How did you get the plastic engine covers black again? On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> Added a new set of wheels to the collection this past weekend, courtesy of > Kaleb. > > He spotted a nice 2002 E320 in Claremore on Craigslist. I tried several > times to contact the owner without success. Kaleb swung by one day and got > a look at the car after which I was finally able to speak to the owner. > After gathering more information from the owner, Kaleb was kind enough to > go back and check the car out in more detail for me. It passed muster, so > I arranged to purchase it and fly up to Tulsa to pick it up and drive it > home. > > I flew up to Tulsa on Friday on Southwest via Houston. Pretty uneventful > until we were ready to push back and the captain comes on and says there is > a maintenance issue that will require us to deplane while they repair it. > > Three hours later we're finally on our way. > > So I blow into Tulsa three hours late. Kaleb picked me up and we headed > over to the owner's house in Claremore. Checked out the car, swapped > plates, money and title and we're done. Swung by a Chili's and grabbed a > burger before hitting the road. Kaleb warned me about the toll roads down > to I-40, so of which did not have attendants and required exact change, of > which I had none. Kaleb was kind enough to give me 75 cents to get me > started and advised me to "just drive through, no one will stop you. After > the first one they have attendants that can make change." > > Got through the first toll booth - 75 cents. Get to the next one and... > no attendant, just the bin you toss the money into. Hmm. This is out in > the boonies and there's no one around..... so I just went on.... > > The rest of the way they had attendants, so I could pay up. I asked the > attendant at the first toll booth if they had a means for collecting missed > tolls. She told me not to worry about it. > > Made it to Russellville, AR Friday night/Saturday morning. Stopped at a > highly rated Super 8. Walked in, told the desk clerk, "I can go out to my > car and book a room for $65 right now. What will you book it for?" > > "$50.00" > > Done. I got some sleep and then was up at 6:30 and on the road by 7:00. > Despite bouts of heavy rain and interstate that resembled a parking lot > between Birmingham and Montgomery, AL, I made it back to Tampa about 12:30 > am Sunday morning. > > Thanks a bunch to Kaleb for helping out on this buy. It's a really nice > car and well cared for. I was telling the wife that I was surprised at how > little it needed as I made up my shopping list for the dealer last night. > > Being that I was pretty tired on Sunday and the normal weekend stuff I had > to accomplish, it did not receive the full Martha treatment yet. It did > get an oil and filter change, air filter, cabin air filters and a well > deserved wash yesterday. I'll probably have at it as the week goes on. > > Here's a link to a Flickr album of pictures. Some are from Kaleb's visit, > the rest are mine taken yesterday after washing the car. > > https://flickr.com/photos/31200473@N06/sets/72157682855751014 > > -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 > > -- OK Don *“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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 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
