craigslist in a few years... :) Best, -Tim > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Zoltan Finks <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello to all my old friends from the diesel list, >> >> Been a long time since I have posted here. >> >> Some things have changed in my life since the days I used to stay up late >> reading through all the posts I had time for. I still feel my 83 240D is >> just about the ideal vehicle for me personally and I don't want to own >> anything else. But recently my wife and I discovered we are going to have >> our first child. And more recently we discovered that the child is going to >> have a birth defect. >> >> So my 240, which is one of our three cars has not made much sense for us to >> own for some time now, but things just got a whole lot more serious. Add to >> this the fact that it developed a clutch problem a few months ago and I >> have >> not made time to look at it. So it continues to take up a garage spot and >> not add anything to our lives except insurance and registration costs. >> >> To refresh your memories: No rust. Some 130 something K mi (I'd have to run >> to garage and check the odo). Engine was purchased used by us and installed >> and has about 10 K fewer miles than the vehicle. Manual windows, working >> electric sunroof. What else? Hmmm. Torn CV boots for which I made ingenious >> patches. Front end probably needs some work - loose steering of course. >> Dent >> in rear door that is not too obvious. >> >> Anyway, this is just a very early inquiry. I really don't want to sell. But >> wanted to gauge interest here first of course. >> >> We paid $1800 for the vehicle. Then had to pay another $1800 for a >> replacement engine installed. So I don't really know what I'd be asking. >> Happy to answer any questions. >> >> Brian >> who sadly did another grown-up thing and conceded that our '87 190D with >> 300K+ mi be sold a couple months ago >> _______________________________________ >> 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
