Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> I think I may have mentioned that the MB I own had 130K on it a   
    RN>> month or so ago.  I looked at the odometer again to be sure and it   
    RN>> was 190k. so I must have been guessing.   
      
    RW>> So, what you're saying is that it is barely broken in...   
      
    RN> Runs like a clock.  I did have to put two cans of freon in it last   
    RN> week.  I guess that Red Angel doesn't last forever.  (-:   
      
   I thought it wouldn't. The only permanent fix is to replace old seals with   
   new seals. I'm waiting on a call from Joel who will be taking the Camaro,   
   finding a leak and repairing it. The stop-leak I used in the AC system   
   didn't last a season, so in the shop it goes. If they would have put the   
   compressor on top, like my truck, I'd attempt to fix it, but getting to   
   the point where I can't get on a creeper anymore.   
      
    RW>> When I was looking for a suburban, most of what I was looking at   
    RW>> had that kind of mileage and more. In the meantime, my neighbor   
    RW>> Les, who lived across the steet suffered a fatal heart attack and   
    RW>> his widow put all of his collectible vehicles up for sale. I asked   
    RW>> for first bid on it when she and his brother began to clean out   
    RW>> the house. When it came to it, they were asking $2500 and I   
    RW>> offered $2200. Sharon, his widow was even more generous with the   
    RW>> vehicle prices and only took $2k for it, handing me $200 in cash   
    RW>> with the title.   
      
    RN> That was VERY nice of her.   
      
   She is very nice. When I was in her kitchen to pick up the papers, she   
   used my shoulder to cry on when we were talking about Les. I'll never   
   figure out how the two of them got together, because Les didn't have that   
   great of a personality.   
      
    RW>> Les took very good care of his vehicles (he had 6) and the suburban   
    RW>> was freshly painted less than two years before his demise, so I   
    RW>> can't tell if the 98,000 odometer reading is just 98k or 198k...sad   
    RW>> to say that I told Les that he should have done better body work,   
    RW>> as it waves at you when it drives by. Other than that, it runs and   
    RW>> drives like new.   
      
    RN> Does it have leaf or coil springs in the rear?   
      
   Suburbans have leaf springs, Tahoes have coils...Suburbans are about 18"   
   longer than a Tahoe and the towing load capacity is higher because of the   
   difference in springs.   
      
      
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