getting rid of my old diesels.... - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

MTUpower · #16 09-22-2011, 04:57 PM

My wife's wagon just had the hood star snap off. Want some good karma? Send me your 240's hood star! I'm in FL also.

IVIuzzy · #17 09-22-2011, 05:13 PM

i have a hand full of hood stars, pm me your address. ill send u a nice one.

im going to sit on the decision of getting rid of my 240 for a few days. it may be male menopause. i am going through a divorce, lost my nice house, just bought a forclosure and fixing that up isnt easy. between working at a car shop and fixing everyone elses car, i never have time for mine. i think i hit a boiling point. im going to weigh the options after all it is a 35 year old car. but to end its life because im being irrational isnt right either.

in the mean time, my brother was able to clean the spray gun *sigh of relief* and he is going to try to "work out" the dents. the good news he said is that metal has a memory. whatever that means. so ill keep posted.

piccolovic · #18 09-22-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by IVIuzzy

today i was in the final stages of repainting my 77 240d. its a good car, so i decided to do a good body job on it. well, in my final coat of base coat, my air line blew on my compressor, the big 3/4 galvanized one. it made schrapnel scratched the paint, and went everywhere. i ruined my 500dollar spray gun too. I was mad and took my frustration out on the car. i took a 10 pound sledge and hit every panel, and glass. so now i dont want to fix the car anymore.

has anyone gotten to this stage before? should i give up? i dont know if its a mid life crisis, but i think its time for a real car and not a 35 year old junkers.

well im done ranting, and ill probably part out my 77 240. if anyone needs anything let me know, obviously body and glass are bad. engine has 30k miles on it. mercedes of sarasota put a brand new motor in it in 2007. i have all papers. everything on the car worked flawless, cruise control. new brakes all around including calipers. redone seals in my tranny.

im either going to part out or sell my 73 220d as well.(id rather sell that one whole)

Hmmm . . . Always wondered what those Anger Management Courses were for!!!! Thanks for the clue!

LOL @ The Don!!! I know he sees a new engine in the deal for his step-dad's car!!!!

@ The Don . . . when you get through with Pancakes . . . you'll be ready to take over my 300D Turbo . . . am drooling on possible upcoming trade!!!!

TheDon · #19 09-22-2011, 06:42 PM

Pancakes is not going anywhere.

Your car being sold or parted out woul help a lot of cars. I know when I parted my delorean out I helped like 30 cars.

barry123400 · #20 09-22-2011, 06:55 PM

You seem to have been driven by frustation and stress perhaps. Try relaxing more for a time.Many things in our lives can wait for a better day.

As you are aware flying off the handle really does nothing. Well other than the instantainious gratification perhaps that is too short lived to justify it in most cases.

I just got through casually mentioning to the wife that it is unwise in my opinion for her to back out of our driveway for visability reasons. Her response was not too civilized.

After she got through informing me she can see further up the road better than I can. The reality being it is almost impossible to see at all when backing out is where the discussion went. On occassion diplomacy fails.

This felt to me like a lose/lose situation initially and I was not disapointed. Still it had to be mentioned. I have gotten tired of dealing with her accidents.

She tends to have total write offs rather than fender benders. Next time she may not be insurable is my fear. This I did not mention as one can of worms at a time is enough. Generally she is very easy to get along with. Certain areas are of course otherwise.

Brian Carlton · #21 09-22-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture

Mercedes is a nice car as long as it is not your primary means of transportation I really dont care what anybody says, they will never be as reliable as a new/ newer car

That's why you need to have three of them................one to drive..........one that is a backup to the driver............and one to have under repair.

And, if all else fails and all three are sidelined, you can always drive the BMW..........

I didn't say this was an economical solution.............

BTW.............I found the 2.47 over in NJ for a buck twenty five.

layback40 · #22 09-22-2011, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

That's why you need to have three of them................one to drive..........one that is a backup to the driver............and one to have under repair.

And, if all else fails and all three are sidelined, you can always drive the BMW..........

