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11-22-2006, 09:10 PM
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Sad yet comical thread
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11-22-2006, 09:38 PM
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It’s hysterical and gets more and more ludicrous as you read on. The part about breaking down on the way to get a six pack and abandoning the car in a Chucky Cheese parking lot is almost to good to be true.
Thanks for the laughs!
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11-22-2006, 09:55 PM
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Oh MAN..
THIS GAR IS GAY IT USES METRIC WTF IS METRIC I HAVENT WORKED ON ANY VEHICLE MADE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS NEVERMIND A 30 Y/O FOREIGN ONE LOLZ. Most of the stuff on my '92 Cherokee is metric...
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11-22-2006, 10:06 PM
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It's like "Deliverence" meets "Wayne's World".
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Present 1971 280SE W108 1967 250SE W111 Rhode Island _____________ Auf Wiedersehen 1972 280SE 4.5 (AKA Das Moneypitten) 1972 250C (Mit den zwei carburetors from hell) "Time fly’s like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" Groucho Marx
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11-22-2006, 10:16 PM
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I think he's finally on track, now that he has the gay metric European tools. Man them Mersaydeezes are some strange vehicles! I can't wait to see how the engine rebuild goes with his 10 dollars worth of gay metric european tools
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11-23-2006, 12:16 AM
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Maybe we're too serious on this Forum. We are always so respectful and try to solve problems. Maybe we ought to go the tough love route like they do on that board?
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11-23-2006, 12:18 AM
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Sceptic
I'm still wondering if this is a real problem or a joke thread. There's just too much comedy in it.
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11-23-2006, 03:32 AM
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I hold the title for setting the guy off apparently mostly because I am so unreasonable!
 That is actually the second thread on his whine-fest. I am flabbergasted(sp?) about how somoene could complain about metric tools. And who can honestly compare a W116 to Detroit made cars of the same era?!
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11-23-2006, 07:04 AM
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oh how I laughed....
thanks for cheering me up on an otherwise dull as dishwater day....he does know that Mercedes is German right ?
if it's any consellation we have our own versions of your boy there too.....politness prevents me from using the Scottish expletive concerned though. Wonder if he fixed that oil leek........
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11-23-2006, 07:54 AM
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Americentricity--not a new problem
True story: A high school buddy's dad was a Big Three senior engineer in the latter 1960's. MB was starting to make a little more noise in the US and Detroit was interested in what they were doing in their product. He and four other similar types picked up a Benz to analyze. They were driving from Saginaw to Ann Arbor when the rain started. They spent over an hour under an overpass in Flint, trying to figure out how to turn the windshield wipers on....
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11-23-2006, 09:09 AM
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The thing that worries me, is that this guy might actually be reproducing.
Then again, people like that keep the economy going by spending money on correcting stupid decisions.
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11-23-2006, 10:00 AM
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I can relate to the finding the windshield switch. I drove a '73 BMW 2002 for about three days wondering why the stupid S.O.B.s in Germany shipped a car to the US with no turn signals. 'course I felt pretty stupid when I realized that lever on the RIGHT hand side of the steering wheel was not for "tilt wheel".
 The bad part about driving the Beemer was I also had a column shift automatic Buick. After I got used to the turn signals on the Beemer every time I was in the Buick and I signaled to make a right turn, I'd pull down the shift lever into low gear! I never made the mistake doing a left turn thank goodness! Last edited by Mike D; 11-23-2006 at 10:05 AM.
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11-23-2006, 10:23 AM
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Just goes to show where the mentality was/is with some car mfg's. I don't get it - what better advice could the folks there give other than say "There is no conversion kit" and tell him that the costs would be ridiculous? He'd have to cannabalize another known-good 116. A RHD to LHD "Conversion" is not worthwhile, and he can't see the forest for the trees.
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11-23-2006, 11:13 AM
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That guys a troll....i have a 6 pack of 15-50 mobile one that says his story is BS.
cheers, dan r. EDIT: The more I see other MB forums, the more I appreciate this one... 
Last edited by Dan Rotigel; 11-23-2006 at 11:37 AM.
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11-23-2006, 12:35 PM
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