Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
Should have checked it out when you got home. Priorities, man. And that was an easy one, too. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Normally yes but I was at an airport and apparently missed that. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 14, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Good job thoroughly inspecting it prior to gaining ownership. Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Dan On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Still have weird surging in the 98 turbo, error code for maf. New one arrived today and as I am putting it in I notice all but 2 clips to hold the air cleaner cover on are missing and the cover is basically loose. So I drove it back from Houston that way, and have been driving it about a week. The old sensor was dirty. No telling what all else it's sucked in. Morons. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
Bought my first Mercedes - a 9 year old 1973 280 - from a shady Iranian, at night in a shady neighborhood near Tysons Corner, VA. We literally drove it down the street 100 yards, turned around and returned to the house, after which I wrote Mr. Tony Alami a check for $4700. Those were the days before pre-purchase inspections were invented. In the year we owned this wonderful car we had to repair the transmission and vacuum locks (for about $1500), but sold the car for $4850 to a dip. heading overseas. Not a bad intro to the marque... Andrew 1983 300TD 1985 300TD On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Wow. How do you guys do it? I wouldn't be able to sleep if I went and looked at some of the cars Kleb has bought and not done a cursory check of maintenance items... Dan being retentive Sent from my iPad On Jul 15, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Apparently I don't. It was quite a surprise to me to find that the SEL didn't have an air filter in it. I'd driven it for quite awhile too, and we live on a dirt road. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Apparently I don't. It was quite a surprise to me to find that the SEL didn't have an air filter in it. I'd driven it for quite awhile too, and we live on a dirt road. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
Wow. How do you guys do it? I wouldn't be able to sleep if I went and looked at some of the cars Kleb has bought and not done a cursory check of maintenance items... Dan being retentive Sent from my iPad On Jul 15, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Apparently I don't. It was quite a surprise to me to find that the SEL didn't have an air filter in it. I'd driven it for quite awhile too, and we live on a dirt road. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
On July 15, 2015 at 10:49 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Apparently I don't. It was quite a surprise to me to find that the SEL didn't have an air filter in it. I'd driven it for quite awhile too, and we live on a dirt road. My 2nd car was a 1977 Saab that cost slightly more than a Corvette when new. (I paid the original owner about 10% of what he paid, still a pretty big deal for a 20 year old who delivered pizzas to pay for college) It came with all records, so I just kept up with the maintenance schedule. Imagine my surprise a year later, when I found out that the air box had a removable plate that snapped into the bottom of the filter element for an airtight seal, and the filter was smashed onto it off center and leaking badly, by the biggest foreign car indy in East Lansing. When I showed them the smashed filter and invoice that said they installed it, their so what? attitude spoke volumes. I too, lived on a dirt road. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
Good job thoroughly inspecting it prior to gaining ownership. Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Dan On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Still have weird surging in the 98 turbo, error code for maf. New one arrived today and as I am putting it in I notice all but 2 clips to hold the air cleaner cover on are missing and the cover is basically loose. So I drove it back from Houston that way, and have been driving it about a week. The old sensor was dirty. No telling what all else it's sucked in. Morons. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Stupid po
Normally yes but I was at an airport and apparently missed that. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 14, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Good job thoroughly inspecting it prior to gaining ownership. Uh, you do go over the cars you buy in detail before you buy them, don’t you? Dan On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Still have weird surging in the 98 turbo, error code for maf. New one arrived today and as I am putting it in I notice all but 2 clips to hold the air cleaner cover on are missing and the cover is basically loose. So I drove it back from Houston that way, and have been driving it about a week. The old sensor was dirty. No telling what all else it's sucked in. Morons. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Stupid po
Still have weird surging in the 98 turbo, error code for maf. New one arrived today and as I am putting it in I notice all but 2 clips to hold the air cleaner cover on are missing and the cover is basically loose. So I drove it back from Houston that way, and have been driving it about a week. The old sensor was dirty. No telling what all else it's sucked in. Morons. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
