Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes


> On May 29, 2018 at 10:52 PM Dimitri via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> I just call it the Priapism. 

That's the word I came up with for it.
But it seems so obvious I'm sure 1000 others came up with it independently. 

Then there's Tesla:
https://www.themaven.net/pinacnews/public-records/tesla-car-driving-on-autopilot-crashes-into-parked-police-car-lrZcvYISj0q9hkE5OkRCZQ/

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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Sumavuhl. Across the field on college ave or powderhouse?

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> On May 29, 2018, at 11:02 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Where are your rentals?  In Slummavull of Meffuh?  I had a young lady friend 
> at one time who lived right there close to campus, and I almost rented a 
> place from an old Italian couple right across the street from the playing 
> field. Turns out a buddy lived about 2 doors down from where the young lady 
> lived, but a few years earlier. 
> 
> --FT who just got home from a weekend in Bawstun and a swing through the old 
> stomping grounds
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>> On May 29, 2018, at 9:35 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
>> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a 
>> car trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind 
>> it with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling 
>> me how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from 
>> Searsmont, Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts 
>> undergrad. They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it 
>> has a 4 speed manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and 
>> said that they had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new 
>> owner of the w108 found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from Southern 
>> CT to pick it up. They were both extremely knowledgeable about vintage 
>> Mercedes and together tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at age 17. 
>> The guy plans to megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of mine had 
>> already done so on an m117.
>> 
>> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 1972 
>> sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and discovered 
>> that Gregg was a famous race car driver! 
>> 
>> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Had some rust but not too bad. The car was completely original.

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> On May 29, 2018, at 11:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Why can’t I find a deal like that? Was the car rusty?
> 
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>> On May 29, 2018, at 8:35 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
>> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a 
>> car trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind 
>> it with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling 
>> me how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from 
>> Searsmont, Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts 
>> undergrad. They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it 
>> has a 4 speed manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and 
>> said that they had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new 
>> owner of the w108 found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from Southern 
>> CT to pick it up. They were both extremely knowledgeable about vintage 
>> Mercedes and together tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at age 17. 
>> The guy plans to megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of mine had 
>> already done so on an m117.
>> 
>> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 1972 
>> sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and discovered 
>> that Gregg was a famous race car driver! 
>> 
>> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Why can’t I find a deal like that? Was the car rusty?

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> On May 29, 2018, at 8:35 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a car 
> trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind it 
> with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling me 
> how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from Searsmont, 
> Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts undergrad. 
> They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it has a 4 speed 
> manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and said that they 
> had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new owner of the w108 
> found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from Southern CT to pick it up. 
> They were both extremely knowledgeable about vintage Mercedes and together 
> tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at age 17. The guy plans to 
> megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of mine had already done so on 
> an m117.
> 
> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 1972 
> sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and discovered 
> that Gregg was a famous race car driver! 
> 
> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
MBCA is still around?

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> On May 29, 2018, at 8:42 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I told him to join the MBCA and write an article on the car for the Star once 
> he fixes it up.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 29, 2018, at 9:38 PM, Dwight Giles  wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you for this,inspiration Dimitri. Nice to see millenials who are not 
>> interested in a Pious.
>> 
>> Dwight Giles Jr.
>> Wickford RI
>> 
>>> On May 29, 2018 9:35 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"  
>>> wrote:
>>> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
>>> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a 
>>> car trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind 
>>> it with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling 
>>> me how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from 
>>> Searsmont, Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts 
>>> undergrad. They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it 
>>> has a 4 speed manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and 
>>> said that they had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new 
>>> owner of the w108 found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from 
>>> Southern CT to pick it up. They were both extremely knowledgeable about 
>>> vintage Mercedes and together tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at 
>>> age 17. The guy plans to megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of 
>>> mine had already done so on an m117.
>>> 
>>> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 
>>> 1972 sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and 
>>> discovered that Gregg was a famous race car driver! 
>>> 
>>> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhoneI 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Where are your rentals?  In Slummavull of Meffuh?  I had a young lady friend at 
one time who lived right there close to campus, and I almost rented a place 
from an old Italian couple right across the street from the playing field. 
Turns out a buddy lived about 2 doors down from where the young lady lived, but 
a few years earlier. 

--FT who just got home from a weekend in Bawstun and a swing through the old 
stomping grounds
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> On May 29, 2018, at 9:35 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a car 
> trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind it 
> with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling me 
> how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from Searsmont, 
> Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts undergrad. 
> They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it has a 4 speed 
> manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and said that they 
> had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new owner of the w108 
> found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from Southern CT to pick it up. 
> They were both extremely knowledgeable about vintage Mercedes and together 
> tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at age 17. The guy plans to 
> megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of mine had already done so on 
> an m117.
> 
> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 1972 
> sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and discovered 
> that Gregg was a famous race car driver! 
> 
> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
> 
> Sent from my iPhoneI 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I just call it the Priapism. Although, come to think of it, that name is 
probably not so suitable since their owners are probably all impotent anyway!

