Gee, Mr. Bill, or should I call you TX?

OUCH! You sure jumped on my balls, didn't you? It's ok, as big as they are, they're a pretty easy target. But, as old and leathery as they are, I'm sure they can take it. Oh, and hey, thanks for the warm and heartfelt welcome to the MercedesShop family from a SENIOR member. You're sure setting a fine example...

You also assume a lot about when, or how often the TDC sender was replaced on my car (and other cars). I really don't know if it was the original one, or when it was last replaced, but it seems to me that an awful lot of people have/are replacing them (every 300SD I've looked at recently has a bad one).

Are you serious? What are you, a member of the Daimler Mafia, or some kind of pro-MB Corp. Nazi? I just wanted to know what was actually in this TDC sender puppy, and thought that someone else might find what I discovered to be interesting.

Should it be recalled? Hell YES! Anything that is shoddily manufactured, or that has a high failure rate should be recalled out of pride in the quality of the product a company manufactures, and the reputation for quality that the company aspires to. It's not all about safety, it's about quality. We all know that Mercedes has always been a leader and an innovator in the automotive industry.

Besides, even if I am off my ass about the recall part, aren't you the least bit curious wny so many of these units are defective? You might be if you owned one. And, I don't know about your finances, but there ain't no money tree growin' in my backyard. I need to save money where and when I can. I thought that was what this forum was all about. And if I want to take the time to disassemble this part, then that's my business. I really don't need your approval.

Did you take the time to read your reply, and to consider whether or not I might find it offensive or rude? Man, I can take the heat, but the real problem with a response like yours is that it has a negative effect on some timid people's willingness to ask a "stupid" question, or to share something that they might otherwise not.

Hell, I only posted what I considered to be a pertinent piece of information that might be of some interest to the membership at large, but you just had to try to discredit my efforts, didn't you?

Wow, what a guy. I really hope you enjoyed your negative posting, because you actually succeeded in taking all the fun out of this for me (NOT!).

Sorry to waste your precious time, me boy-o. Try to be a little more supportive, I need this forum as a source of reliable and honest information and assistance. If I want someone to try to humiliate me, or if I want to fight with someone, there's always the rest of the internet to use for idiotic flames.

Get a sense of humor. Oh, and Happy Holidays...Mr. Bill.

[Edited by longston on 12-28-2000 at 12:23 AM]