Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-21 Thread archer
@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels archer wrote: There were two diesels pictured in boxes with the word diesel in big artwork letters in the bottom of each picture: The 2002 Toyota Rav 4 and a 2002 Ford F-150 Supercab XLT. Neither sold

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-21 Thread archer
Don't remember that particular deal. How did that happen? Gerry --- - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Toyota

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-21 Thread Jim Cathey
You mean like that 1988 380D mercedes I went to see once? Ended up buying that 190D. Don't remember that particular deal. How did that happen? Saw an ad for an auction at lowball place, yard sweepings basically, but they listed that with a photograph. I was quite curious to see what it

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-21 Thread archer
Interesting story. Did you get the transmission working? Gerry - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:34 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels You mean like that 1988 380D mercedes I

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-21 Thread Jim Cathey
Interesting story. Did you get the transmission working? 'The' transmission? No. 'A' transmission? Yes. I'm driving up and down the road near the house shaking it out. The car's now sporting a stick shift and not a slushbox. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-21 Thread Jim Cathey
Interesting story. Did you get the transmission working? 'The' transmission? No. 'A' transmission? Yes. I'm driving up and down the road near the house shaking it out. The car's now sporting a stick shift and not a slushbox. Ought to be ready for prime time in a few days. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
archer wrote: Saw a 2002 Toyota RAV 4 4WD SUV listed as a Diesel at a Ford dealer in the Tampa Bay area. Toyota sold an electric SUV in the USA at one time, I believe it was based on the RAV4. Never heard of a diesel Toyota SUV.

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
what do you mean listed as a diesel? listed where? Its probably a typo, or its a grey market car. They did have a diesel in the UK but not over here. archer wrote: Saw a 2002 Toyota RAV 4 4WD SUV listed as a Diesel at a Ford dealer in the Tampa Bay area. Couldn't find any reference to a

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread archer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels what do you mean listed as a diesel? listed where? Its probably a typo, or its a grey market car. They did have a diesel in the UK but not over here

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread Jeff Zedic
There was never any diesel RAV4 sold in North America. There are plenty of Toyota diesels sold in South America but I'm not sure about the RAV4 as it's only a city slicker SUVnthing that would hold up on the SA roads.. For that they have the Landcruiser diesels and the Kijang diesel. Not

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread Jim Cathey
Since these sorts of publications are carefully proofread, I doubt it's a typo. I don't, necessarily. Seen plenty of errors in ad. copy myself over the years. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
archer wrote: There were two diesels pictured in boxes with the word diesel in big artwork letters in the bottom of each picture: The 2002 Toyota Rav 4 and a 2002 Ford F-150 Supercab XLT. Neither sold in USA with a diesel. (unless the Ford is really F250 or larger) Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Toyota diesels

2006-07-20 Thread Steve MacSween
on 7/20/06 2:01 PM, archer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be greymarket. I wonder if they're sold in Canada? Nyet, there were diesel pickups from Toyota at one time, here in Kanuckistan, but never a dizzle Rav 4. Mac