I'm going to be a wilderness ranger in the E. Sierras this summer, and when
I'm not in the woods, I'll be living out of my vanagon. Afterwards, once I
return to disease-covered puget sound, I'm going to sell the vanagon.
Because I'm tired of being hexed with it.
Thanks for the reply.
B

>From: wilden1@juno.com
>To: rangerbrian@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: oil pressure story in full: costs, thoughts, gripes, etc.
>(quite long)
>Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 23:13:01 -0500
>
>Many years ago I purchased a 1956 Mercedes 190SL Convertible.
>
>It was a very pretty car and quite expensive compared to the average
>American made cars at the time.
>
>This has to go down as the second worst car I've ever owned  (first worst
>GMC Diesel pickup1980) it seemed to have a hex on it or something. The
>ring and pinion failed, very rare. The dual carburetors were impossible
>to tune. It didn't stop very well. It was one of the first with an
>overhead cam and the valves needed adjusting regularly as the drive chain
>or the glider shoes on the chain wore.
>
>I think you've got the picture.
>
>One day I had my girlfriend take me to the dealership to pick up the car
>and it wasn't ready so I took off walking down the service bay. My
>girlfriend, walking behind me, noticed the car before I did and she
>commented "Gee that car must be broke a lot, they have a service stall
>named Stan".
>
>The car was broke a good portion of the time but the mechanic occupying
>the stall was also named Stan.
>
>As luck would have it they were waiting for parts so I didn't get my car
>that day.
>
>That evening my girlfriend and I were at an Exxon station and there was a
>190sl Mercedes there in the drive.
>
>We were driving my girlfriends Pontiac and while paying for my gas at the
>cashiers counter my girlfriend commented that there was Mercedes in the
>drive.
>
>The man standing behind us started talking and was just beaming with
>pride saying, "that's a Mercedes 190sl, it's quite a car, I just love,
>and it's really fun to drive and Yada Yada so forth"
>
>I turned and said "really?"
>
>He said "yes"
>
>I said "I always wondered what mine would look like, hardly ever seen it
>with the hood closed".
>
>Stan Wilder
>83Westfalia Air Cooled

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