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Jim B. · #**322** 08-31-2007, 12:47 PM

I wanted to thank you for these discussions. While perhaps they benefit your learning curve, the benefitted me in quite another way.

I'd been exhausted with the 560SEC, and its problems lately with the AC, antenna that won't raise all the way, occasional flat tire, appetite for premium gas, lack of a heater that works reliably and other little niggles.
It was like being nibbled to death like ducks

To be honest I was on the cusp of getting rid of it and getting a 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis, frankly. Though they are obviously ceaper looking throughout compared to Mercedes

Then you come along with such interest and stars in your eyes, and actually bought a new one knowing as much about them as I did 11 years ago and your enthusiasm and excitement made me take stock of myself.

I guess you can see, by committing to some nice wheels, I decided to keep the car after all. It can now be revealed that you were in no small part responsible for that decision.

The cars are really that good. That is really amazing for a 20 or more year old car. They were light years of other cars of their time, and still worth treasuring today.

The people that seem to have them today are not so much the millionaires and status seekers that had them 15-20 years ago, but people who can work on them, or don't work on them but know something about cars and appreciate their virtues.

Someone told me that with an 18mm wrench you could take apart practically a whole 560SEC and put it back together.

Thanks for opeing my eyes again,CS

The malaise is disappearing.