Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Why Do Our Mercedes Diesels Create Bucket List for ...

Chip,

Here in L.A., those new T-birds were driven by 'men' all the time.

As a Texican, you probably remember what Lyndon Johnson said about camels' noses under the edge of the tent?

"I'd rather have the camel inside the tent, pissing out, than outside the tent, pissing in."

Think of how many men, who understand the wonderfulness of Benz diesels, have to argue with wives about garages full of spares and weekends spent tinkering. We are far better off having women learning about and understanding the dieselBenz cult-ure than being frustrated by it.

Tom

In a message dated 1/17/2012 12:47:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, czulli@gmail.com writes:

Now see guys! This is what I am talking about. Now they have got us reading about new old Thunderbirds. While they lasted I don't think I ever saw a man drive one of those.

Next thing you know, we'll be talking about tulips and hair coloring. We all know about the camel's nose under the tent and here it is.

Chip
Houston

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@...> wrote:
>
> Right on! I drove old/used cars for years. In 1995 I bought my first brand
> new car. I saved for the down payment for well over a year. I bought a red
> T-Bird with 40th Anniversary on the bottom. My payments were $415 a month
> plus full coverage insurance. A few months later some ding dong ran a red
> light and caused $6400 worth of damage. Months later I gave up on ever
> getting my car fixed properly, went online & special ordered a '97 T-Bird,
> this one black. I traded in the '95 sight unseen and felt sorry for the
> next owner as the car trailed sideways! My payments had dropped to just
> below $400/month plus full coverage insurance. Loved that car, with the
> V-8, but it had it's quirks. The '95 always had messed up brakes due to
> bad rotors, even after being replaced there was always a shimmy. The black
> one had something else wrong from day one that I can't recall, but
> eventually got used to.
>
> So I'd much rather have a bucket list and a really cool, classy car that'll
> outlast anything else...so long as I make sure there's no hole in the oil
> pan! :) Think about how many MB's I could have purchased with the money I
> spent on those 2 cars! Or how things I could have fixed on one! Yikes.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Nate Rector <tccservice111@...>wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > Amen Brian,car payments suck.I did that for 20 years keeping up with the
> > Jones's.Heck drive a Benz and still out do them.
> >
> >
>