Hi Alex,
I think it would be great if we share some stories from situations we encountered whiles taking our treasure for a spin. I bet quite a few of us have a story to tell that pertains to unexpected situations we had to deal with over the years. When we share such stories it may safe someone a fist full of money once the rest of the story is told. Or to put it another way what the actual cause was.
Let me give you an example, let's call it the story of the "FUSE"
One day when I took my Blue Tornado for a spin she stalled on me for no apparent reason that I could solve at the time even after checking under the hood for loose wires, opening the fuse box and making sure all the fuses are okay. The engine turned over okay and I knew I had plenty of fuel (I never leave the little town of London without it
). To make a long story short, I called the tow truck and since trusted Benz Dr. Dan was too far away I told the driver take me to the Benz dealership in town.
Well I paid the tow truck driver and the Benz dealership a few days later. The combined bill was near $500.00 and I was told you had a failed fuel pump fuse also you have a radiator leak. Funny I had no radiator leak before, I did tell the tow truck driver to be very careful when loading and unloading my car and pointed out the radiator is quite low. I watched him carefully during the loading, however, at the Benz Dealership quite a few people admired my car and I was not paying attention during the unloading. Anyway radiator work another $300.00 and change.
What about the "Rest of the Story" you might ask, well ...
After posting in our forum here I learned from fellow experienced members that a) one can listen to the fuel pump working when you turn the key to position 1, the primary one beside the fuel tank b) fuses sometimes get loose and one should turn them then try again and c) fuses may look okay when they really are not. So if I would have known all this at the time perhaps I would have removed that failed fuse for the fuel pump and replaced it with a new one from the set i carry in my glove compartment and no tow truck would have been part of the story. Best of all I still would have the unnecessary spend $800.00 and change.
I bet stories like this might be fun to share and the rest of the story would be remembered to save that "fist full of money" so we can spend it on needed spare parts
Just a suggestion, what do you think?
Dieter
