Do you suppose they have to book 2 seats each?
-Curt
From: Addison Thompson via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Its cld out there
Any idea what flight the deer were booked on? Probably heading
Why should he do that? A deal is a deal. If the guy was worried he should have
paid the money to have a ppi done.
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On Jan 11, 2015, at 7:40 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Sorry to hear that. You could offer to buy it back, his purchase price
Sorry to hear that. You could offer to buy it back, his purchase price
minus $50 per day plus other fees and expenses. There will be another
buyer.
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
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Any idea what flight the deer were booked on? Probably heading south on
holiday???
Addison
On Jan 11, 2015, at 4:00 AM, Curt wrote:
From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Its cld out there
Date: January 10, 2015 8:19:19 PM PST
I saw deer heading from Silver Spring
So the guy that bought my 300D seems to have a bad case of buyers remorse
and unrealistic expectations.
I should have known, when he started asking questions after we made an
agreement. I actually thought about calling it off, but I decided not to
since he saw the car in person, drove it, and
I've had a couple of these in the past, and in my case as long as there was no
defect, I just told them I was sorry they were disappointed and that the car
was sold as-is and represented as best as it could possibly be to the best of
my knowledge.
I understand your concerns, but sometimes you
More than likely, his old lady is behind the scenes, telling him to get his
money back. Anytime more than $1000 is involved, you'd best have SWMBO informed
of your intentions of parting with cash. He bought the car without informing
his significant other of his intentions, or the cost. That is
Exactly. Whenever I have sold a car I always suggest the buyer get a PPI.
That’s my “out” for situations like this.
Dan
On Jan 11, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Why should he do that? A deal is a deal. If the guy was worried he should
Did you complete the transaction? If so, and I assume you had a bill of sale
stating it was sold as-is, I would simply fall back on the selling
description and leave it at that.
Sounds like you're getting into semantics, a battle you'll never win.
Definitely sounds like a case of buyer's
Yeah, I have a bill of sale stating as is. I'm protected, but its still
not very nice to get emails suggesting that I was trying to misrepresent
the car.
At least we did it outside of eBay, so I don't have to worry about them
getting involved.
Jaime
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Dan Penoff
The guy is a clown. Does he realize how cold it's been during the past week? He
bought an old generation diesel and therefore should expect difficult or
impossible starts in extreme cold. Where did he get the 200 psi compression
reading?
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On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:33 AM,
In the fall of 2004, I found employment with one of the big defense
contractors here in Charleston. My wife gets credit for this, it was a
friend of hers who got me the introduction and interview I needed. They
paid me only slightly better than the roofing job (I was a very poor
negotiator) but I
Yes, in my opinion, Jaime should politely tell the buyer to pound sand. Knowing
Jaime, and having seen the description and photos, the car was a jewel.
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On Jan 11, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
Exactly. Whenever I have sold a
Attaboy for what? I lost track.
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:37 AM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
'Nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
- Original Message - From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11,
How do I know if my 3-4 year old rheem has smart defrosting? I suspect it does
because I think I have only noticed it go into defrost maybe 1 time.
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On Jan 11, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
There is no single good setting. If
After moving from Boston to Houston thence here to SC I could never go
back to cold weather. This past week has been miserable and it really
isn't even that cold. I think I need to go to Costa Rica starting in
about October and come back in March or so.
--R
On 1/10/15 11:41 PM, Craig via
When I was back in the Midwest it seemed like there was nothing I could do to
get warm most of the time. Extremities seemed affected the worst.
I wonder if there is some truth to the adage about your blood supposedly
thinning when you live in a warmer climate….
Dan
On Jan 11, 2015, at 12:02
Yep, that hurts. The thing that has always hurt me the most is to be
falsely accused or suspected.
The guy evidently has never had a Diesel before and does not understand that
driving one takes a slghtly different set of procedures from those he may
have grown up using. He's probably heard
It's really not Jaime's problem what the guy does with it after he buys it. I
am sure he would have sold it to one of us if we had the money. We were all
aware it was for sale long before this guy bought it.
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On Jan 11, 2015, at 9:10 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Jamie,
A few weeks ago I finally sold the 1983 300D w/220K I had on Craig's List for
over 4 weeks. This was the car a friend of yours looked at but decided not to
pursue. I had very few inquiries until finally a current 1983 300D owner
called. He came to look at the car and we spent two
Because the new owner doesn't appreciate the car, and will abuse for a few
years, never adjust the valves, and in a few winters it won't start, and it
will go to the junk yard and be crushed.
Jaime should have sold it to one of us!
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
On Jan 11, 2015 9:28 AM, Kaleb C.
'Nother ATTABOY!
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Its cld out there
In the fall of 2004, I found employment with one of the big
There is no single good setting. If you're home all the time, set it for maximum
interval, get a reset button from an old computer and plug it onto the 'defrost
test' terminals on the defrost control board. If it ices up, go outside and push
the button.
I think my Goodman came from the
The cold killed the 2011 Diehard battery in my 250K miles1983 300TD. Had
nothing to do with compression... Installed the new battery and it fired
right up in 20 degree weather without using the block heater
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com
andrew sez:
The cold killed the 2011 Diehard battery in my 250K miles1983 300TD. Had
nothing to do with compression... Installed the new battery and it fired
right up in 20 degree weather without using the block heater
'Nother DieEasy bites the dust. No surprise there. For the same
You might want to offer him 90% of what he paid you to take it back, the
10% will be his tuition in the school of old Benz life. Then sell it again.
