On Mon Oct-01-2012 17:44, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> 25 Dec 00 15:10, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> Does anyone know where I can get a 199x Mercedes for $500 for parts?

 RW>> LOL! Already?

 RN> Just playing it safe.  (-:  Didja ever try priving various parts on
 RN> one of them?

 RW> I know that my friend Harry refused to work on them. Price of parts
 RW> was one barrier, overly-complicated engineering was another. I know
 RW> someone GAVE him a MB that had been sitting in a field for years.
 RW> It sat outside the shop for quite a while, then someone inquired
 RW> about the sale of that MB.

I see them all over town here, but am unable to track the owners down.  I do
have a mechanic friend who knows where I can get one and we've been unable to
set up a date to look it over.  Knowing what the price of replacement parts
for one is, I decided to plan ahead.  This one is running fine and I have no
complaints yet.

 RW> He figured that getting it running so it could be sold might bring
 RW> a profit, but when all else was said, it cost too much to repair
 RW> for what he got out of it. I see it on the streets here in town
 RW> occasionally, but I wonder about the cost of maintainence to keep
 RW> it on the road. 

I wouldn't sell this one.


Regards,

Roger 
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