why am i posting at this time of day?

Tuck · Post by **Tuck** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:30 am

well, because my 'new' car won't start...AGAIN...and i'm sitting here in the sunroom waiting for a tow truck....AGAIN.

the story thus far:

after buying my torjan and finally understanding that i'd been bitten by the boating bug, i decided to spend my money on that aspect of my life, rather than nice cars, which had up until a couple of years ago, been my thing. so, i sell my sl500 and decide to use that the money for the car payment and insurance on the boat instead. i bought something i've always wanted...an old mercedes diesel...a 1985 300cd, to be exact, and i won't have a car payment and insurance will be a tad better. outcome...more money for boat stuff! yeah!

bought the car from a mercedes mechanic in atlanta who assured me there was nothing wrong with it. perfect for an every day driver, although it had 288+ thousand miles.

so, i buy it. then one day last week, the car just won't start. take it to a local shop that restores these things, and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. so i spend 500 beans to have a couple of leaking gaskets replaced, and get the car back yesterday.

get in it today...nothing. won't start. general concensus is a starter problem. but, as i have no mechanical skills whatsoever, i'm sitting here waiting for a tow truck to take it back to the shop and HOPEFULLY find out that it is indeed a starter and that i won't have to wait 20 years to have one shipped in if they don't have it. oh, and that it won't cost another 500 beans.

just thought i'd share and hopefully vent a little in the hopes of feeling a bit better afterward.

nope. still pissed.

MTP · Post by **MTP** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:46 am

you should take the day off and go to the boat

Tuck · Post by **Tuck** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:11 pm

MTP wrote:you should take the day off and go to the boat

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:34 pm

Diesels belong in boats not cars

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:51 pm

prowlersfish wrote:Diesels belong in boats not cars

. ...or them green tractors that run like a deere!

mr elevman · Post by **mr elevman** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:00 pm

my father had 4 of the same car its the computer its got a phantom or maybe a real code witch shuts the ign circit off drove him and his machanic nuts got to remember its a over enginered german car and it was only the 300td the 5 gassers all great cars and all with over 250,000 miles he drives 80 miles one way to work for 30 years hes killed a few cars

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:44 pm

Tuck, who cares, you have a gorgeous boat. That's all that matters!!