--R
On 1/11/15 8:33 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote:
So the guy that bought my 300D seems to have a bad case of buyers remorse
and
It will cause the final global warming event when the earth catches fire
and the whole atmosphere except the nitrogen turns to water, and it will
be hotter then. Or the earth will float away because hydrogen is
lighter than air, kinda like a dirigible.
--R
On 1/10/15 11:47 PM, Craig via
That would probably incite someone like this to react negatively. No need to
goad them.
I’m convinced in a situation like this the best thing to do is to just express
that you’re sorry if they are unhappy, point out that they had the opportunity
to inspect the vehicle and chose to buy it
Yeah that battery isn't that old and it doesn't get that cold in Andrew-land...
My local Car Quest has (or used to, things are changing post Advance buyout)
the best deal around here on batteries.
-Curt
From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: Andrew Strasfogel
I think there is some kind of physiological change that takes place. The first
couple weeks when it gets hot in spring time I'm absolutely miserable. In the
fall I freeze for a couple days. Today its a toasty 23F, I went out and yanked
the engine out of my snowmobile and didn't even feel
As I said in my last message I finally yanked the engine that was stuck out of
my snowmobile. When I was pulling it the carb was dripping gas (after I'd
disconnected it) and I figured maybe it had a leaky seal and I was just dealing
with a crank full of gas. Then I got it in the garage and
When I lived near Boston I wouldn't even really put on a coat, maybe a
light jacket or my work suit jacket, until it got down around freezing.
First Christmas in Houston it was like 75F and we were out in shorts and
tshirts, I asked my wife what the hell took us so long to get there, she
Your photo page says you can make a Christmas card out of that pic!
Could you heat it up some with a torch to get it soft enough to pull out
or would that goober up everything anyway?
--R
On 1/11/15 3:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
As I said in my last message I finally yanked the
Presumably theres a piece still in the cylinder although maybe it'd cut and
that piece would end up back in there and would come out the next time around.
Either way its a nice idea... I need to take the tinwork off (air cooled engine
and see if anything is leaking. If there are any signs of
All of the above, they're right around the corner from me, when I bought the
battery for the Jetta they were $25 cheaper than anybody else, they stand by
their warranties and the product is good.
10F isn't cold, we were at -10F last week, thats kinda cold. I bet Mitch has
been seeing -20F which
I had a large 42 W X 19 H art work reframed. The frame shop did a great
job but they installed wall buddies on the back upper corners rather than
hanging a picture wire across the back. Anybody ever heard of this? is it
as good as/better than conventional picture wire?
Here's a video that sort
A long time ago I got real lucky on a car deal I did with a guy. He wrote me a
check and was supposed to b getting a loan or something then I could cash the
check. He talked me into letting him take the car. After about a week of bs I
finally had to go get this car back. I was very lucky I got
--R wrote:
Or the earth will float away because hydrogen is lighter than
air, kinda like a dirigible.
Or, an H-bomb could take us all out without a thought. Yes, wrong
form factor than we have been taught, but... we could learn.
Forget the hi-tech WWII stuff that Openheimer and LANL worked up.
Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
How do I know if my 3-4 year old rheem has smart defrosting? I suspect it does
because I think I have only noticed it go into defrost maybe 1 time.
Probably all the Rheems/Ruuds had it by 3 years ago. That company likes demand
defrost as much as
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:54:28 -0600 Mountain Man via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
--R wrote:
Or the earth will float away because hydrogen is lighter than
air, kinda like a dirigible.
Or, an H-bomb could take us all out without a thought. Yes, wrong
form factor than we have been
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:36:02 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I had a large 42 W X 19 H art work reframed. The frame shop did a
great job but they installed wall buddies on the back upper corners
rather than hanging a picture wire across the back. Anybody
Thanks for the support guys, I appreciate.
If there was a single issue with the car, I'd be happy to work with him on
it get him some parts, etc. But there isn't any specific complaint at
this point, besides the low compression numbers (which don't make any
sense), and his general
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does silly things like that.
Most of my recent jobs have gone well, but I foolishly didn't replace
the tensioner on the TE last time I put a belt on it, so I'll now have
to put one in in the cold -- damned thing failed shortly after I put a
new
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:28:06 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Do you suppose they have to book 2 seats each?
-Curt
Well, since a seat is designed for a 2-legged critter, of course a
4-legged critter would have to buy 2 seats.
Craig
The best deal in terms of warranty or cheap price? Or good product??
And BTW, 10 degrees in my neck of the woods is no warmer than 10 degrees in
Curt-ville.
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Yeah that battery isn't that old and it doesn't
I’m going challenge that logic for a number of reasons.
While I understand what you’re suggesting and it sounds all fine and dandy, you
have no idea what this person has done to the car during their short period of
ownership. You’re also essentially accepting their challenge of the “fitness
I think Max's suggestion is perfect. But I think renting him a 300D for
$50 a day is too low. Maybe $80 or $100? It will either satisfy him
and you'll get the car back or he'll stop bothering you...
LarryT
91 300D (just turned 243K and just got a *perfect* oil analysis!)
On 1/11/2015
Reminds me of the time I thought one of our snowmobiles had a seized
engine.
We had a set of stairs leading from the side yard down into the heated
basement, just big enough to get the snowmobile down the single flight.
Garage was not heated, I thought I needed to rebuild or replace the engine,
Curt wrote:
I think there is some kind of physiological change that takes
place.
Today its a toasty 23F, I went out and yanked the engine out of
my snowmobile and didn't even feel chilled.
I was like that once.
Seems as the years increase, the ability to manage cold decreases.
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