Sounds like the beginning of a great adventure! Max Dillon Charleston SC
Aug 3, 2021 2:20:00 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > As of yesterday at 4:30 PM, I no longer have Der DoodleWagen. Lutgard will > now be serving a Russian family of 12 from Seattle, yes, EVERY SEAT TAKEN!!! > They’ll be moving up to this awesome, 3500mi Sprinter from a 2013 Sprinter, > also 12 passenger 144WB, with 165Kmi! I only took an 11% depreciation hit > since I got $53K back from my original $59K investment. There is now a very > empty side driveway waiting for the next chapter to begin. We’re planning to > take the trip cross country to NC in a used motorhome of some kind (I’m > hoping for a Diesel). There would be much more room for dogs, and the MH > would be our home until the new house is completed around Nov 1. This week, a > friend offered to drive me down to the shop where my 240D has been residing > for 1.5 years. I keep calling in to ask for updates, but I never get a return > call. Wouldn’t they want the car picked up so they could use the shop space > for something else? I’m sure they would also like the money for the > parts/labor. Something isn’t quite adding up! I’m hoping that they didn’t > screw it up to the point where they can’t fix it. My concern is that they > messed up the IP. They didn’t tell me until after the fact that the > replacement engine arrived without many parts including the IP, injectors, > flywheel and harmonic balancer. Rather than shipping it back, they swapped > all of these parts from my old engine. I’ll soon be finding out what’s > really going on. They’ve told me that it seems to run strong with no blow by, > but didn’t idle properly.Of course, I’ll keep y’all posted. > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR > 2019 Sprinter SOLD! > 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard, still in limbo > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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
