Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
Clay wrote: But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? I had a red car. It was my first Mercedes a BEAUTIFUL 1971 250. I loved that car. It had the deepest, smoothest, red paint. I did get hit in it. A girl in a Ford Escort rear-ended me while I was sitting at a stoplight. That car also attracted a lot of people in general. Everywhere I went, I would get stopped and asked, What is that? What year is that, and many other questions. It was a great car! I never made the connection to getting hit because it was red, but maybe you're right. Her insurance company wanted to total the car. I refused and ended up collecting $4000 cash from them and I fixed most of it myself, then I sold it to a friend who drove it for another 2 years. Now that I think about it, he got hit three times in that car. One time, his neighbor backed his big Winnebago into the 250. Donald H. Snook ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
Pretty much a twin of my car. Not sure what color the interior is on the one advertised - maybe tan. Mine is white/cream. I paid a whole lot more than that but then I bought it locally and there are not nearly so many of them around here as there are south of the border. Randy -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Mitch Haley Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 11:57 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan She's afraid that her 34 year old car will soon become unreliable: http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1566540260.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
2 comments. 1. an old cheap red car can become whatever color you like fairly inexpensively. Maybe not perfectly, but certainly cheaply. 2. It sounds to me like red cars have saved your hide a number of times. Maybe you should always drive red cars. My son's sax teacher was in 2 serious accidents while driving Ford SUV's - first a Bronco and then an Explorer. He refused to have another and bought a Nissan Pathfinder. I suggested to him that he should be thankful that the Ford's saved him twice. He had not thought of it in that manner. Randy -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:47 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan I have had three and all three were truck attracting menaces. The 72 Audi was first sideswiped and landed in a ditch, which crumpled the under bits of the trunk. I had it repaired, and while driving it two weeks out of the shop, a truck nicked it on the tail (police move to spin the car) and then the L beam on the back caught the trunk and ripped it off just above the fuel door. I had just filled the tank. Red 79 rabbit was pinned to a parking post when a pickup lost its parking brake and rolled down the ramp in the garage. 89 Toyota PU was accordianed by a dame in her furd exploder because she was in a hurry to get to her BF and on the phone. I was stopped at a red light, with five other cars ahead of me. Think she hit at 35mph, since the bed buckled up 9 inches. No red cars for me clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: I knew about getting stopped for speeding in red cars, (don't ask me how I know!), but have never before heard of the proclivity of red cars to get totaled or kill people. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com ] On Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
That's how I look at it too. I figure I cannot afford not to drive an old Mercedes. I've seen many, many people walk away from collisions when the were driving old Mercedes'.I've seen far more people get taken away from collisions that were driving something else. We all have our stories. I've always liked real colorsred, blue, white. Never cared for the made-up colorsgoat-phlegm beige, champagne, irredesent Mary Kay WhitePink, Early '90's Teal Bob R On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:23 AM, R A Bennell b...@mts.net wrote: 2 comments. 1. an old cheap red car can become whatever color you like fairly inexpensively. Maybe not perfectly, but certainly cheaply. 2. It sounds to me like red cars have saved your hide a number of times. Maybe you should always drive red cars. My son's sax teacher was in 2 serious accidents while driving Ford SUV's - first a Bronco and then an Explorer. He refused to have another and bought a Nissan Pathfinder. I suggested to him that he should be thankful that the Ford's saved him twice. He had not thought of it in that manner. Randy -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:47 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan I have had three and all three were truck attracting menaces. The 72 Audi was first sideswiped and landed in a ditch, which crumpled the under bits of the trunk. I had it repaired, and while driving it two weeks out of the shop, a truck nicked it on the tail (police move to spin the car) and then the L beam on the back caught the trunk and ripped it off just above the fuel door. I had just filled the tank. Red 79 rabbit was pinned to a parking post when a pickup lost its parking brake and rolled down the ramp in the garage. 89 Toyota PU was accordianed by a dame in her furd exploder because she was in a hurry to get to her BF and on the phone. I was stopped at a red light, with five other cars ahead of me. Think she hit at 35mph, since the bed buckled up 9 inches. No red cars for me clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: I knew about getting stopped for speeding in red cars, (don't ask me how I know!), but have never before heard of the proclivity of red cars to get totaled or kill people. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com ] On Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
