That's better than watching the obituaries. Dwight Giles ---- Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was at the bank last week and I saw an elderly gentleman get out of a > VERY nice 123 300D. I was right behind him in line and we had a few > minutes to talk because the line was moving VERY slow. I asked him > about his car and he seemed very pleased that someone asked about it. > We continued our discussion outside and he showed me more of the car. > He had a 1984 300D with 23,000 miles (he was the original owner). It > was perfect! I don't mean perfect for a 20+ year old car, I mean > PERFECT! It was that Charcoal grey color with the grey/black interior. > I have never seen one of these cars that looked like it was BRAND NEW. > I couldn't believe how nice it was. The only potential drawback was > that he smoked big ole cigars in the car (his wife won't let him smoke > anywhere else). I liked the smell, it wasn;t like cigarettes, it was a > very rich humidor type smell (I am a cigar smoker, so I guess not > everyone would appreciate it) > > > > He started it up and it sounded great and had the tiniest amount of > smoke at start up and that's it. I was drooling over the car. We > talked more and he said that he was considering getting rid of it > because he was going to move to Florida and his wife really wanted to > take the Minivan. He said he was 80 years old and just didn't need a > second car. I begged him to give me first chance to buy it. He said he > would when it came time to sell it. He seemed really pleased that > someone noticed how nice it was. He also said he had ALL his service > done at the Mercedes Dealer and they never drooled over the car they way > I did. Here's hoping I get a chance to buy this car. > > > > Donald H. Snook > > 1990 300SEL 134K > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
-- Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co. Wickford, RI
