a guy who had read the article posted a couple weeks aggo that the driver of the Benz got sick of driving through the desert and figured he could end his agony by trashing the car via driving for hundreds of miles with the pedal to the metal. HA! Didn't trash anything. Chris
Robert & Tara Ludwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wonder if they had tow trucks follow the datsun and the Olds in case they broke down, since replacement parts would be pretty much out of the question. ----------Robert Donald Snook wrote: > Did anyone else see the Car and Driver Article about the Diesel Beater > contest? They bought three old diesels and raced from Michigan to > California. > > > > They had > > > > 1983 Datsun Maxima diesel > > 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Brougham Diesel > > 1980 Mercedes 300SD > > > > It is a pretty good article. Very funny. Sounds like the Benz was a > turd and they were not that impressed with it, expect that it made the > trip. They are going to auction all three cars on ebay. > > > > Donald H. Snook > > McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A. > > 300 West Douglas > > P.O. Box 207 > > Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207 > > Tel. (316) 263-5851 > > This confidential message may be subject to the attorney-client > privilege or protected by the attorney work-product doctrine. If you > have received this message in error, please delete it and notify me. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 212K, "Wulf" -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 15 18:55:51 2006 Received: from pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.62]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FJb9z-0001U3-CR for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:55:51 +0000 Received: from user-1120n60.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.92.192] helo=Bill) by pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1FJb9x-00027D-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:55:49 -0500 From: "BillR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:55:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcZIXcWKMmsw3tdaSPOPWaJRBIn6yQABCeEA Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] March Madness X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:55:51 -0000 That's the round, bouncy one, right? BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 'EM' 272k miles -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luther Gulseth Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] March Madness How many folks are in bracket pools? Who do you think is gonna win? I'm putting my money on Duke over UConn..... -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '83 300SD (231,xxx kmi) '82 300CD (159,222 kmi) '82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
