new members education.

Please be sure all your kids know how to start a diesel.

Damn this thread is old.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I wouldn't let let ANY stranger that randomly walks up get in my car with the keys! If I were her dad she would still be grounded, not for the dents, but for handing the keys over to some old guy (no offense ) off the street she had never met before. whunter, I know you wouldn't do it, but anyone in that situation could have easily closed the door and driven away with her car.

Oh, I seriously doubt she had any clue what ASE is or means.

My thoughts exactly.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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the thing that struck me funny was worrying about a 16 year old putting gas in the diesel car. what 16 year old puts gas in ANYTHING?

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

^ Good for you wh, good for you.

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83 SD

84 CD

Bet that Micky D's didn't have Vernors....That's the only thing I miss about Michigan...Vernors on tap at the fast food places.

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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I've helped bicyclists before, but have yet to find motorists in trouble. I guess all these rich snobs are just driving new cars.

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition

I was walking down Chambers street in NYC, near the west side and I see a middle aged man struggling with a wheel. He had jacked up the car and removed the lugs but couldn't pop the wheel off. It was in the middle of a summer day and hot as hell, and he was sweating and anxious and visibly ticked off. I decided I could give him some tips I had recently learned on how remove stubborn wheels, so as I walked up to him I said something to the effect of "Hi, so do you have a flat?" He barked back to me "WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?!" while barely glancing at me. I quickly decided that he had the wrong attitude and I kept walking.

Was that wrong?

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This kind of reminds me of the comedian Jeff Foxworthy when he goes off on the stupidity in the world............"Where's your sign?"

"A guy drives into a gas station and the operator walks up to him and says 'Tire go flat?'

"Nope.........I was driving down the road and all of a sudden the other three blew up on me."

"Where's your sign?"



No offense to you, but at that moment, being the master of the obvious might have not been the best approach...........especially to a New Yorker.

Ha! Don't think that didn't occur to me, I made it quite obvious in my description. But I still think he had the wrong attitude. I wasn't going to just jump in and offer up my advice and services like a sucker or a know it all, I just needed a friendly opener to test the waters. Now if he had said something clever like "the other three blew up on me" it would be a different story.

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No question he had the wrong attitude and there is only one person to blame for his lack of getting the assistance that he needed.

I'm from NY and I would have walked, as well. Nobody likes an AH.

most of us with a few gray hairs have a story or 2. When I was about 28, over 25 years ago. I had a jeep, Great toy! One afternoon I was up a track, very wet, and many deep holes. The local young new police man drove past down a side road & decided to come & investigate. First decent puddle up the track & he was stuck good & proper. I decided to go back & say hi. I opened the window, asked how he was & asked if he wanted a hand. He was so grateful. After I pulled him out, he explained that it was the first time the Sargent had let him go out by himself & if he found out he would be in all sorts of trouble. Even though the Sargent was a member of the same Rotary club as me, I never put the young cop in. I figured that one day he might stop me for something.

You stopped for a soda and got coffee instead? That's what you get for not minding your own business

Sixto
87 300D

I was not clear.
I was walking out with a small 6 ounce fountain soda when they pulled in.
Drank it down in four gulps, trashed the cup.
The coffee was only an excuse to go back in - distract them.

Their expressions where totally priceless. ROFLMAO..

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