POS SDL should have been trucked from Dallas to Seattle. Cost would have been less and the car would have been here for me to take to favored indy. Fuel, airfare, motel and repair in MD may well equal the $1k to have a flat bed ride.
clay On Jan 16, 2012, at 4:54 PM, G Mann wrote: > If the budget can handle it, plan for all three possibles in advance. > > 1. Talk to a local shop, have it delivered there to fix the miss. Negotiate > with the local indy by phone to "make it good enough to drive it home" kind > of repair. Get his estimate for time and materials. > > 2. Fly there and fix it yourself, if you can, but remember, homeland > security treats a toolbox as terrorist materials so be prepared to deal > with all that, in advance. > > 3. Speak with a transfer company capable of doing a pick up and deliver to > your home. > > Then set down with a sharp pencil and make the decision. If the local indy > can do the repair to make it home chances are it is less lost time and > effort than the other two possible methods. However, you won't know until > you get the real numbers to work with. > > Just my thoughts, FWIW. > > Congrats, btw, hope it works out and serves you well. [valve adjust? when > was the last time that was done?] > Grant... > AZ... > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Okay, I accidentally bought a car off of eBay. >> Don't ask how... >> I got it VERY cheap and it is a rust free diesel w124 in SWMBO's favorite >> color. (SWMBO is tired of the tired w123) I can fix mechanical >> things, Rust cancer is another story. Now, I have to get this car home. >> >> The cheapest route would be fly out to Baltimore, MD. and drive it home. >> One problem though, >> the car has a miss. Doesn't burn motor oil, it just doesn't hit on all >> five. So... >> Do I fly out and fix what I assume to be wrong (injector or glow plug) and >> hope for the best? >> Do I find a local to the car indy to t/s first? >> Or do I contract a carrier to haul it home? >> >> Decisions, decisions. >> >> >> Rick >> Who is beginning to have WAY too many vehicles... >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
