On Mon Oct-01-2012 17:44, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 25 Dec 00 15:10, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> Does anyone know where I can get a 199x Mercedes for $500 for parts?   
      
    RW>> LOL! Already?   
      
    RN> Just playing it safe.  (-:  Didja ever try priving various parts on   
    RN> one of them?   
      
    RW> I know that my friend Harry refused to work on them. Price of parts   
    RW> was one barrier, overly-complicated engineering was another. I know   
    RW> someone GAVE him a MB that had been sitting in a field for years.   
    RW> It sat outside the shop for quite a while, then someone inquired   
    RW> about the sale of that MB.   
      
   I see them all over town here, but am unable to track the owners down.  I do   
   have a mechanic friend who knows where I can get one and we've been unable to   
   set up a date to look it over.  Knowing what the price of replacement parts   
   for one is, I decided to plan ahead.  This one is running fine and I have no   
   complaints yet.   
      
    RW> He figured that getting it running so it could be sold might bring   
    RW> a profit, but when all else was said, it cost too much to repair   
    RW> for what he got out of it. I see it on the streets here in town   
    RW> occasionally, but I wonder about the cost of maintainence to keep   
    RW> it on the road.    
      
   I wouldn't sell this one.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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