I had to throw in a Full Metal Jacket reference Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 26, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > It’s a great car and I like it a lot, almost as much as my 350SDL. If I had a > place to keep it under cover I would just put it on my Hagerty policy for > $300/year and keep it. I’m stuck between two choices: Sell the car and > recoup my costs with a nice profit, or rebuild the front end and be upside > down on it, forcing me to pass it to the oldest son. That was the original > plan anyway, I just didn’t foresee the additional costs I was going to incur. > > As for cars I love, my 350SDL and 300D are in a tight race. I don’t expect > to ever let go of them. If I add to the fleet in the future it will be > diesel or nothing, I hope. > > This is an avoidance behavior. I don’t want to do the front end rebuild. > > Having matching W126 LWB cars is fun. I have a diesel and a gasser and can > pick and choose which one I want to drive whenever I walk out the door. If it > winds up that I have to do the front end rebuild, so be it. I’l chalk it up > to experience so I’l be prepared for when the 350SDL needs one, which > probably isn’t far away. > > As for Mary Jane, well, I passed on that. Ugh. > > -D > >> On Mar 26, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> So the love has faded on that life long dream of a 300SEL, not all you >> thought it would be. Sort of like when you finally get Mary Jane >> Rottencrotch to go with you to the prom, not all you thought it would be >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 26, 2017, at 10:56 AM, Daniel Penoff via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Just for grins I put the 300SEL for sale on CL. If I can get a taker in the >>> next week or two I’m doing it. I’ve got some work related stuff that’s >>> going to take a lot of my time in April, so if it’s still around once I get >>> past that I’ll be taking on the front end rebuild. >>> >>> https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/6060825853.html >>> >>> Personally, I think it’s a great deal and will sell quickly. We’ll see. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
