I was the first in the family to NOT have a VW Beetle for a first car. Not sure how that happened, but....
When I was in either late middle school or early high school, my brother had a 60's Beetle of some sort. He played baseball after school, so he would often ride with a friend to school and then home from practice. This meant I was home by myself in the afternoon after school, with his Beetle in the garage. I would sneak his car out and drive it around the neighborhood. If the fuel was down a little, I would top it off from the tank we had for the tractor and other yard implements. No one ever knew I drove it - I never got caught. The punch line is thus: When my Dad brought the Maverick home, he took me out to "teach" me to drive a stick shift. We lived on a road that was a large rectangle, so it was easy enough to drive around the block without disturbing anyone or dealing with traffic. Despite having to figure out how a column shifter worked, I was able to drive the car quite well (I thought) for a "beginner" after just a few turns around the block. Dad was very perplexed. I suspect he knew something was up... Dan > On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Keep up the great storeis, guys. > > My first MERCEDES was a 1973 280, manual windows and no sunroof. Test > drove it at night - down the street and back. Maybe 5 minutes. Sold by > "Tony" Alami, who was actually an Iranian. in those days the only used > Mercedes on sale were being sold by Iranians. He was a crook but I sold > the car for more than I paid ($4850 vs. 4700) for it a year later, to a > State Dept. diplomat heading overseas. That was back in 1982-83. > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My first vehicle driven was the 9n Ford tractor to pull loose hay into the >> barn. at about 8 or 9 >> My first car (bought and owned) was a 56 Karmann Ghia@ 17 >> First driven was the 47 Chevy truck i drove in the dermader fields while >> the dermaders were loaded on to take to the canning plant. I was maybe 12 >> First driven on public roads was the 65 Chevy Impala 3 on the tree with >> OD. at 14 or 15 >> My first MB was a 1962 190Dc Das Strassenlaunfer $3 to fill the 12 gal >> tank at 18 >> >> Still have the second MB, a 1966 200D >> >> At one time in HS, i drove a different vehicle to school each day for a >> week. (1 car and 4 trucks) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
