Welcome to the w210 club. Too bad you didn't get in earlier so you could get a private tour of Okie Acres Rancho Costa Plenty.
Sent from my iPhone > On 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 > _______________________________________ 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
