": incapable of dealing sensibly or prudently with practical matters c : impracticable"


that is what a Cabriolet is.

I thought I could at least fit a new desk in the backseat of the cabriolet from IKEA since their crap is flat packed and usually manageable. nope not at all.

things more useful than a cabriolet

1) Prius
2) wheel barrow
3) anything with fold down rear seats
4) Colin Coon's wagon
5) a redneck pickup truck
6) my old SDL(but this is debatable)
7) something with a real roof
8) two bums paid $50 to haul my purchase home
9) A sled dog team

LOL, drive the car you enjoy and pay the extra $50 to have stuff delivered.

Lesson #1. A cabriolet is not an all purpose vehicle for the tradesman, do-it-yourselfer or furniture buyer.

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Lesson #2: it is bad form to complain about the hauling utility of a classic W124 cabriolet that was given to you for free.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

You got the cabrio for free and you're complaining?

Tell you what: I'll pay to have the furniture delivered and you give me the cabrio, ok?

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Lesson # 3. A cabriolet is the ideal accessory to facilitate the most important activity for a young man like Joe...namely getting laid.

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Lesson #4. It's been proven many times that you can't fit 5 lbs. of crap in a 3 pound bag.

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Question Authority before it Questions you.

Yes the irony...mentioning "redneck pickup" in the same post as describing the attempt to haul an IKEA desk in a classic MB Cabrio.

With a convertible the sky's the limit at least.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

For some reason, I get the feeling that there's a certain lack of sympathy on this "issue".

I wonder what it could be?

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1982 240D, sold 9/17/2008
1987 300D TurboW124.133 - 603.960, 722.317 - Smoke Silver Metallic / Medium Red (702/177), acquired 8/15/2009
262,715 and counting

Thats why I have a VW rabbit for a daily driver. Fun story here...

My ma and I were at K-mart for our furniture shopping (Wal-Mart is satan, and where else can you get a dinner table for $89?) and we had taken my VW. We found the table we wanted and asked the slack-jawed yokel to grab one and meet us at the front.
Crater Faced wage monkey "Whut kind uh truk y'all got?"
Me: A VW Rabbit.
CFwm: "Ain't gonna fit. Wouldn't n'even fit in muh truk."
Me: "Just meet us at the front."

After a suitable waiting period (enough time to grow gray hair... and lose it) CFwm met us at the door when I pulled up the Rabbit. He shook his head and spit out a wad of chewing tobacco so large you'd need a commercial driving license to move it. He started trying to tell me about "delivery programs" and how he wouldnt mind taking it home in his truck for us for a small fee. By the time he was done, I'd reminded him that it wouldn't fit in his truck and pointed to the table's box in the back of the VW with the front seats still all the way back.

Welcome to customer service in east Tennessee
Me: "Looks like there's room for two more in there, wouldn't you say? By the way you got ripped off on your truck."

Wait how am I less practical then a wheel barrow?

Jive,
sounds like one of those "priceless moments"
CFwm's are like that all over the world. The problem is they breed like crazy. That part of the evolution tree was meant to have become extinct a long time ago!!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Norm should be #1! How dare you.

Speaking of which, Colin should remind me to ship the shocks out Monday...

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

btw... Trade you straight across for the C36 OR wagon for the cabrio. Both are turn key with new heads, wiring harnesses, and throttle actuators.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!