Excellent choice! Our youngest two learned to drive in the 240D Manual W123 (it was bought new by their great-grandfather).
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > #1 (and only) son now allows as to how a 240D 123 (manual) > might be a contender as his first car. The Beetle is out > because he's taking up the string bass. We already know > that they basically don't fit in those, that's why the > neighbors got rid of theirs. Anyway, once he hits 14yo > this month car-hunting season officially opens! I expect > it to take months before anything might actually be > procured. > > _Ideally_ he'd take a shine to our Chevy pickup, then > I could get something else as our woods beater. :-) > But he hates it, so that's a no-go. > > Criteria: Safe; slow; stickshift; needs work, especially > some (but not huge amounts) of cosmetic work; relatively > inexpensive; something he _likes_. An old MB would be > ideal, for many reasons. The idea is to get him into > something he likes and with a fair amount of sweat equity. > Maximizes our chances of keeping him alive, while minimizing > our expenses. Funky colors move to the head of the line. > > -- Jim > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