I am going to think it is just serendipity that has kept me from a flaming death in these red cars. I grant you that SWMBA has no history of red car accidents. She cares not what colour it can be crashed at will. clay On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:23 AM, R A Bennell wrote: 2 comments. 1. an old cheap red car can become whatever color you like fairly inexpensively. Maybe not perfectly, but certainly cheaply. 2. It sounds to me like red cars have saved your hide a number of times. Maybe you should always drive red cars. My son's sax teacher was in 2 serious accidents while driving Ford SUV's - first a Bronco and then an Explorer. He refused to have another and bought a Nissan Pathfinder. I suggested to him that he should be thankful that the Ford's saved him twice. He had not thought of it in that manner. Randy -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:47 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan I have had three and all three were truck attracting menaces. The 72 Audi was first sideswiped and landed in a ditch, which crumpled the under bits of the trunk. I had it repaired, and while driving it two weeks out of the shop, a truck nicked it on the tail (police move to spin the car) and then the L beam on the back caught the trunk and ripped it off just above the fuel door. I had just filled the tank. Red 79 rabbit was pinned to a parking post when a pickup lost its parking brake and rolled down the ramp in the garage. 89 Toyota PU was accordianed by a dame in her furd exploder because she was in a hurry to get to her BF and on the phone. I was stopped at a red light, with five other cars ahead of me. Think she hit at 35mph, since the bed buckled up 9 inches. No red cars for me clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: I knew about getting stopped for speeding in red cars, (don't ask me how I know!), but have never before heard of the proclivity of red cars to get totaled or kill people. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com ] On Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that clay On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: She's afraid that her 34 year old car will soon become unreliable: http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1566540260.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
I knew about getting stopped for speeding in red cars, (don't ask me how I know!), but have never before heard of the proclivity of red cars to get totaled or kill people. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
clay wrote: How the hell do you not see a red car? I saw a gump engine? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
I have had three and all three were truck attracting menaces. The 72 Audi was first sideswiped and landed in a ditch, which crumpled the under bits of the trunk. I had it repaired, and while driving it two weeks out of the shop, a truck nicked it on the tail (police move to spin the car) and then the L beam on the back caught the trunk and ripped it off just above the fuel door. I had just filled the tank. Red 79 rabbit was pinned to a parking post when a pickup lost its parking brake and rolled down the ramp in the garage. 89 Toyota PU was accordianed by a dame in her furd exploder because she was in a hurry to get to her BF and on the phone. I was stopped at a red light, with five other cars ahead of me. Think she hit at 35mph, since the bed buckled up 9 inches. No red cars for me clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: I knew about getting stopped for speeding in red cars, (don't ask me how I know!), but have never before heard of the proclivity of red cars to get totaled or kill people. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com ] On Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan But it is RED. I am very averse to red cars because every red car I have owned has tried to make me dead. They seem to attract totaling by insurance people after impacts with trucks. How the hell do you not see a red car? clay On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Mountain Man wrote: clay wrote: Too bad it is red, or I would jump all over that You want someone to drive it west? Cost of fuel plus train home - participation in lodging? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Redghost redgh...@comcast.net wrote: No red cars for me All my most beloved cars (except for the '87 300D) have been red: '78 Datsun 200SX - tiny, light RWD menace that I oversteered around every corner in high school. '80 Saab 900 GLE - infected me with the old-European-car sickness. '86 Audi 4000CS Quattro - I really regret selling this one, it was mint and the only previous owners had been a brother and sister, both Microsoft engineers totally fussy about maintenance - oil changes far more often than necessary with 100% synthetic - you could eat off the cam lobes. And most recently acquired is the '82 500SEL Euro I now have in drydock, which isn't really red (had an expensive and thorough repaint by some PO, but the factory color, which is starting to show here and there, was that pale metallic leaf green). Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] '76 300D in Michigan
She's afraid that her 34 year old car will soon become unreliable: http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1566540260.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