& when the BM fails you can always be a dreaded Volvo driver !!

lorainfurniture · #23 09-22-2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

That's why you need to have three of them................one to drive..........one that is a backup to the driver............and one to have under repair.

And, if all else fails and all three are sidelined, you can always drive the BMW..........

I didn't say this was an economical solution.............

BTW.............I found the 2.47 over in NJ for a buck twenty five.

Absolutely right. Really, its more like 4. I had the 300e, 300e grey market, the 300se (off limits in the winter), and a f150 just in case.

People really need to realize that owning a 20+ year old mercedes is more of a passion than anything.

It irks me when people post a thread on how "Mercedes will give you many years reliable service", and two days later post another thread in the tech help section.

Sloppyjoec · #24 09-22-2011, 10:38 PM

God knows i have been defeated and crying in the corner of the garage myself, who knows what would have happened if something of mine went bang and took out an expensive something of my brothers i was borrowing. these cars are no longer vehicles, they are nice hobbies, sometimes.

lorainfurniture · #25 09-22-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

BTW.............I found the 2.47 over in NJ for a buck twenty five.

Awesome. I have been following your other thread. Im curious to see how it turns out. I was going to call you to stop by, but it looks like are current road trip is putting us through boston, then straight up to maine.

Im going to hit you up for that dinner soon enough.

lorainfurniture · #26 09-22-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Army

Sorry I don't agree with that (completely!)

Now if you'd said Honda - well there wouldn't be any further discussion from me.

Try driving a new French car - in my opinion they should really be stopped from producing that crap => total waste of time, energy, resources etc etc etc

If you could tell us some of your real world experience about this? I bought a brand new ford f150 in 2004, it now is in the possession of my father and still running well with 185,000 miles. The only repairs were a transmission for about $1200, and an alternator to the tune of $200.

I expect to get about 7-10 years and a minimum of 125,000 miles out of my "unreliable fiesta"

Stretch · #27 09-23-2011, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture

If you could tell us some of your real world experience about this? I bought a brand new ford f150 in 2004, it now is in the possession of my father and still running well with 185,000 miles. The only repairs were a transmission for about $1200, and an alternator to the tune of $200.

I expect to get about 7-10 years and a minimum of 125,000 miles out of my "unreliable fiesta"

I've been stranded several times in new French cars - all of them rentals. On each occasion the break down people said yeah well French crap... I now refuse to hire them.

Whereas I used to own a 1985 Honda Civic that went on and on and on - and yes I did look after it as I do for all of my cars but that thing needed the least amount of attention ever. Judging by the satisfaction surveys in the US and the UK I'd go and buy a Honda if I really really needed to be somewhere every week / day. In the mean time I'm happy trying to get my W123 to be as reliable as my old Civic!

pawoSD · #28 09-23-2011, 12:51 AM

Psh, you don't need double backup cars....in 8+ years of owning/driving my 300SD, I think there's been 6 days I couldn't drive it, and 3 of those were because a preventative repair went bad, and required additional parts to be obtained. It hasn't been "down" in almost 2.5 years.....and has covered 35,000 miles in that time period.

I wonder if my 420 will match this, based on its service history, I don't think it will.

Just took an important step in NOT breaking down tonight by replacing the whole fuel package (filter, pumps, lines, etc) in back. Old ones were so loud you could hear it inside the car quite clearly....next up is steering components and alignment, then it should be pretty much good to go for a long while! (aside from some fluid changes)

Brian Carlton · #29 09-23-2011, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

Psh, you don't need double backup cars....

..............said the man with seven in his sig...............

Of course, they are for other people.............LOL..........and you couldn't take any of them in a pinch.............that's why they are in your sig................

Brian Carlton · #30 09-23-2011, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture

Awesome. I have been following your other thread. Im curious to see how it turns out. I was going to call you to stop by, but it looks like are current road trip is putting us through boston, then straight up to maine.

Im going to hit you up for that dinner soon enough.

The discussion of the valve body mod is ongoing..........without agreement.

Anytime...........I'm usually here!!!