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> On May 29, 2018, at 10:42 PM, Dwight Giles  wrote:
> 
> Yes,the false environmental righteousness gets me. At one time we referred to 
> them as Pissus. IIRC you coined the name Priapsus.
> 
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
> 
>> On May 29, 2018 9:55 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"  
>> wrote:
>> God how I hate the Prius. I immediately pass judgement on their owners and 
>> assume that they are bumbling idiots. Sorry to anyone here who owns one. 
>> Actually, I’m not sorry!!!
>> 
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>> On May 29, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >> 
>> >> Nice to see millennials who are not interested in a Pious.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Speaking of the pious priapus, for the first time today I saw one
>> > in the U-Pull.  I wonder if they drilled holes in the battery pack to
>> > let all the electrons out?
>> > 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes,the false environmental righteousness gets me. At one time we referred
to them as Pissus. IIRC you coined the name Priapsus.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On May 29, 2018 9:55 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> God how I hate the Prius. I immediately pass judgement on their owners and
> assume that they are bumbling idiots. Sorry to anyone here who owns one.
> Actually, I’m not sorry!!!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 29, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Nice to see millennials who are not interested in a Pious.
> >
> >
> > Speaking of the pious priapus, for the first time today I saw one
> > in the U-Pull.  I wonder if they drilled holes in the battery pack to
> > let all the electrons out?
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Wouldn’t have worked. He was giddy with joy over his purchase!

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> On May 29, 2018, at 10:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel  wrote:
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> You should have offered the kids $1800 for a fast flip.
> 
>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 9:55 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> God how I hate the Prius. I immediately pass judgement on their owners and 
>> assume that they are bumbling idiots. Sorry to anyone here who owns one. 
>> Actually, I’m not sorry!!!
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On May 29, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >> 
>> >> Nice to see millennials who are not interested in a Pious.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Speaking of the pious priapus, for the first time today I saw one
>> > in the U-Pull.  I wonder if they drilled holes in the battery pack to
>> > let all the electrons out?
>> > 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
You should have offered the kids $1800 for a fast flip.

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 9:55 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes  wrote:

> God how I hate the Prius. I immediately pass judgement on their owners and
> assume that they are bumbling idiots. Sorry to anyone here who owns one.
> Actually, I’m not sorry!!!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 29, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Nice to see millennials who are not interested in a Pious.
> >
> >
> > Speaking of the pious priapus, for the first time today I saw one
> > in the U-Pull.  I wonder if they drilled holes in the battery pack to
> > let all the electrons out?
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
God how I hate the Prius. I immediately pass judgement on their owners and 
assume that they are bumbling idiots. Sorry to anyone here who owns one. 
Actually, I’m not sorry!!!

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On May 29, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
wrote:

>> 
>> Nice to see millennials who are not interested in a Pious.
> 
> 
> Speaking of the pious priapus, for the first time today I saw one
> in the U-Pull.  I wonder if they drilled holes in the battery pack to
> let all the electrons out?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
>
> Nice to see millennials who are not interested in a Pious.


Speaking of the pious priapus, for the first time today I saw one
in the U-Pull.  I wonder if they drilled holes in the battery pack to
let all the electrons out?

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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I told him to join the MBCA and write an article on the car for the Star once 
he fixes it up.

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> On May 29, 2018, at 9:38 PM, Dwight Giles  wrote:
> 
> Thank you for this,inspiration Dimitri. Nice to see millenials who are not 
> interested in a Pious.
> 
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
> 
>> On May 29, 2018 9:35 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes"  
>> wrote:
>> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
>> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a 
>> car trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind 
>> it with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling 
>> me how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from 
>> Searsmont, Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts 
>> undergrad. They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it 
>> has a 4 speed manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and 
>> said that they had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new 
>> owner of the w108 found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from Southern 
>> CT to pick it up. They were both extremely knowledgeable about vintage 
>> Mercedes and together tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at age 17. 
>> The guy plans to megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of mine had 
>> already done so on an m117.
>> 
>> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 1972 
>> sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and discovered 
>> that Gregg was a famous race car driver! 
>> 
>> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhoneI 
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Re: [MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Thank you for this,inspiration Dimitri. Nice to see millenials who are not
interested in a Pious.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On May 29, 2018 9:35 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well
> patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a
> car trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind
> it with my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling
> me how he just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from
> Searsmont, Maine. These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts
> undergrad. They were very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it
> has a 4 speed manual (most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and
> said that they had seen it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new
> owner of the w108 found it on Craigslist and drove all the way from
> Southern CT to pick it up. They were both extremely knowledgeable about
> vintage Mercedes and together tore apart and rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at
> age 17. The guy plans to megasquirt it. I told him that a good friend of
> mine had already done so on an m117.
>
> The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from
> 1972 sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and
> discovered that Gregg was a famous race car driver!
>
> Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!
>
> Sent from my iPhoneI
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[MBZ] Millenials are not all hopeless!

2018-05-29 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Ok so yesterday while tending to my Tufts student rentals, I see a well 
patinated dark olive green 280SEL 4.5 with palomino leather interior on a car 
trailer in the the Tufts Fletcher School parking lot. I pull in behind it with 
my 78 240D and encounter two young guys. One of them starts telling me how he 
just bought it for only $1700 and trailered it down from Searsmont, Maine. 
These guys were no more than 20 and one of them a Tufts undergrad. They were 
very interested in my 240D and excited to see that it has a 4 speed manual 
(most millenials don’t know how to drive a manual) and said that they had seen 
it on the street earlier. One of them, the now new owner of the w108 found it 
on Craigslist and drove all the way from Southern CT to pick it up. They were 
both extremely knowledgeable about vintage Mercedes and together tore apart and 
rebuilt an m116 in a 380SE at age 17. The guy plans to megasquirt it. I told 
him that a good friend of mine had already done so on an m117.

The car came with a lot of paperwork and the original bill of sale from 1972 
sold to Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, FL. He googled the guy and discovered that 
Gregg was a famous race car driver! 

Refreshing to see young kids with a true passion for old Mercedes!

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