I am so confused by this. You need to go back and read the thread.
We are talking about the guy who is now the Southeast Regional Director, who
happens to own a shop in Titusville, FL. The lurker is the president of the SW
Florida Section.
Dan
On Dec 5, 2014, at 10:47 PM, OK Don via
I went back and re-read the thread. Now I’m not so confused. My fault. If I
understood it correctly, you’re talking about trying to get the guy who is the
shop owner to join and participate in OkieBenz.
Sorry.
Dan
On Dec 6, 2014, at 7:12 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
I agree about Pierre, I've met him several times and was impressed by his
knowledge and enthusiasm for old cars. I think he actually tracked me down
the first time we met, knowing I was the guy with that 240D website so many
years ago. The MBCA needs more guys like him.
I made a strong effort
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From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014
I have a garage full of old Mercedes I'm constantly working on and
improving. I work for Mercedes Benz in research and development of new
products, and have an intimate knowledge of their products for the
In going through his Facebook page he appears to be heavily vested in the W124
and earlier stuff. That’s great, especially if there are enough owners out
there for him to make a living doing it. As I mentioned previously, it also
looks like he does a fair amount of NOS and used part buying,
I feel like the club has been dragged along with the brand into a sphere
where the cars are too complicated to understand and fix for mere mortals.
It is a specialization thing. Either you believe in figuring out your own
stuff, or you don't. Fundamentally a philosophical question centered in
this
If they were smart they would authorize creation of a Vintage MBCA for
enthusiasts who want to do their own hands on maintenance and repairs.
Limit membership to owners of 1980s and older models. I would definitely
qualify. No racing stories, no frou frou bullcrap, no fancy socials, no
rallyes
On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 12:42:29 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
If they were smart they would authorize creation of a Vintage MBCA for
enthusiasts who want to do their own hands on maintenance and repairs.
Limit membership to owners of 1980s and older models.
I
Excellent idea, however, I would base the age on whatever they have classified
as “vintage”. I believe that would go up to the W140, as I think they have
classified it as “vintage”, believe it or not…
Dan
On Dec 6, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Pierre also does Mercedes home visits all around the nation. I know some people
up here in Maine that fly him up on an annual basis to their house to repair
and maintain their fleet of 60's-80's Mercedes.
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On Dec 6, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
A French pal and I have our own personal tech and body repair guy who does
the same, except he drives down instead of flying and works for free. I
don't want to give away his identity; let's just call him by the code name
Dimitri.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:12 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
I agree about Pierre, I've met him several times and was impressed by his
knowledge and enthusiasm for old cars. I think he actually tracked me down
the first time we met, knowing I was the guy with that 240D website so many
years ago. The MBCA needs more guys like him.
I made a strong effort
Decent guy. He and I were co-admin on MBCA 114/115 forums when it was still a
good place to frequent. He knows his stuff, had trouble with spelling, but
never was a dick to anybody over the years I worked with him.
HE now has a program to fly out to your place and do work on your project
Just thought I would mention that I got an email from Tom Harruff, President
and Publisher of the SWFL Section, informing me that Scott Suits was not
re-elected RD this year and Pierre Hedary took his place.”
Funny, as I don’t recall ever mentioning Scott in the discussion about the
local
Just thought I would mention that I got an email from Tom Harruff,
President and Publisher of the SWFL Section, informing me that
Scott Suits was not re-elected RD this year and Pierre Hedary took
his place.
Funny, as I don't recall ever mentioning Scott in the discussion
about the local
None of this matters to me, but thanks for posting it. I have no interest in
re-joining, nor do I ever intend to. That’s why I got a kick out of this idiot
sending me a message to inform me of Scott’s demise. Like I care?
Dan
On Dec 5, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
You care enough to comment on it.
--R (just pointing that out!)
On 12/5/14 6:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
None of this matters to me, but thanks for posting it. I have no interest in
re-joining, nor do I ever intend to. That’s why I got a kick out of this idiot
sending me a
True. I felt it was relevant since this was part of a recent thread, that’s
all.
This Pierre guy looks pretty good - lots of old stuff around his shop. That
can’t be anything but good for the sections, since he’ll be more in tune with
the older cars and come at things from a different point
Pierre is a decent guy. He is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and generous
with technical advice. Give him a call and you will see!
A friend and I met up with him when we went to Amelia Island last Match. We had
a nice dinner.
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On Dec 5, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Curly McLain
I am not questioning anything about Pierre - I don’t want to give the
impression I’m saying or suggesting anything negative about him just because
he’s the new regional director. Doesn’t matter to me, as I’m not in the MBCA.
I don’t know the guy from Adam.
His shop looks nice and he appears
I got lurkers here? Maybe I need to start cussing worse than a sailer like on
banned and run them off.
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On Dec 5, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
Just thought I would mention that I got an email from Tom Harruff, President
and
The guy is subscribed but I can’t find any posts from him, so I would say that
makes him a lurker.
Better watch out - you might get banned from the MBCA!
Dan
On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I got lurkers here? Maybe I need to start
I have not been a member for probably 10 years
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On Dec 5, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
The guy is subscribed but I can’t find any posts from him, so I would say
that makes him a lurker.
Better watch out - you might get
Since he sounds like he has expertise (and parts), perhaps you should try
sugar instead, and get him to participate . . .
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I have not been a member for probably 10 years
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